October 6, 2016
For the first time a European Vocational Skills Week will be organized from 5 to 9 December 2016, just after EuroSkills 2016. The week is organized by the EU to improve the attractiveness and image of vocational education and training. To showcase excellence quality...
October 4, 2016
On 1–3 December 2016, young people up to the age of 25 from all around Europe will meet at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg to compete for the coveted title of being the best in Europe in their chosen vocation. This is the first time that...
October 3, 2016
Three cities competed for the right to organise the event in 2018, Colombia (Cartegena), Ireland (Dublin), and the Netherlands (Amsterdam). All members of WorldSkills voted for the Netherlands to host the WorldSkills General Assembly 2018 in Amsterdam. The three...
September 5, 2016
Peter van den Berg 08.08.1960 – 01.09.2016 It is with great sadness that we try to deal with the death of our friend and colleague, Peter van den Berg. Peter was WorldSkills Netherland’s Chief Operating Officer and the Technical Delegate for WorldSkills &...
September 5, 2016
Win two fantastic trips to Thessaloniki and Brussels! Take part in the #CedefopPhotoAward photo competition on Instagram to be in with a chance to visit Cedefop and join the opening weekend of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (www.filmfestival.gr) in...
August 1, 2016
Last Friday, 30 July, It has been 55 years that the first Skills Competitions were held in Germany for the first time in 1961. On Friday and Saturday, experts of vocational training gathered on the grounds of the former company Rheinstahl, where the competition took...
July 28, 2016
The Finnish Olympic Committee and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture are organizing unique events at Finland House during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Finland House will present cases of Finnish excellence in education from pop-up school to...
July 19, 2016
Last Friday, 15th of July, WorldSkills Champions Barthélémy Deutsch of Belgium, Anna Prokopenia of Russia, and Karin Fischnaller of Italy, and WorldSkills Board of Directors member and Secretary General of WorldSkills Europe, Jos de Goey were present in Bonn, Germany...
June 14, 2016
Friday December 2nd is the ”WorldSkills Europe Leaders Forum Day” with the overall theme: ”Skills in the future”. The aim is to experience and discuss skills in a future perspective regarding strategies and initiatives to create a good balance between supply and...
May 2, 2016
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...