1. Skills are the future.

2. Akva project – provides training for the competition experts Finnish national competition in vocational skills (vocational qualification level) Playful competition for ninth graders of the comprehensive school WorldSkills Competition – International competition in vocational skills since 1950 (further qualification level) International competition in the vocational skills for the disabled ones First competition in vocational skills at European level will take place 18 th -20 th of September 2008 in Ahoy Rotterdam, The Netherlands Skills are the future. Skills Finland ry – Founded in 1993 Supports the development of young top talents by educating, coaching, researching and developing work. This includes Huva and Taitaja 9 projects

3. Competitions in vocational skills –how young ones benefit? Change to show what they can and test out their limits Possibility to show their skills to employers Great experience Develope their skills Meet new friends

4. Competitions in vocational skills are developing competence by: Raising the quality and profile of vocational education Making the developed vocational training known and more attractive Creating co-operation between the educational institutes and the companies

5. Skills Finland ry Founded in 1993 Promotes the high vocational skills and the profile of the vocational competence by arranging the competitions in vocational skills Supporters The Finnish Ministry of Education The Finnish National Board of Education Educational institutes Central educational and labour market organizations of Finland

6. Skills-activity in Finland Top level coaching Team Finland Training for competition experts Research, development and publicing

7. Skills-competitions In Finland: Taitaja 9 (FinnSkills 9) Taitaja (FinnSkills) International level: WorldSkills Abilympics EuroSkills

8. Skills-competitions in Finland FinnSkills 9 – Playful competition for the ninth graders. Three member teams of boys and girls compete in tasks requiring hand skills Enhances the co-operation between the local comprehensive schools, educational institutes providing the vocational training and companies. Helps students to find the right educational training and increases the number of those applying to vocational training, especially in less popular vocations.

9. FinnSkills – Competition in vocational skills for young top talents Competitors must not be older than 20 in the year of the competition Arranged by the educational institutes providing vocational training, in co-operation with the companies Skills-competitions in Finland

10. FinnSkills 2007: 1050 students competed in 72 semifinals around the Finland, FinnSkills Finals 2007 in Joensuu – 307 students competed in 37 different skills 33 500 visitors during three days FinnSkills 2008 in Espoo and 2009 in Vaasa Skills-competitions in Finland

11. WorldSkills – International competition in vocational skills The biggest international competition in vocational skills – Since the year 1950 Arranged every other year Competitors must not be older than 22 in the year of the competition Competitors from 48 member countries Approximately 45 competition skills, over 700 competitors, and 100 000 -250 000 in visitors during the four days of competition

12. The international WorldSkills- organization grants country the right to arrange the competition Finland has been attending the competitions since the year 1989 WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki, WorldSkills 2007 Shizuoka, WorldSkills 2009 Calgary, WorldSkills 2011 London WorldSkills – International competition in vocational skills

13. 118 000 visitors 42 559 visitors on Friday – the new record in the Helsinki Fair Centre WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki 39 competition skills, 5 demonstrations skills 696 competitors ja 636 experts, 38 member countries + Estonia and Russia

14. WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki

15. Best result of all times for the Team Finland in the World Skills Competition Team Finland was the fourth team in the competition, after Switzerland, Korea and Germany 4 gold medals, 1 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 17 diploms for Finland

16. WorldSkills 2007 – Shizuoka 39 th WorldSkills Competition Numazu city in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan 14 th -21 st of November, 2007 Four-day competition Over 850 competitors from 48 countries, competing in 47 different skills

17. International Abilympics International competition in vocational skills for disabled ones, since the year 1981 Takes place every fourth year 7 th time in the year 2007 in Shizuoka, Japan Competitors from over 30 different countries International Abilympic Federation (IAF) – grants the country right to arrange the competition Finland joined IAF in 2005 and attends the competition for the first time in Japan 2007

18. EuroSkills 2008 First European competition in vocational skills 18 th -20 th of September, 2008 in The Netherlands – Ahoy Rotterdam 700 – 750 competitors Approx. 30 competition skills Competitors from 18 up to 27 years old

19. EuroSkills 2008 Preview During Skills Masters 2007, the Dutch National Skills Championships, in Hall 3 of Ahoy Rotterdam New competition formats and demonstrations in Refrigeration Technology: E350 Electronic Workshop: E351 (Presented by Finland) Building Construction: E352 Manufacturing Technologies: E353 Toyota Competition: E356 + Toyota F1: E355

20. Skills projects - developing the young top talents AKVA – Training for coaches and those arranging the competitions HUVA – Top level coaching for the young ones TAITAJA 9 – developing the competitions for the comprehensive school students

21. Competition expert training AKVA – Establishing the Skills Competitions

22. Akva project – provides training for the competition experts Finnish national competition in vocational skills (vocational qualification level) Playful competition for ninth graders of the comprehensive school WorldSkills Competition – International competition in vocational skills since 1950 (further qualification level) International competition in the vocational skills for the disabled ones First competition in vocational skills at European level will take place 18 th -20 th of September 2008 in Ahoy Rotterdam, The Netherlands Skills are the future. Skills Finland ry – Founded in 1993 Supports the development of young top talents by educating, coaching, researching and developing work. This includes Huva and Taitaja 9 projects

23. Thank you for your attention – Skills is hot! Presentation produced by: AKVA – Establishing the Skills Competitions