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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...

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 the...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...