News
-
International leg of WorldSkills Flag Relay starts in Madrid
The international leg of the WorldSkills Flag Relay has got underway in Madrid, Spain, where skills competitions began in 1950.
12 March 2018
-
International Women’s Day 2018 – Some progress, much still to be made
It is a year since WorldSkills publicly made its commitment to HeForShe, the United Nations gender campaign. This was in the main, symbolic – an attempt by our movement to highlight the continued disparity between the opportunities that young women and men face as they pursue careers in vocational skills.
8 March 2018
-
Design For Social Impact
The Design for Social Impact Challenge has been created to use CAD skills to tackle two design challenges faced at refugee camps.
1 March 2018
-
Cosmonauts address participants of WorldSkills Kazan 2019 from the International Space Station
With just a week remaining until the WorldSkills flag is due to return to Earth, two Russian cosmonauts have been speaking about the importance of skills from the International Space Station.
27 February 2018
-
WorldSkills International and Samsung mark ten years of global partnership
The President and CEO of WorldSkills have celebrated ten years of global partnership with Samsung, with a meeting with Samsung Electronics executives including Vice Chairman and CEO, Mr Boo-Keun Yoon.
8 February 2018
-
WorldSkills International Capacity Building Centre in Korea spearheads skills development around the globe
The first WorldSkills International Capacity Building Centre to support global skills development has been established.
6 February 2018
-
Champions Trust Training Camp in Shanghai
A new group of 10 Champions representing 10 skills, from 10 Member countries and regions were in Shanghai, China to start their two-year journey as part of the Champions Trust.
5 February 2018
-
Signing ceremony marks the formal start of planning for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021
WorldSkills signs MOU for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021
4 February 2018
-
Painting a picture of how Skills can embrace sustainability
Auto-artists whose car-painting abilities combine style and sustainability are the first to be given the chance to shine through an initiative launched at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 - the largest global showcase of vocational skills excellence – and set to be expanded in order to help build the workforces of the future.
12 January 2018
-
Happy New Year from WorldSkills
Warmest wishes from WorldSkills for a prosperous 2018!
30 December 2017