An organisation contributing to the recognition of others
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.
“Wilkommen Mensch”, welcomes refugees to the town of Scheibbs and surrrounding areas of Lower Austria, helps to feel at home and supports them in a new life. Johann Pöcksteiner, the chairman of the association says: “We want to draw the attention of people in the Mostviertel first and foremost to Read more…
SolidarityNow was established in 2013 with the support of Open Society Foundations . It consists of a network of people and organizations whose goal is to assist and support those most affected by the economic and humanitarian crises in Greece. Through the provision of services to both the local Greek Read more…
GFOSS – Open Technologies Alliance is a non-profit organization founded in 2008. Its main goal is to promote Openness through the use and the development of Open Standards and Open Technologies in Education, Public Administration and Business in Greece. GFOSS is a platform for Open Standards, Free Software, Open Content, Open Data & Open Hardware Read more…
Arbeiterkind.de supports first generation students through a network of volunteers. This year they are celebrating their 10-year anniversary. Their goal is to encourage students from families without university experience to be the first to study in their families. Throughout Germany, 6,000 volunteers are involved in 75 local ArbeiterKind.de groups to Read more…
I wish to recognise the work of Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) a social benefit organization dedicated to enhancing education quality and access through the integration of technology in classrooms. Since its inception in 2007, OLE Nepal has pioneered the use of technology in schools and provided open and Read more…
We would like to recognise Kicking Girls, a down to earth and effective project that has grown exponentially with Germany and beyond driven by Arsenal football legend Jens Lehmann and the Laureus Foundation . What began more than 10 years ago in an Oldenburg district has now extended across the Read more…
Code for NL is the Dutch network of open source developers and designers working on digital government. Their goal is the successful digital transformation of municipalities, other governments, and society as a whole. It places innovative fellows with technical skills at (semi) governments to work on concrete solutions to social problems. Code Read more…
I wish to recognise this great flat sharing initiative for refugees, now present in over a dozen countries. They not only finding accommodation for displaced people but also a true home and social inclusion. The founders of Refugees Welcome say the following: We are convinced that refugees should not be Read more…
I am very happy to recognise ArtsEkta as a vibrant contributor towards developing intercultural relationships at the heart of the community in Northern Ireland. ArtsEkta was founded in 2006, the brainchild of Indian-native Nisha Tandon, on the principles of inclusivity, creativity and openness in all aspects of society – Ekta 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 give recognition to EQUAL GROUND as the only organization in Sri Lanka currently actively fighting for equal rights for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) community. Founded in 2004 EQUAL GROUND is also the oldest organization of this nature functioning in the country. EQUAL Read more…
The most disadvantaged people can free themselves from the dependence and indignity of poverty when their courage and their capacity for action are recognized and when everyone takes responsibility for overcoming the prejudice and discrimination that continue to exclude people in poverty, on every continent. All projects are designed and Read more…
In 2013, the University of Calgary formed a cross-disciplinary Recognition Steering Committee to guide the development, implementation, and ongoing review of employee recognition. The Recognition Steering Committee set out to create an Employee Recognition Strategy that aligned with the University’s Strategic Plan and values – to provide best practice recognition Read more…
Supporting projects, educational resources, presentation materials, documentation and soon a MOOC; Organization and support for the organization of events Exchanges between members and their expertise: webinars, https://epic.openrecognition.org; Implementation or support of experiments and research and development programs; Funding of activities and projects related to the purpose of the association. Adhering Read more…
Satu is the founder and CEO of SkillSafari a company promoting quality education and learning by combining in-depth knowledge of the Finnish approach to teaching and learning to education systems around the world through the use of Open Badges, a digital solution for recognition of skills. Satu shares best practices 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…
Eric Rousselle deserves to be recognised for his trustworthiness and ethics in the building and running of his company Discendum, and the work that he has done to promote and support recognition, learning and endorsement with Open Badges, ePortfolio and other technologies, in Finland, Canada and further afield.
I wish to recognise the work done by Slow Food over the last 30 years. Long before it was fashionable Carlo Petrini started a grass roots movement in belief that the quality of food and the way it is produced is tied to many other aspects of life, including culture, Read more…
I want to recognise the work of the association “Enfants des Andes”, born in 1992. To cope with the consequences of the armed clashes of the 1980s and the weak involvement of the government and NGOs in this remote area, the Association built a children’s center in TINGO MARIA, Amazonia.This Read more…
Pro Mente Burgenland does wonderful work in recognising and supporting those with special needs. Built around wonderful houses scattered around the province of Burgenland, are day centers where people with social and mental disabilities have the opportunity to be creative. The teams who help those attending the centers are careful Read more…
I wish to recognize Sangeeta Katradi for the inspiring work she is doing world wide. Sangeeta, founder of the Wind Dancers Trust, is a dancer-performer who developed the Katradi method, working in marginalized, underprivileged communities using the arts in education, empowerment and conflict resolution across 30 countries. For her scholarship Read more…
Robert Trappl as an older person who has remained as inquisitive as a child despite being a highly respected professor in artificial intelligence. Perhaps this very special trait is the reason why he is still so active and why he inspires so many students still today and what I would Read more…
Created in 2003, the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies network has placed the study and promotion of human dignity at the forefront of many academic disciplines, this while equalizing the fields between academia and civil society, Global North and South, men and women, established academics and individual researchers. The network Read more…
The Open University has been the catalyst for changing the lives of thousands, offering higher-level education to anyone who has the will and the perseverance. It gives many of those who, through the need to earn a living early in life, were denied higher education, a vital second chance. My 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 organization I would like to recognize is called “Produções Fixe”, and it’s located in a village in Portugal. Their work in Non-Formal education is recognized at European Level, where they deliver several training courses and produce educational boardgames. The work that they have been doing, raised the recognition of Read more…
Cineca is the main consortium of italian universities. It developed Bestr in 2015 to support lifelong lifewide learning and the recognition of competencies; it was also among the first entities to sign the Bologna Open Recognition Declaration. Cineca uses Bestr for the recognition of internal training and is involved in Read more…
Villa Boerebont in Breda is a place for young people who have been caught or threaten to be caught between two stools. The Villa is there for young people with psychological problems, behavioral problems, an intellectual disability or a combination of these. The Villa creates a safe home base with personal Read more…
The body Focus Group is a group of local citizens who meet regularly to dance together are changing the face of prejudice They live in rural Austria, south of Vienna. I would like to recognise them for their ground breaking work recognising and including migrants. This is their story: Each Read more…