{"id":2176,"date":"2016-10-19T11:24:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skillsdev.ifpt.org\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2016-10-19T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:24:08","slug":"canada-usa-awarded-worldskills-general-assembly-2016-hosting-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/en\/canada-usa-awarded-worldskills-general-assembly-2016-hosting-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"CANADA AND USA AWARDED WORLDSKILLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2016 HOSTING RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE WORLD WILL GATHER IN NIAGARA FALLS IN 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During the WorldSkills General Assembly in Lucerne, Switzerland, Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada in\u00a0conjunction with SkillsUSA were granted the hosting rights of the 2016 event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a productive week of discussions and decisions, the final meeting of the WorldSkills General Assembly\u00a02014 included a presentation for the host of the WorldSkills General Assembly 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Lawrence, CEO of SkillsUSA co-presented the bid to host the meeting and had this to say about the plans\u00a0for 2016, \u201cSkillsUSA is extremely excited to be working in cooperation with Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada to bring\u00a0the world to the 2016 meeting of WorldSkills General Assembly. Niagara Falls will offer Delegates a world class\u00a0meeting venue, as well as an opportunity to tap into top industry, education and government leaders and\u00a0experts from across North America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last time that the Delegates of WorldSkills came to North America it was for the 40th WorldSkills\u00a0Competition in Calgary, Canada in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend the Swiss organizers for the great work on the 2014 General Assembly and we are thrilled to be\u00a0co-hosting the event in 2016 with SkillsUSA. The Assembly itself will provide the opportunity for dialogue and\u00a0the sharing of best practices between national and international partners,\u201d says Shaun Thorson, CEO of\u00a0Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada.<\/p>\n<p>SwissSkills did a tremendous job in organizing this event and all Delegates had fruitful discussions. 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