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OUR AMBITION

To make the whole world realize that the power of skills is an essential tool towards professional and personal fulfillment, and a true means to foster social link, transmit knowledge and savoir-faire, and generate economic growth.

To make WorldSkills Lyon 2024 not just a single Competition, but a portfolio of events that bring together, mobilize, and engage all participants, actors, and representatives of vocational education and training in France, and internationally.

WORLDSKILLS LYON 2024 VALUES

EXCELLENCE

As a driver for success through personal development

GENEROSITY

As a motivation to make WorldSkills Lyon 2024 an experience of sharing and conviviality, bringing together Competitors, organizers, visitors, and all those building stronger Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems

OPENNESS

As a source of inspiration to make WorldSkills Lyon 2024 a symbol of diversity and inclusion for all

UNITY

As a tool to rally supporters and Competitors from all over the world around the same ambition: to promote the power of skills

OUR GOALS

Much more than just a competition, WorldSkills Lyon 2024 aims to have a long-term impact by supporting projects and initiatives that are close to the Organizing Committee’s heart, in order to leave a lasting and tangible legacy.

FRANCOPHONIE
To support the dynamic development of the Francophonie economy, by working on international skills benchmarks in French for the 59 skills, and by strengthening cooperation between the Francophonie industrial and economic stakeholders.
INTERNATIONAL
To develop cultural exchanges and share professional practices by organizing a meeting between each national team taking part in the Competition in 2024 and a school in the Lyon region (One School One Country). To showcase European skills on the world stage by promoting them.
INTERCONTINENTAL
To support the development of skills on the African continent, by working closely with various countries to integrate the dynamics of a skills Competition into their training programmes.
EUROPE
To be part of the European drive to develop vocational training by making WorldSkills Lyon 2024 as much a European event as a French one.

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