On 25 - 29 October 2021, experts and officials from international organizations and government, leaders of business and industry will meet to discuss the key topics on skills development. The WorldSkills Conference 2021 will explore the future of VET and what can be learned from the COVID-19 crisis.

The 5-day hybrid event will take place in Shanghai and online. Managing Director of the UNIDO’s Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agri-Business, Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento, Director of the UNIDO’s Agri-Business Department, Dejene Tezera, and Chief of the UNIDO’s Agro-Industries and Skills Development Division, Riccardo Savigliano, will intervene respectively at the following session:

• Opening: The Road Ahead: Skills for a Resilient Future, 25 October 2021 at 09:30 CEST
• Panel: Impact of COVID-19 on green skills: solutions and opportunities, 25 October 2021 at 11:15 CEST
• Panel: Showcase: Job-rich opportunities of the green transition, 26 October 2021 at 11:15 CEST

Click here to see the event’s agenda.

For more information, please contact Karin Monaco (K.Monaco [at] unido.org (K[dot]Monaco[at]unido[dot]org))

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