Tom York

Director of Marketing and Communications @Worldskills Europe

WorldSkills Europe is part of the global WorldSkills movement – a group of people and organisations, including WorldSkills International, that together advance the shared social objective of increasing the provision and development of skills.WorldSkills Europe promotes vocational, technological and service oriented education and training across Europe, working with youth, educators, governments, and industries to help prepare the workforce and talent of today for the jobs of the future.Together with 33 Member Countries, WorldSkills Europe organises EuroSkills – the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in Europe. Held every two years, EuroSkills sees hundreds of young people from across Europe come together to compete in 40-45 different skill competitions, all for the chance to be named ‘Best in Europe’ in their individual skills.Skills featured at EuroSkills cover everything from web development to bakery; from joinery to floristry; and from fashion technology to robot systems integration.