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Recently the 10th WorldSkills Europe General Assembly took place in Gothenburg Sweden. The main conclusions are that we are more than happy to welcome two new members and after an exciting bid process between our members from Austria and Finland, the members decided that Skills Austria will host EuroSkills 2020.
One of the main objectives during the General Assembly was the preparation of EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016. Several meetings for that were scheduled and in combination with the Competition Preperation Meetings, Strategy- and Marketing Communication Meetings, a lot of work has been done and agreed upon for the coming time. Thanks to the attendance of more than 170 members, we can conclude that the organisation for EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016 in December is well underway.

A special thank to the host WorldSkills Sweden for their warm welcome and arranging all the facilities to do the work in the best possible way. We are looking forward to EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016 and experience the implementation of all the idea’s and plans we discussed during the recent meetings!

By now, most national champions are selected by our members; therefore almost 500 competitors from all corners of Europe have started to prepare themselves to compete in Europe’s biggest Skills event. For that we wish all the national teams and their competitors good luck in preparing for EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016. We are looking forward to a great competition in Sweden from the 30th November till 4th December 2016!

Best wishes,

Hubert Romer
President

Jos de Goey
Secretary General

In September 2020, the European largest skills competitions for young people, EuroSkills will be held in Graz, Austria.

Skills Austria as part of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, won the bid to organise the EuroSkills 2020 event, Europe’s largest biannual Skills event. They competed with Skills Finland that also prepared &  presented an outstanding bid. After a voting procedure during the General Assembly in Gothenburg, Sweden, the Austrian bid was best supported.

In Austria, the news was quickly picked up and communicated through various media, including TV channels Servus.tv and Steiermark Heute.

EuroSkills is a European event held biennially in a different European member country. This European contest brings competitors under the age of 25 together to compete with their peers in more than 40 different skills. This is a multifaceted event that is considered the European meeting place for government, education and industry to discuss relevant and important issues with which we want to improve our world with the power of skills, VET and craftsmanship.

EuroSkills brings students, industries and educators together to give youth the chance to compete, experience and learn how to become the best in their skill. From the traditional trades to multi-skilled technology careers in the industry and service sectors, supported by partners, governments, industries, volunteers and educational institutions, EuroSkills is making a direct impact on raising the level of skills throughout the Europe.

This year, in 2016 the EuroSkills event will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Please see www.euroskills2016.com

EuroSkills 2016 strengthens its ambition of becoming the most sustainable Skills Competition so far through a partnership with the new Official Partner 3M.

The fourth edition of Europe’s biggest biannual Skills event, EuroSkills 2016, will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1 to 3 December 2016. More than 500 young people coming from 28 European countries will compete during 3 days in modern, state of the art skills and traditional skills, in order to select the best European professionals. The competitors are selected through skills competitions in their own countries and will showcase their talents in Gothenburg, Sweden this December. These young professionals deliver a spectacular promotion of skills and professions and present a concrete example for youngsters to follow.

This year, the organizing committee of EuroSkills 2016, puts an important aim on the agenda; to become the most sustainable European Skills event so far. “We aim to become the most sustainable professional Skills competition and hope to set the standard for when we hand over the baton to the next hosting country” states Lena Sjöstrand, project manager for EuroSkills 2016 at Göteborg & Co. “this is only possible by working with great partnerships, we believe we found such a collaboration with our new Official Partner 3M”.

EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016 requires great amounts of material to support not only the competitions but the event itself. With environmental thinking in the complete process, from planning to implementation, the organizing committee hopes to send a legacy to future vocational competitions. 3M, that is a world leader in personal protective equipment in hazardous environments, has a sustainability work that fits EuroSkills ambitions well.

EuroSkills 2016 strengthens its ambition of becoming the most sustainable Skills Competition so far through a partnership with the new Official Partner 3M.

The fourth edition of Europe’s biggest biannual Skills event, EuroSkills 2016, will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1 to 3 December 2016. More than 500 young people coming from 28 European countries will compete during 3 days in modern, state of the art skills and traditional skills, in order to select the best European professionals. The competitors are selected through skills competitions in their own countries and will showcase their talents in Gothenburg, Sweden this December. These young professionals deliver a spectacular promotion of skills and professions and present a concrete example for youngsters to follow.

This year, the organizing committee of EuroSkills 2016, puts an important aim on the agenda; to become the most sustainable European Skills event so far. “We aim to become the most sustainable professional Skills competition and hope to set the standard for when we hand over the baton to the next hosting country” states Lena Sjöstrand, project manager for EuroSkills 2016 at Göteborg & Co. “this is only possible by working with great partnerships, we believe we found such a collaboration with our new Official Partner 3M”.

EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016 requires great amounts of material to support not only the competitions but the event itself. With environmental thinking in the complete process, from planning to implementation, the organizing committee hopes to send a legacy to future vocational competitions. 3M, that is a world leader in personal protective equipment in hazardous environments, has a sustainability work that fits EuroSkills ambitions well.

Note for press

For more information, high resolution pictures, or other please contact
EuroSkills2016 in Gothenburg:
Viveka Blomgren, Marketing Manager EuroSkills
viveka.blomgren@worldskillssweden.se , 0704-31 01 28

EuroSkills Göteborg 2016

EuroSkills is Europe’s biggest biannual Skills event. 2016 the competitions are held in Gothenburg, 1-3 december. EuroSkills 2016 puts the focus on hundreds of Europe’s greatest skilled professionals up to 25 years that will compete in 35 professions. The target audiences are students, parents and school staff. Our vision is that EuroSkills should be an inspiring manifestation for career paths and future desires.

Read more at www.euroskills2016.com

From 1 march 2016 on, the organisation “Find a Future” will commence operating under the name of WorldSkills UK. Besides that, the organisation aligned it’s branding with the global branding of the WorldSkills Movement contributing to a global recognizable brand.

Our work places competitions at the heart of all that we do,” explains Dr Neil Bentley, CEO of the organisation, “and the reframing of the organisation under the WorldSkills UK name aims to highlight the impact that competitions and The Skills Show have on apprenticeships and technical skills in the UK.”

WorldSkills UK champions world-class apprenticeships and technical skills. This is achieved by engaging young people in skills competitions, delivering experiential careers events, role modelling to challenge stereotypes and using research to support the apprenticeship agenda. The organisation’s goals are to support business competitiveness, young people’s employability and excellence in standards.

For more information please look at http://worldskillsuk.org/

WorldSkills Sweden is proud to welcome all WorldSkills Europe Members to the Worldskills Europe General Assembly and the Competition Preparation Meetings 17-20 April in Gothenburg.

The last day of registration is 15 March. After this date the organisation can not guarantee accommodation at Hotel Gothia Towers.

You will find all information about meetings, including schedules and registration, in Dropbox “EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016 – Members”. If you don’t have a login to this folder please don’t hesitate to contact the Organizing Commitee for an invitation (annika.knutsson@goteborg.com).

On behalf of the Organising Committee we welcome you to Gothenburg.

Tommy Hellström
Chair, Organizing Committee

For more information about the Packages for the General Assembly and the Competition Preparation Meetings, please click this link.

For the first time, the world’s biggest Vocational Education & Skills Excellence Competition will be organised in Latin America in Brazil, from 11 to 16 August, taking the honor after Leipzig 2013 and London 2011. The WorldSkills Competition, which has its origin in Europe, is held since 1950 and will hold its 43rd edition this year.

WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 will be hosted at Anhembi Park, in São Paulo, and approximately 200,000 visitors are expected to watch 50 different skills, related to technical professions, with 1,200 Competitors from more than 50 countries.

With the biggest delegation ever at a WorldSkills competition, 26 European countries will send off 544 competitors. They have been selected after several pre-qualifications and are National Champions in their respective trade. Following months of preparation, they will now compete on a global stage for becoming this years Best of the World. Countries like France, the UK, Germany and Switzerland bring the biggest delegations per country, with more than 40 competitors per team.

At the last WorldSkills competition in 2013 the Korean team scored the highest average points with the Swiss team being runner up. It will therefore be interesting to see what is going to happen this time in Brazil. As the WorldSkills competition grows each edition, the competition itself becomes tougher each time. With more competitors to compete and growing quality standards, chances of winning a medal becomes an even bigger achievement than it already was.

Following the two year cycle, the next WorldSkills competition will be organised in Abu Dhabi in 2017. After that, three European countries; Belgium, France and Russia are bidding for the right to host the WorldSkills competition in 2019. At the end of the competition in São Paulo it will be announced which country will then be hosting the world’s biggest Skills competition.

In 2016 from 1-3 December EuroSkills, the 5th European Skills Competition, will be organised in Goteborg, Sweden. EuroSkills is a European event, held biennially in a different European member country. This European contest brings competitors under the age of 25 together, to compete with their equals in more than 40 different skills.