Go Global – Join in the celebration of World Youth Skills Day

Around the world and around the clock on 15 July 2015, the celebration of World Youth Skills Day is picking up momentum and generating excitement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Skill India campaign on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on 15 July at a special event in New Delhi. The set of initiatives is aimed at developing skills and promoting entrepreneurship among Indian young people. Read more at www.indianexpress.com. The United Nations (UN) is organizing several events at UN Headquarters in Bonn (Germany), New York (USA), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), and elsewhere. The United Nations in Bonn will observe the first World Youth Skills Day together with the German UN Youth Delegate, WorldSkills Champions, as well as guests from Bonn University and UN Bonn staff, with a panel discussion on “Youth skills for work and life in the post-2015 agenda”.

A continent away, Yaba College of Technology, a UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre, will commemorate the UN World Youth Skills Day in Lagos, Nigeria by holding an event at the new Yabatech Multipurpose Hall. The event will feature an exhibition, lectures, a youth skills competition and a panel discussion, all on the theme of youth skills. YabaTech will provide a live stream of the event as well as a microsite in order to maintain a discussion on youth skills. Learn more at www.unevoc.unesco.org.

WorldSkills launched a special campaign to mark the occasion of World Youth Skills Day 2015. We pay a special tribute to our Members, Delegates and the network of Competitors, Experts, partners and advocates in 75 countries and regions around the world who improve our lives through the power of skills. We will bring a recap of World Youth Skills Day, along with news of the prize winners in our World Youth Skills Day campaign, to you soon. Meantime, enjoy this well-deserved recognition. Congratulations to all!