Belgrade Open School's research team has participated in three-months mentorship programme on strategic planning of research agendas. The programme was conducted in cooperation with Andrea Ordóñez involved in a team of the On Think Tanks initiative.

The members of the research team had the opportunity to participate in two webinars and "Framing policy problems and identifying impact" and "Powerful Research Questions and Methodological choices" as well as the mentorship program. The mentorship program was focused on two areas: a) planning research agendas relevant for making an impact on the process of creating and implementing public policies (defining research problems, steps in planning, the assessment of whether the research is relevant, b) understanding research questions and choosing relevant methodology taking into account its impact on public policies.

Mentorship program was realized in the period from 1st of October to 20th of December 2017.