International partnerships sharing skills to boost post-pandemic recovery
It provides a fantastic opportunity to work closely to mainstream innovation and excellence in skills development.
Chen-Yang Shih
WorldSkills UK launched a partnership with international members from the WorldSkills organization intended to boost post-pandemic skills recovery.
WorldSkills UK is a charity working with employers, education and governments in order to support young people globally through competition-based training, and assessments to improve their skills.
The first partnership is with Chinese Taipei to bring innovative ways for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange.
Neil Bentley-Gockmann, a WorldSkills UK chief executive, said the new partnerships will allow building on the work to boost standards in higher technical education through expanding the global network and sharing international practice to support young people to develop the high-quality skills needed by employers in various sectors.
WorldSkills UK plan is going to be signing more partnerships with countries including Japan, South Korea, Russia, India and France, leading to a total of 11 agreements by the end of the year.
The delegate of WorldSkills Chinese Taipei, Chen-Yang Shih said that the agreement is a symbol of closer collaboration and stronger partnership and:
“It provides a fantastic opportunity to work closely to mainstream innovation and excellence in skills development to help the youth build and strengthen their capacity and explore their potential.”
These partnerships will have a “key role” in shaping the work of its new, independent Skills Taskforce for Global Britain which was announced recently.
This initiative main aim is to create a post-pandemic plan to deploy world-class skills to attract inward investment.
