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One School One Country programme launches educational game for the greatest vocational education and skills excellence Competition in the world

The "Career Choice –SENAI game" is one of the WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 special actions

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The greatest vocational education and skills excellence Competition in the world develops a project to transform visits into a unique experience

Promoting vocational education and making Worldskills São Paulo 2015 more attractive and easy to understand, are some of the visitor experience goals

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Brazil invests in vocational education development by hosting the greatest vocational education and skills excellence Competition in the world

Vocational education offers various opportunities and possibilities for young Brazilian professionals, and plays an important role in developing and promoting communities among them.

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The greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition of the world promotes an initiative involving IT skills and Non-Governmental Organizations

WorldSkills Digital Challenge selects IT professionals interested in helping non-governmental organizations with the power of skills

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São Paulo hosts the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition in the world in August

From 11-16 August 2015, Brazil will host the 43rd WorldSkills Competition, the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition in the world at Anhembi Park in the city of São Paulo. Approximately 1,200 registered Competitors from 63 countries and regions are expected to participate. They will compete in 50 different skills related to trades, technologies, and service-oriented careers.

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WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 signs sponsorship agreement with Samsung

Executive Vice President of Samsung, Dr. Ji Oh Song, visited Brazil with the exclusive purpose of signing a sponsorship agreement for the world's largest professional education event, WorldSkills Competition, to be held in August for the first time in Brazil. The President of WorldSkills, Simon Bartley, and the General Director of SENAI, Rafael Lucchesi, were also present.

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Volunteer Programme launched for the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition of the world

WorldSkills Competition, the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition of the world, will be held for the first time in Brazil, between 11-16 August this year, at the Anhembi Park, in São Paulo. Registrations for those who want to contribute to the event, through the Volunteer Programme, began today.

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Multiculturalism event promoted by the One School One Country Programme for the educational community

The Meeting with educators highlighted the importance of respect for other cultures and diversity

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Professional adapt to the labour market amidst new paradigms in society

​Interesting news was recently published in the media about Jaques Lewcowicz, founding partner at Lew ´ Lara\TBWA – one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, hired as an intern at Google. At the age of 70, the renowned professional decided to work for the greatest online search engine, after speaking to 200 people at their Brazilian office, beginning a great relationship. "Lew" wasn´t working with advertising for almost a year, since he sold his shares in the Agency, and now he decided to learn even more in life and chose this skill exchange opportunity provided by the project.

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The greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition of the world honoured with commemorative stamp in Brazil

WorldSkills Competition, held for the first time in latin america, provides a legacy for Brazil

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One School One Country Programme launched to promote Professional Skills Education in Brazil

Students from public and private schools discover technical career opportunities

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Worldskills São Paulo 2015 will be theme of commemorative postage stamp in Brazil

The Competition, which will be held for the first time in Latin America this year, will leave a legacy for its host country

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Worldskills International is ready to the 43rd edition of the biggest vocational training Competition in the world

In 2015, WorldSkills Competition will be held for the first time in Latin America

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Worldskills International prepares for the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition of the world

WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 held in Latin America for the first time

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WorldSkills Is Presented During The National Confederation Of Industry Meeting

Os 2 September, during a meeting led by Ropson Braga, President of the National Confederation of Industry, Simon Bartley and David Hoey presented WorldSkills to the 27 state Brazilian Federations of Industry.

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Professional education in Brazil: the challenge of expanding access with quality

The challenge for the country now is to build a network of information on opportunities for courses and job opportunities, and thus assist people when making their choices to enter the job market.

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Brazil's Force

With a population of over 200 million people and a land area of over 8,500 square km, these facts are just a part of the grandeur of Brazil, the largest country in South America.

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