Why?
In 2025, the worldskills movement marks a truly special milestone: 75 years!
A journey defined by talent, innovation, and dedication - bringing together young people from all over to showcase their skills, creativity, and the courage to learn.
That's exactly why a commemorative edition of the WorldSkills Competitions isn't just desirable - it's essential.
Picture stepping back to 1950, to the very first competition held in Madrid, but with today's energy, technology, and aspirations. Revisiting the beginning, yes - but with eyes firmly set on the future.
It's a unique opportunity to:
- Honor the roots: pay tribute to those who laid the first stone of what is now a global network inspiring technical and vocational careers.
- Highlight the evolution: compare the past and the present, celebrating technological progress, new methodologies, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability.
- Inspire new generations: for young people who weren't even born when it all began, show how far one can go - and motivate them to become part of it.
- Reinforce values: excellence, hard work, international cooperation, lifelong learning - all of these are reborn in a special edition.
Doing this commemorative edition is more than nostalgia - it's recognizing that every hammer strike, every project, every moment of nerves and triumph has left a mark.
It's turning memory into momentum, tradition into a driving force for the future.
Join us in this celebration: to honor not just the past, but to fuel the dreams of tomorrow.