Recognition in the area of employment: competencies, achievements. It can be a person, an organisation or a technology.
In 2011 when Ivan Owen received support from an on line community to collaborate with people who needed prosthetics, shared his designs using open source licences, and Applied the feedback to 8nnovate and gift a better design for the need knower to test. The community suggested redesign using 3 d Read more…
Dr. Orna Mager is the director of the Multi-disciplinary center in the city of Modiin, Israel (MDCM). The MDCM is a center for Adult Education and Lifelong learning, operated by the Municipality of Modi’in, and leading the Learning Cities Network in Israel. The center provides advanced educational services and sets Read more…
Edulai is a intelligent software integrated into the learning management system ( LMS ) that easily assess how online students develop employability skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, team working, communication, leadership and interculturalism. Edulai suggests students high quality targeted content according if the skills developed are at a Read more…
Leurs projets s’articulent principalement autour de la production de la vanille du Mexique. Afin de préserver et valoriser le savoir-faire ancestral et artisanal de cette agriculture, SOLYA travaille en étroite collaboration avec une équipe de partenaires directement sur place. Leur équipe sur place travaille directement avec les producteurs (pour la plupart des communautés indigènes) afin Read more…
I would like to recognize Lauren Hunter as a leader who not only recognizes the potential in people but helps to grow and nurture that potential. The Government of Canada needs more leaders like Lauren to see what people are capable of and to provide the support for them to Read more…
The University of Milano-Bicocca, a mid-size state University, a multi-disciplinary institute, training and educating professionals in a range of fields, in recent years is building a revolution: it has launched a series of initiatives to transform itself from a place of knowing into a place of “know-how”, a series of Read more…
I would like to recognize Julie Lalonde as a person who leads with heart within the Government of Canada. Julie is the type of leader that not only recognizes the potential in people but helps to grow and nurture that potential. She is a proponent of the democratization of knowledge Read more…
Val Thomas has been advocating for talent recognition since 2013 when she initiated an Open Badges pilot – a first-of-its-kind for the Government of Canada. Since then, she has been building momentum towards unearthing the unique potential of all people as contributors to meaningful experiences, at work and in everyday Read more…
I’d like to recognize Talent Cloud, a gig marketplace for Canada’s Public Service; redesigning credential recognition for the digital age – a potential global first for the Public Sector. The GC Talent Cloud aims to create a thriving marketplace where today’s talent can find exciting, high-quality job opportunities that fit Read more…
Fondazione Aldini Valeriani – FAV is the management school of Industrial Management Confindustria Emilia Area Centro. FAV’s goal is to ensure greater competitiveness for local companies and to develop people skills, encouraging synergies between technical and managerial cultures. FAV issues Open Badge on Bestr for a number of its courses Read more…
Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTechMOOC) is an open-access learning opportunity provided by the State University of New York (SUNY) to identify the value and implications of using established and emerging technology tools for personal and professional growth. Participants gain lifelong learning strategies to keep pace with Read more…
Bridge Partners® is an Italian training company specializing in the field of negotiation and effective communication. Along with management consulting and team coaching activities, Bridge Partners® has been working to spread the culture of managerialism based on structured approaches and focusing on one particular soft skill: negotiating ability (find out Read more…
OVS S.p.A., the leading brand in Italy for clothing, is not only the largest employer, but also the largest trainer of professionals in the clothing sector, thanks to the OVS Store Management School and the development programmes for new graduates over the whole of Italy. The training pathway perfected by Read more…
The University of Venice Ca’ Foscari recently set up Ca’ Foscari Competency Center with the mission to improve people’s performance through the development of their Soft Skills. To further highlight learners’ competencies concerning soft skills, such as motional and Social Competencies, Personal Development and Self Awareness, is experimenting with Open Badge through Read more…
With about 120 offices spread over seven main centres, high-level scientific research and state-of-the-art teaching, the University of Turin is one of the most prestigious academic institutions among Italian universities. The University of Turin has promoted two projects in the enhancement and development of the competencies of the internal staff: Read more…
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, promotes internationalisation, as testified by its multilingual courses taught in German, Italian, English and Ladin. Open Badge are issued to recognize the soft skills developed by students who participate in educational activities related to the management of career guidance events and counselling, promotion and information Read more…
National and international ratings include the University of Trento in the leading places among Italian universities. The academic range offered by its 10 departments and 4 college centers comprises 61 first degree and masters degree courses, a number of first and second level masters and permanent education courses. There are Read more…
AICA – the Italian Association for Informatics and Automatic Calculation has undertaken the mission of disseminating and developing the digital culture, knowledge and competencies in all aspects: scientific, economic, social and educational. The ECDL is the certificate of informatics competencies that is most in demand, sought after and shared. It Read more…
Junior Achievement (JA) is a world no-profit organisation dedicated to economic- entrepreneurial education in schools. JA Italia is a partner of JA Europe, the European operational arm of JA Worldwide,with its head offices in Brussels. JA Italia issues Open Badges on Bestr to Dream Coach, volunteer business experts, who – Read more…
Reconnaître et valoriser les compétences invisibles : Connaissez-vous le concept « OPEN BADGE » ? Les badges numériques ouverts sont des accréditations numériques, créées et émises par des organisations telles que les entreprises et les employeurs, les organisations professionnelles, les écoles, pour leurs étudiants, membres, personnels, clients ou partenaires. Vous Read more…
I wanted to recognize the CIBC, an organisation working in the field of skills assessments in Normandy. They are innovating with new tools to recognize people’s skills. They are helpful in the network Badging Normandy. They will present their tool DayTripper at epic 2018 in Paris.
Dr. Tarek Chehidi works relentlessly in to create equal opportunities towards education and employment in Africa. He is an out-of-the-box thinker who looks for new innovative solutions and ideas that can have a positive impact in education. Dr Chehidi is a widely known and recognised leader in developing strategies for effective Read more…
I am keen to give my recognition to this marvelous grassroots initiative! Over 20,000 women of STEM and supporters from more than 100 countries have signed in support of 500 Women Scientists, pledging to build an inclusive scientific community dedicated to training a more diverse group of future leaders in Read more…
I wish to recognise Robin Saban as a person dedicated to empowering communities in disadvantaged and economically underdeveloped areas across the globe and to set up their own business enterprises. Whether a small movie company for kids in Los Angeles, California, or helping to create employment in the now civil Read more…
Badge Normandy is a network of organizations and individuals exploring the potential of open digital badges to build an ecosystem that facilitates the recognition and enhancement of people and skills in lifelong learning. Open to all individuals, institutions, associations or organizations from the sectors of education and training, social integration Read more…
Working in partnership, we support and inspire women to achieve as engineers, scientists and as leaders; we encourage the education of engineering; and we support companies with gender diversity and inclusion. Our Vision Our vision is a nation in which women are as likely as men to choose to study Read more…
Synergie Italia as a job agency is constantly active as recognisant agent, working to understand people’s competencies and to support them in identifying their possible career paths. Synergie works with local institutions to promote and enforce active policies for the workforce. To further highlight learners’ competencies concerning self reflection towards Read more…
The Women Now organisation plays an important role in Syria, in Ghouta, Idlib and Aleppo and Lebanon, in the movement enabling women and girls to obtain education where little or none was available to them before. In order to train, educate and support Syrian women economically, professionally, socially and culturally Read more…
The City of Milan is building a hub for peri-urban agriculture renovating Cascina Nosedo, an ancient farmhouse at the southern limit of the city. 18 innnovative projects have been selected and will build their innovative ideas in periurban agriculture around the hub, with the support of 16 partners. Skills developed Read more…
Philippe is at the origin of Badgeons la Normandie, a regional initiative looking at exploiting the power of Open Badges to create a learning territory. Philippe is also a strength behind the creation of Reconnaître – Open Recognition Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making the Bologna Open Recognition Declaration a reality. Read more…