WorldSkills International

Seamstress Laurence Racine from Canada 🇨🇦 is making her mark in the circus industry 🎪—where her designs are seen on stage by thousands of people at each show, delighting and inspiring circusgoers from all over the world. Laurence credits #WorldSkills competitions with helping her believe in her abilities and become more confident. She sees her skill as a creative way to tell stories, which can change perspectives and challenge people to think and grow—a common theme for shows today. Young people like Laurence are transforming lives, industries, and communities through skills. WATCH the video and read this profile to learn more about how Laurence and other young people around the globe are making a mark through skills: https://lnkd.in/d27GGtve Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark! Skills / Compétences Canada

Congratulations to the Top 15 #BeChangeMaker 2024 social entrepreneur programme finalists! 🎉 30 teams participated in a tense live pitch for judges last week, who scored based on five criteria to determine a Top 15 that will now proceed to do a second online pitch at the end of July. The Top 15 finalist #BeChangeMaker2024 teams come from around the world including Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Nigeria, Lebanon, Argentina, Yemen, Malaysia and more—with impactful social business ideas that involve telemedicine, volunteerism, conservation, sustainability, women's initiatives and more. Only five final teams will progress to the final stage of the programme, which includes a live pitch as part of WorldSkills Conference 2024 and the 47th WorldSkills Competition WorldSkills Lyon 2024 in Lyon, France. Learn more about the Top 15 teams and their ideas: https://lnkd.in/g5PZgPYc The BeChangeMaker programme is presented by #WorldSkills and HP LIFE, supported by UNESCO-UNEVOC. This is the eighth year of the annual programme, which received a record-breaking number of applications.

As participants from across the globe prepare for WorldSkills Lyon 2024 this September, South African 🇿🇦 Competitor Kai Petersen is putting in the hours to make sure he is ready. Kai lives with a hearing impairment and is on the autism spectrum. But his disability and neurodivergence hasn't held him back. Kai turned them into what he calls skills superpowers. With a single-minded focus on excelling in his skill of Car Painting, Kai has been able to harness his abilities to their fullest and turn his passion into his profession! Ahead of the 47th WorldSkills Competition, Kai is putting all this focus, tenacity, and determination into preparation, practising his skill “non-stop." Learn more about Kai and wish him and all Competitors good luck! https://lnkd.in/gYjr8kyU Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark! #WSC2024

How can Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) lead the green transition? You're invited to join global experts in discussing the role of skills training in building a workforce ready for the green economy at WorldSkills Conference 2024! Keeping Climate Promises: How TVET Can Lead The Green Transition, is a highly anticipated session taking place on 11 September 2024 at 11:30 – 13:00 (GMT 2) for #WorldSkills Conference 2024 in Lyon, France 🇫🇷. This session will explore current resources to help countries build educational frameworks that prepare the current and future workforce to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) imperatives that define our time, with international and national policymakers as well as industry representatives. Learn more and register for the unmissable skills event of the year! https://lnkd.in/gtUBNqFu #WSC2024

Nearly 50% of young people believe a lack of peace affects their education, highlighting the link between social stability and learning, according to findings from a new UNESCO-UNEVOC report released this week as part of World Youth Skills Day (#WYSD2024). Young people, educators, industry, and skills experts shared their perspectives on “Youth Skills for Peace and Development” as part of the WYSD hybrid event held in Bonn, Germany 🇩🇪 and online, hosted by UNESCO-UNEVOC and #WorldSkills. “Skills are essential to the future prosperity of our countries, and to the sustainability of our communities and our planet,” David Hoey, CEO of WorldSkills said at the event. See more findings from the report, learn more about World Youth Skills Day and watch a recording of the event: https://lnkd.in/gtUuiC_i Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark!

Happy World Youth Skills Day 2024! 🎉 Today 15 July, #WorldSkills joins UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET to host a hybrid event championing, celebrating, and empowering skilled young people and their power to change the world. Conversations themed around 'Youth Skills for Peace and Development', along with results from a World Youth Skills Day 2024 Youth Survey, are expected to shape future skills development initiatives around the world. We also invite you to WATCH members of the WorldSkills Champions Trust from around the world sharing insights and reflections on why their skills are essential, and how skilled young people are making their mark in their communities and beyond. Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ggTCWR_e

More than 200 young Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students from 24 schools across Estonia participated in WorldSkills Estonia’s Young Master Skills Festival! 🇪🇪 Known locally as “Noor Meister,” showcases skilled students and the importance of skills in the country. Mr Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia, spoke at the event, discussing the vital role of skills in supporting growth and employment. “We feel it was wonderful recognition for our talented young people who have worked so hard to get to this position and who have been training round the clock for the upcoming WorldSkills Lyon 2024. It was also exciting to see so many visitors – young and old – leave the festival with a new, rich perspective on skills development and the wide range of opportunities available through TVET,” said Karin Ruul with WorldSkills Estonia. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJjeyF_M Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark!

SPEAKER FEATURE: #WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative Yousra Assali, alongside Melkon Hovahanissyan and Dan McCabe will be bringing their youth perspectives to a high-level policy debate on how to achieve excellence in TVET at WorldSkills Conference 2024 this September. RAISING THE BAR: How do we create excellence in every TVET system? takes place 11 September 2024 at 11:30 – 12:45 (GMT 2) for WorldSkills Conference 2024 in Lyon, France. This session will take a global approach by focusing on the notion of excellence in different regions and contexts. In addition to youth voices Yousra, Melkon and Dan, this session includes speakers: Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education, The World Bank Dr Choi Juk-lin, Secretary for Education, Hong Kong, China Felix Mutati, Minister of Technology and Science, Republic of Zambia Learn more about this and all WorldSkills Conference sessions and REGISTER for this unmissable skills event: https://lnkd.in/gNF4bUXQ #WSC2024

New research shows that national success from Competitors at an international #WorldSkills Competition is enough to inspire other students to consider a career in that skill for themselves! Incredible. The Positive Reputation Shock Report found that when a SwissSkills Competitor wins a gold medal 🥇, there is a 7% increase in national searches for apprenticeship vacancies in that particular occupation, along with 2.5% more contracts being signed in the winning occupation. 📈 It shows the acclaim given to medal winners have a positive impact on the skill and country. “The research is incredibly exciting as we now have data that proves how participating and excelling at skills competitions can be a powerful way of inspiring a new generation of young people. Industry and educators should take note , too," says Andre Burri, Official Delegate for SwissSkills. Together #WeAreWorldSkills and #WeAreMakingOurMark! Motivate with us. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUwNNmSe

More than 6,000 students are preparing to welcome delegations of international Competitors this September as part of the One School One Country cultural exchange programme happening alongside WorldSkills Lyon 2024. OSOC Day on 10 September is an opportunity for students from 52 schools in the Competition host country to meet and learn from the more than 1,400 #WorldSkills Competitors they've been paired with throughout the year. The goal: to share each other’s cultures and values and increase awareness about the power of vocational skills to improve lives around the world. As part of this year's OSOC programme, WorldSkills Lyon is launching an online mini series taking you behind the scenes of this year's One School One Country! 🎬 Stay tuned for that next week on their channels. And learn more about how One School One Country is making a mark with students around the world: https://lnkd.in/gnywpjhf #WeAreMakingOurMark #WSC2024 #WhereThereIsASkillThereIsAWay