2012 ANNUAL REPORT Vision
A world where people can achieve the workplace skills they need to prosper and find fulfilment.
Mission
To promote and facilitate through cooperative action a worldwide awareness of the essential contribution that skills and high standards of competence make to the achievement of economic success and personal fulfilment.
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3 WorldSkills General Assembly in Korea
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5IFMFHBDZPGUIFTVDDFTTPG8PSME4LJMMT-POEPO YOUTH FORUM TUPQPVS8PSME4LJMMT$IBNQJPOTyFWFS served as a platform for sharing an understanding of the impact a skills competition has on fuelling workforce development and economic growth in UIFIPTUDPVOUSZSFHJPO*UJTJNQFSBUJWFGPSUIF sustainability and growth of WorldSkills International UIBU$PNQFUJUPSTFOHBHFCFZPOEUIF$PNQFUJUJPO -BTUMZ UIFTIBSJOHPGTVDDFTTBNPOHTUBMM.FNCFST was convincingly presented as the single best way in XIJDIUPQQFSGPSNJOH.FNCFSDPVOUSJFTSFHJPOTOPU POMZIFMQPUIFSTUPTVDDFFE CVUBMTPDPOUJOVF to improve their own skills programs. Presentations and videos:
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5 In April the Board approved the appointment of Jenny REGIONAL COMPETITIONS: Shackleton to the role of WorldSkills Assessment "EWJTFS8JUI+FOOZTXFBMUIPGFYQFSJFODFJO Americas, ASEAN, GCC and EuroSkills developing skills standards came the opportunity "TUIFSFHJPOBMTLJMMT$PNQFUJUJPOTDPOUJOVFUPHSPX to focus on the Action Goals related to Technical JOTJ[FBOETUSFOHUI 8PSME4LJMMTJTXPSLJOHJODMPTFS %FTDSJQUJPOT 5FTU1SPKFDUT 1SPGFTTJPOBM%FWFMPQNFOU collaboration with them. This year finished with an PG&YQFSUTBOEBTTFTTNFOUQSPDFTTFT"8PSME4LJMMT JNQSFTTJWFUSJPPGSFHJPOBMTLJMMT$PNQFUJUJPOTGSPN Standards Specification working paper was developed 8PSME4LJMMT&VSPQFJO#FMHJVN UP8PSME4LJMMT"NFSJDBT in parallel with three Assessment and Standards JO#SB[JMBOEmOBMMZ8PSME4LJMMT"4&"/JO*OEPOFTJB XPSLTIPQTXIFSF$IJFG&YQFSUTBOE%FQVUZ$IJFG The regional skills organizations are crucial &YQFSUTXFSFDIBMMFOHFEUPUSVMZDSJUJRVFUIF components of the WorldSkills movement and keep $PNQFUFODZ4QFDJmDBUJPOTJOUIFDVSSFOU5FDIOJDBM that momentum sustained during non-WorldSkills Descriptions. The WorldSkills Standards Specification $PNQFUJUJPOZFBST8PSME4LJMMTJTQBSUOFSJOHXJUIUIF now being developed for each skill will replace the SFHJPOBMTUPTIBSFSFTPVSDFT CVJMECSBOEBXBSFOFTT $PNQFUFODZ4QFDJmDBUJPOTJOBMM5FDIOJDBM%FTDSJQUJPOT and improve skills development around the world. by August 2014. All of these partnerships are in line with the Vision While a focus was put on the standards been tested 2020 and is just one more milestone in achieving the
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KEY EVENTS 2012 regional and national skills competitions. to dream as in a perfect works with no boundaries or budgets. The Technical Working Group met in -FJQ[JHJO"VHVTUEFMWJOHJOUPUPQJDTTVDIBTMFBSOJOH SFTPVSDFT PQFSBUJPOTBUUIF$PNQFUJUJPO *TTVFBOE %JTQVUF3FTPMVUJPO UIFTFMFDUJPOPG&YQFSUTXJUI
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6 WorldSkills International are very grateful and proud of the leading multinational companies that are engaged in a mutually beneficial partnership. The (MPCBM*OEVTUSZ1BSUOFST (*1 XPSLXJUI8PSME4LJMMT POFWFSZMFWFMUISPVHIFEVDBUJPO USBJOJOH FYQFSUJTF and of course sponsorship.
8FXFMDPNFGFFECBDLBOEJOQVUGSPNPVS(*1T into making this organization and the skills more industry relevant. We are connecting industry with educators and trainers to increase the skills development and transfer of knowledge Richard Miles Thom Tremblay XPSMEXJEF0VS(*1TDPOTUBOUMZESJWFVTUPBEBQU #VTJOFTT.BOBHFS8FTUFSO (MPCBM%FTJHO -JGFDZDMF new technologies and industry standards so we are &VSPQF .1FSTPOBM4BGFUZ Simulation Industry innovative and pertinent. Division .BOBHFS 1PTUTFDPOEBSZ WorldSkills demonstrates the abilities of the &EVDBUJPO"VUPEFTL*OD best young students and professionals and the DPVOUSJFTUIFZSFQSFTFOU8JUIPVS(*1 DPMMFDUJWFMZ we are increasing the awareness and prestige of UIFTFTLJMMT(*1TBTTJTUXJUIUIFCSJHIUFTUZPVOH QSPGFTTJPOBMTEFWFMPQNFOU BOETIBSFJEFBTBOE OFXUFDIOPMPHJFTXJUIUIFXPSMEFYQFSUTUIBU train and teach these youth. These youth become OBUJPOBMBOEJOUFSOBUJPOBM8PSME4LJMMT$IBNQJPOT and move forward this idea of a trained global work force.
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