WorldSkills International - Members
WorldSkills International Mission To promote, through the cooperative actions of Members, a worldwide awareness of the essential contribution that skills and high standards of competence make to the achievement of economic success and individual fulfilment. www.worldskills.org
What is WorldSkills International?
WorldSkills International (WSI) is a not-for-profit international membership association open to agencies or bodies which have a responsibility for promoting vocational education and training in their respective countries/regions. WSI operates worldwide and is politically and denominationally neutral. Its aim is to raise the status and standards of vocational skills and training worldwide. Its principal activity is organizing the WorldSkills Competition in a different Member country/region every two years. WSI currently has members in 49 countries/regions and is committed to growth. It aims to have 50 members by 2010 in line with its vision to spread high- level skills to all regions of the world.
The continued growth of WSI attests to the fact that traditional trade and craft skills along with the newer technology multi-skilled vocations make an essential contribution to the economic and social well being of peoples everywhere. As a free standing, non-political organization, WSI provides a cost effective means for global government, education and industry cooperation in achieving higher standards and status for vocational education and training on a worldwide basis.
Country/Region Organisation Website United Arab Emirates Emirates Skills Austria WorldSkills Austria - Berufsweltmeisterschaften www.worldskills.at Australia WorldSkills Australia www.worldskills.org.au Belgium Skills Belgium www.skillsbelgium.be Brunei Darussalam Department of Technical Education, Ministry of www.dte.edu.bn Education, Brunei Darussalam Brazil SENAI www.senai.br Canada Skills/Compétences Canada www.skillscanada.com Switzerland Swiss Compétences www.swisscompetence.ch Germany Deutscher Handwerkskammertag (DHKT) and www.zdh.de Deutscher Industrie - Und Handelskammertag (DIHK) Denmark DK Skills www.dk-skills.dk Ecuador Techna Estonia Innove www.innove.ee Spain Ministry of Education and Science www.mec.es/skills-spain Finland Skills Finland www.skillsfinland.com France WorldSkills France www.cofom.org Hong Kong SAR Vocational Training Council www.vtc.edu.hk Croatia Croatia Skills www.croatiaskills.hr Hungary National Institute of Vocational Education www.nszi.hu Iceland Idnmennt ses Indonesia Ministry of National Education Ireland Department of Education and Science, National Skills www.education.ie Competition India Confederation of Indian Industry www.ciionline.org Iran Technical & Vocational Training Organization TVTO www.IranTVTO.com
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WorldSkills Secretariat WSI Backgrounder Keizersgracht 62-64, 1015 CS Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31 23 5311071, Fax: +31 23 5310816, www.worldskills.org 1 of 2
South Tyrol, Italy WorldSkills South Tyrol www.worldskills.it Jamaica WorldSkills Jamaica www.worldskillsjamaica.org Japan JAVADA www.javada.or.jp Korea Human Resources Development Services www.hrdkorea.or.kr Principality of WorldSkills Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Luxembourg Centre National de Formation Professionnelle www.men.lu Continue CNFPC Morocco Ministere de la Formation Professionnelle www.dfp.ac.ma Macau SAR Department of Labour & Employment Affairs Head of www.dste.gov.mo Vocational Training Centre Mexico General Directorate of Vocational Training Centres www.dgcft.sems.gob.mx/ Malaysia Ministry of Works Malaysia, Corporate Management www.kkr.gov.my/pkm and Planning Division (BPPK) Netherlands Skills Netherlands www.skills-netherlands.nl Norway WorldSkills Norway www.worldskills.no New Zealand WorldSkills New Zealand www.worldskills.org.nz Philippines TESDA www.tesda.gov.ph Portugal Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional IEFP portal.iefp.pt Saudi Arabia GOTEVOT www.gotevot.edu.sa Sweden Youth Skills Sweden AB www.youthskillssweden.com Singapore Institute of Technical Education www.ite.edu.sg Thailand Department of Skill Development www.inet.co.th/org/DSD Tunisia Agence Tunisienne de la Formation Professionnelle Chinese Taipei Central Region Office, Council Of Labor Affairs, www.labor.gov.tw Executive Yuan United Kingdom UK Skills www.ukskills.org.uk United States of America SkillsUSA www.skillsusa.org Venezuela INCE www.ince.gov.ve Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs www.molisa.gov.vn South Africa WorldSkills South Africa www.worldskills.org.za
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WorldSkills Secretariat WSI Backgrounder Keizersgracht 62-64, 1015 CS Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31 23 5311071, Fax: +31 23 5310816, www.worldskills.org 2 of 2