diff --git a/Controller/BackendController.php b/Controller/BackendController.php
index dc8edc4..afa343e 100755
--- a/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller implements DashboardElementInte
 
         $view->data['open'] = $open;
 
+        // given
+        // @todo: this should also include forwarded tasks
+        /** @var \Modules\Tasks\Models\Task[] $given */
+        $given = TaskMapper::getAll()
+            ->with('createdBy')
+            ->with('tags')
+            ->with('tags/title')
+            ->where('tags/title/language', $response->header->l11n->language)
+            ->where('status', TaskStatus::OPEN)
+            ->where('createdBy', $response->header->account, '=')
+            ->sort('createdAt', OrderType::DESC)
+            ->execute();
+
+        $view->data['given'] = $given;
+
         /** @var \Modules\Tasks\Models\TaskSeen[] $unread */
         $unread = TaskSeenMapper::getAll()
             ->where('task', \array_keys($open), 'in')
diff --git a/Theme/Backend/task-dashboard.tpl.php b/Theme/Backend/task-dashboard.tpl.php
index 70d5e9b..38c4e39 100755
--- a/Theme/Backend/task-dashboard.tpl.php
+++ b/Theme/Backend/task-dashboard.tpl.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ echo $this->data['nav']->render(); ?>
             <div class="row">
                 <div class="col-xs-12">
                     <div class="portlet">
-                        <div class="portlet-head"><?= $this->getHtml('OpenGiven'); ?> (<?= \count($open); ?>)<i class="lni lni-download download btn end-xs"></i></div>
+                        <div class="portlet-head"><?= $this->getHtml('OpenGiven'); ?> (<?= \count($this->data['given']); ?>)<i class="lni lni-download download btn end-xs"></i></div>
                         <div class="slider">
                         <table id="taskList" class="default sticky">
                             <thead>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ echo $this->data['nav']->render(); ?>
                             <tbody>
                             <?php
                                 $c = 0;
-                                foreach ($open as $key => $task) : ++$c;
+                                foreach ($this->data['given'] as $key => $task) : ++$c;
                                     $url = UriFactory::build(empty($task->redirect)
                                         ? 'task/single?{?}&id=' . $task->id
                                         : ('{/app}/' . $task->redirect),