EuroSkills – the European skills championships

Vocational training for a greener future

EuroSkills is the European championships for young people in non-academic vocational training. WorldSkills Europe, the European umbrella organisation, works with its members and partners to promote training and make it attractive. The partnership between WorldSkills Europe and Festo is based on shared values. Festo fulfils its social responsibility by training young professionals in technical professions.

Current competitions

EuroSkills Herning 2025

In 2025, the European vocational skills championships will be held in the town of Herning in Denmark. The motto is: "Skilled for a Greener Future" Festo promotes a green future: By sponsoring the competition equipment for mechatronics and Industry 4.0 Festo demonstrates its commitment to the vocational training of tomorrow's skilled workers.

Festo at EuroSkills Herning 2025

Festo is a Premium Sponsor

WorldSkills Europe relies on experienced partners. Festo is well-established when it comes to innovation and problem-solving expertise in all areas of factory and process automation. That is why Festo has been supporting WorldSkills Europe since the first EuroSkills championships in Rotterdam in 2008. Festo has been a Premium Sponsor since 2022. And since 1991 the company has been cooperating with Worldskills International as a global industry partner. New disciplines such as Industry 4.0, water technology or renewable energies are the result of joint projects to deal with current technology trends and include them into vocational training and the labour market.

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