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WorldSkills Update 15.12.2009

Dear *|FNAME|*,

Editorial: By Christine Scoot, Marketing & Project Coordinator, WSI

This is the final issue for 2009, a year full of many great experiences and competitions around the world.

In the past year you will have read articles about our two latest Global Industry Partners; Saint-Gobain Gyproc and Würth, some of the 850 Competitors’ road to the Competition via their national competitions, various initiatives leading up to WorldSkills Calgary 2009, WorldSkills TV, WorldSkills Leaders Forum, WorldSkills Connect and the WorldSkills Portal, Leipzig winning the WorldSkills Competition 2013 bid and last but not least; highlights from the 40th WorldSkills Competition in Calgary - what a fantastic year with incredible achievements.

We now look towards next year which is going to be very busy but very exciting at the same time. WorldSkills International can proudly step into its 60th year of promoting excellence in vocational education and training. The anniversary will be celebrated throughout the world and of course virtually through WSI and in person in Kingston, Jamaica during our General Assembly in October. A ‘Celebration in a box’ will be made available early next year so that Members can have their own celebrations in conjunction with their events.

The 3rd Youth Forum will also be conducted in Jamaica and we look forward to sharing more information with you soon. Don’t forget about the Leaders Forum which we will also tell you all about next year.

But for now, enjoy the read and the holidays coming up!

Together we can raise the awareness and profile of
Skills throughout the world.

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WorldSkills - local and global at the same time

 

By Tjerk Dusseldorp, President, WorldSkills International

Calmar Secondary School, with its motto that “every student is a winner”, is located in northern Alberta in the heart of the agricultural and oil field industries just southwest of the city of Edmonton.

Just a few days ago, the school received a shipment of machining equipment valued at CAD$100,000 as part of the Alberta Government’s CAD$16 million WorldSkills Calgary 2009 Equipment Legacy program.

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WorldSkills - local and global at the same time

   

 

Skills/Compétences Canada named the
Official Legacy Partner of WorldSkills Calgary 2009

By Skills/Compétences Canada

After the competition, celebration, joy, friendship, fond farewells and a few tears, the skills movement lives on in Canada!
Seven years after initiating the bid to host the 40th WorldSkills Competition, Skills/Compétences Canada celebrated the success of the Competition with a look to the future, and the continuing need for highly skilled trade and technology talent.

“Supporting the 40th WorldSkills Competition was one more way our partners and volunteers demonstrated their commitment to the Skills Movement,” said Terry Cooke, President of Skills/Compétences Canada. “Canada is among an elite group of countries that has hosted a WorldSkills Competition twice and we will continue to shine a spotlight on the skilled labour opportunities that Canada has to offer.”

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  Skills/Compétences Canada named the Official Legacy Partner of WorldSkills Calgary 2009
Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development with Mike Holmes and a WorldSkills Champion
   

 

Step by step towards a smaller footprint

By WorldSkills International

As WorldSkills International gets bigger and Competitions grow in size, we have to address the issue of sustainability. Over the last ten years WorldSkills International membership has increased by 53 percent. That is why the Sustainability Task Force was set up at the General Assembly in Shizuoka 2007 to protect the environment, reduce the environmental impact on the community, facilitate future growth, and develop best practices transferable to other skills.

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  Step by step towards a smaller footprint
Chief Expert Heli Stolt (far left) and members of her Expert team just before the winner is announced
   

 

WorldSkills fever in Germany

By WorldSkills Leipzig 2013

English version:
After Leipzig won the bid for running the WorldSkills Competition in 2013, a powerful media echo has gripped Germany. Alone the first press clipping on the Competition reached several hundred thousands of contacts.

Deutsch version:
Deutschland im WorldSkills-Fieber

Nach dem Gewinn der WorldSkills 2013 Ausscheidungswettbewerbe hat sich in Deutschland eine überaus starke Medienresonanz entwickelt. Allein das erste Presseclipping zu den Wettbewerben erfasste Hunderttausende von Medienkotakten. Dazu kommen einige TV-Berichte.

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  WorldSkills fever in Germany
   

 

EuroSkills Lisboa 2010 - An opportunity

By EuroSkills Lisboa 2010

In 2010, Lisbon proudly welcomes the 2nd edition of EuroSkills and hosts hundreds of Competitors and Experts, representing 31 countries and 50 vocational skills.

EuroSkills Lisboa 2010 is an opportunity to raise the image, quality and attractiveness of VET systems in Europe. An opportunity to bring together different stakeholders in the VET field: leaders and policy makers, experts, trainers and teachers, schools and enterprises. An opportunity to demonstrate, test, compare and update work and training methodologies, to strengthen partnerships and enhance common patterns within Europe. An opportunity for a live showcase of skills and a way of promoting excellence and of recognising the competences of Europe’s best trainees and trainers.

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  EuroSkills Lisboa 2010 - An opportunity
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