Next Wednesday, July, 15th, all the world will celebrate The World Youth Skills Day, a day to remember the importance of education to the development of the young people, of the country, of the world. The education was, is and it always will be the main feature, the aim source of any country's development. This post is a summary of three articles. The first was published at https://en.unesco.org/events/world-youth-skills-day. The second was published at https://www.worldskills.org/what/promoting-skills/world-youth-skills-day/. The third was published http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/eventsnew/index.htm. The fourth was published at http://www.ilo.org/skills/areas/skills-for-youth-employment/lang--en/index.htm
To raise awareness about the importance of investing in youth skills development, the UN General Assembly has decided to celebrate the first World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on 15th July 2015. WYSD celebrations coincide with an important year of setting the agenda for the future: a new climate agreement and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals are just around the corner. That is why this year's theme is "Youth skills for work and life in the post-2015 agenda". WYSD is in line with the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, which propose two goals on education and skills for employment: 1)Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. 2) Promote sustained, inclusive economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
The UN designated day seeks to generate greater awareness of and discussion on the importance of technical, vocational education, and training and the development of skills relevant to both local and global economies. It is hoped that it will contribute to reducing unemployment and underemployment among youth. It will highlight youth skills development to draw attention to the critical need for marketable skills. Activities and initiatives all aimed at raising the profile and recognition of skilled people, and showing how important skills are in achieving economic growth and personal success. Inspiring, educating youth is an integral part of the development.
The Sustainable Development Goals represent a step forward in development thinking by bringing together sustainable development with poverty alleviation, inequality and technological change in a holistic account of how people's lives can be enhanced. This vision reemphasises the importance of work to development in a way that contribute to incomes, productivity and competitiveness but also help in addressing issues of environmental degredation, safe sanitation and community development. However, work also contributes to human development, integrating people and furthering development of their identities.The competition WorldSkills this year will be in Sao Paulo from 12th August to 17th August. Competitors from over 50 countries simulate real work challenge that must be completed to international standards of quality. They demonstrate individual and collective technical skills to perform specific tasks for each of the professional skills. Throughout its 65 year history, the competition brings together the best young people from around the world in their chosen profession. They represent the best students selected in local and national skills competitions for professional education. The event also provides contact and exchange of information on best practices in professional education. The experience and the results of all of the competitions provide valuable feedback to their students, teachers, countries and schools in which they are being trained. It is the first time in history that the WorldSkills Competition will be held in South America. This time, the competition is being organized by SENAI, which is one of the five largest school of professional and technical education in the world.
Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant skills training, labout market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market. In many countries formal technical education and training is an option for a small minority of young people.
