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 Inaugural WorldSkills Leaders Forum - Seoul 2001

The WorldSkills Leaders Forum was held at the COEX in Seoul, Korea on Thursday, 13 September 2001. It was sponsored by WorldSkills´ Sponsor Partner Festo. It was attended by over 120 Official Observers - and a small VIP tour from Festo. They first attended a forum where 3 speakers outlined the aims of the Forum. This was followed by the opportunity to circulate and meet others over a buffet lunch. All who attended were encouraged to join workshops of their choice at a later stage during the four day competition – and despite their heavy schedule over 60 people came back to those workshops.

This event marks the first step in WorldSkills development of the Forum as an event designed to promote the exchange of best practices, new ideas and innovation and help delegates build international expert networks. The aims are outlined in the speeches below.

The WorldSkills Competition 2003 in St. Gallen will witness the further development of this the WorldSkills Leaders Forum towards a congress on Best Practices and Innovation in Vocational Training and Technical Education. The Forum will address all aspects of vocational training and technical education – from new technologies and training methods to motivation techniques and image building – thus taking a further step towards the full achievement of the WorldSkills mission.

The following speakers were introduced by a witty Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Laurent Thibaul, WorldSkills VP for Special Affairs:

Both Festo and WorldSkills are eager to enhance future competitions by running the WorldSkills Forum parallel to it. There people will have the opportunity to learn - and exchange opinions on aspects of training.

In his speech Jack Dusseldorp corrected his reference to sponsors using the term sponsor partners – which far better captures the vision shared by Festo, the Event Sponsor of the Skills Competition in Seoul.

To Dr Yi's presentation

To Mr Jack Dusseldorp's presentation
Technical competence

Personal competence

Social competence

 WorldSkills Mission

WorldSkills mission is to challenge young people, their teachers, trainers and employers to achieve world class standards of competence in commerce, services and industry, and to promote the status of vocational training.

Objectives
To achieve its mission the IVTO conducts the International World Skills Competition every odd year, and also:

  • promotes the exchange of ideas and experience in vocational training through seminars, meetings and competitions
  • disseminates information on world class standards of competence
  • motivates young people to pursue further education and training relevant to their careers
  • facilitates communication and contacts between vocational training organisations around the world
  • encourages the exchange of young professionals among the Members promotes and markets the mission and goals of the Organisation.

For more details, visit www.worldskills.com

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