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WorldSkills Champions visit Rwanda for Skills On The Move project
Skills On The Move is a project developed around the train-the-trainers principle, born when a group of young people whose individual excellence matched by their global citizenship dedicated themselves to making a difference to other people’s lives, and helping to strengthen Rwanda’s labor market and social fabric.
8 May 2017
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A Champion's experience 20 years later
Starting his WorldSkills experience as a Competitor at WorldSkills St. Gallen 1997, Anna and Chirag sat down with Daniel Rossato, Lecturer of Technology Education at SENAI, to talk about his 20 year WorldSkills journey.
5 May 2017
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Register for WorldSkills Conference 2017: Skills Strategies for a Globalized World
During WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, vocational education and training (VET) leaders will be celebrating the accomplishments of the Competitors and the training systems they represent, while at the same time looking ahead to the skills challenges of the future during WorldSkills Conference 2017: Skills Strategies for a Globalized World.
3 May 2017
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Canadian PM champions skills development in hands-on fashion
Competitors and volunteers at the centre of a Canadian east coast celebration of skills received some top-level support – from one of the world’s most recognizable political figures. The Nova Scotia Skills Canada Provincial Competition welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose visit saw him not just meet with participating students and apprentices, but also take a hands-on approach to raising the profile of vocational skills - by getting involved in a carpentry project.
3 May 2017
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VEX Robotics expands partnership with WorldSkills to bring additional STEM solutions to more students internationally
Synergy in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) – and a shared commitment to helping young people develop the skills that can shape the future – has seen a leading global robotics provider taking its partnership with WorldSkills to a global level.
1 May 2017
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Team Palestine meets President Mahmoud Abbas
The WorldSkills Palestine team recently travelled to Belgium to undergo a preparatory exercise ahead of the world’s largest vocational skills competition, which will take place in the capital of the United Arab Emirates in October.
25 April 2017
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WorldSkills South Africa hosts second National Competition
South African young people took part in a WorldSkills South African National Competition that shone a spotlight on the drive and talent of the nations youth.
20 April 2017
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Kayleen McCabe visits WorldSkills Zambia
US television star Kayleen McCabe’s passion is DIY, and her support for WorldSkills is seeing her discover that when it comes to pursuing their dreams, young people around the globe can do it themselves – as long as they have the right support.
10 April 2017
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WorldSkills Portugal's journalism as a skills competition
By featuring journalism as a Demonstration Skill at its national skills competition, Portugal has allowed its young people to learn, experience, and hone the techniques they will need to forge careers in the multi-faceted landscape of media – while simultaneously solving a problem surrounding the promotion of Vocational Education and Training (VET).
5 April 2017
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Youth are the future: Podcast with President Simon Bartley
Simon Bartley, President of WorldSkills, shares what he has learnt in his 27 years involved with the movement. Tune in to hear what he has learned, why young people are so important to the future success of the world, and his expectations for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017.
31 March 2017