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#WorldSkills is reflecting on the importance of the flag handover at the Closing Ceremony of WorldSkills Lyon 2024. It was a big moment marking the countdown to WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 🇨🇳 and the growing momentum behind the WorldSkills movement, including the continued expansion of the WorldSkills community, now made up of 89 Members and 28 Global Partners. As one Competition ends, the flag handover builds excitement and anticipation for the next. It inspires optimism that even more young people will get their chance to compete at an international level. WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 will be an important opportunity to raise skills even higher up the global agenda and encourage more people to invest in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Learn more, look back, and to the future with us: https://lnkd.in/gvqt26tM

The #WorldSkills movement is pushing ahead in the Americas, following WorldSkills Chile’s National Skills Competition. 500 Competitors and Experts from 81 institutions across four Chilean regions participated in 19 skills at the event, similar in format to WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition. This ongoing initiative of inviting neighbouring countries to participate in their nationals brings many benefits to both the Competitors and the organizing team. “It raises the bar for us administratively, and competitively, as Competitors from other teams had already earned medals during their respective nationals,” said Alejandro Weinstein, Director of WorldSkills Chile 🇨🇱 and Official Delegate for Chile at WorldSkills. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gbcJsddN

It’s the Year of the Snake! 🐍 We’re wishing the #WorldSkills community a Happy Lunar Year! May you embrace the characteristics often associated with the wood snake—reflection, transformation, intelligence and growth—on the road to Shanghai, and during our 75th year of creating a global stage for skills.

The legacy of WorldSkills Lyon 2024 lives on thanks to two #WorldSkills Global Industry Partners who are celebrating the completion of their latest social impact project with students and trainers in Lyon. The project led by IAPMO International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and GROHE the leading global brand for innovative water products, saw apprentices installing new toilets, showers, and hand wash basins in a new mixed-use washroom at the BTP CFA Rhone apprenticeship centre in Lyon 🇫🇷 using repurposed equipment from WorldSkills Lyon 2024. "This project represents exactly what we aim to achieve through our ongoing WorldSkills partnerships—helping create practical exchanges and learning opportunities that achieve real-world impact in surrounding communities," said Dave Viola, CEO of IAPMO and Chair of the World Plumbing Council. Learn more about the social impact project: https://lnkd.in/gr3QGRHs

As we celebrate the announcement of the new #WorldSkills Champions Trust representatives for 2025-26, we are also honouring the contributions of outgoing youth ambassadors and their work empowering skilled young people, inspiring change, and promoting skills excellence globally. Outgoing Champions agreed on the crucial role the Champions Trust have in promoting the impact of Competitions, the power of skills, and including the youth perspective in important conversations. And they're sharing thoughtful advice for their successors! Read about the WorldSkills Champions Trust reflections and advice for new ambassadors: https://lnkd.in/gas_e6gV

INTRODUCING THE NEW WORLDSKILLS CHAMPIONS TRUST! 🎉 After receiving a record-breaking 157 applications from around the world, #WorldSkills is excited to introduce the NEW WorldSkills Champions Trust. These eleven exceptional young people representing Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Oceania and ASEAN, will serve as ambassadors for the WorldSkills movement for the next two years. Their role is to inspire the next generation of skilled professionals and demonstrate the value of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Learn more about the new WorldSkills Champions Trust and the work they will do to advocate for skills on the global stage: https://lnkd.in/d3w35Fdp And stay tuned as we share more about these inspiring skilled young people! Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark!

Over the past year, the #WorldSkills community has worked together, worked hard, and worked for change. From hosting the 47th WorldSkills Competition to elevating technical and vocational education and training (TVET), shining a spotlight on youth as changemakers, improving access to skills around the globe, and more, there is so much to look back on with pride. As we head into 2025, the WorldSkills movement looks forward to many local, national, and regional competitions on the road to Shanghai, while also celebrating our 75th anniversary of creating a global stage for skills. Read our 2024 Year in Review: https://lnkd.in/gkgh3bAC See you next year! 🎉

What a year for #WorldSkills! 🎉 The spotlight shone on Lyon 🇫🇷 in September when the city hosted the 47th WorldSkills Competition, and the rest of the year was packed full of programmes, news, and events that put WorldSkills, and skills excellence, on the global stage. WATCH our 2024 Year-in-Review video and read our recap article highlighting a year of skills on the global stage: https://lnkd.in/gkgh3bAC Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark.

Outgoing #WorldSkills Champions Trust representatives are reflecting on their journey advocating for skills on a global stage. Yousra Assali, Dan McCabe, and Shae White have each served two consecutive terms as youth ambassadors for skills, making a mark on themselves and the WorldSkills movement. "Being part of the WorldSkills Champions Trust has not only transformed my personality and shaped my perspective, but it has also deepened my understanding of skills advocacy and its global impact," said Yousra, who was the first woman to represent Morocco 🇲🇦 at a WorldSkills Competition. Read more about Yousra, Dan and Shae's reflections as WorldSkills advocates and change makers and stay tuned for the official announcement of the 2025-26 cohort in January: https://lnkd.in/ghyA7_HK Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark.

This year's #BeChangeMaker 2024 winners have laid the groundwork to accelerate healthcare access in Africa. In Nigeria, where only 3% of the population has health insurance, the healthcare sector is overwhelmed by challenges. Sekofia, a groundbreaking software solution developed by Nigerian students Ochong Johnson Aduma and Nino Chibuzor Nwachukwu, aims to tackle critical inefficiencies in Africa's healthcare system by addressing administrative burdens and digitalizing health insurance processes. Participating in the #BeChangeMaker2024 programme, presented by #WorldSkills and HP Foundation, has provided Sekofia with resources to accelerate their business, making "very good strides" to help refine their product and organizational structure. Learn more about Sekofia's impactful plans and how the BeChangeMaker programme has helped skilled youth take their business ideas to the next level and drive social impact: https://lnkd.in/gkaSxAGp Together, #WeAreMakingOurMark!