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.

​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.

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

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.

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

Students from public and private schools discover technical career opportunities

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

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

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

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

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.

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