WorldSkills Lyon 2024 – see tips and links for the competition week

WorldSkills Lyon 2024

The vocational skills competition WorldSkills will take place in Lyon, France, between 10 and 15 September 2024. A more detailed schedule of the week is available on the website 'Information for Finnish spectators', link below.

The competition comprises a total of 62 skills represented by professionals in different fields of vocational education, ranging from practical nurses to welders and from chefs to electricians. A total of 1,500 competitors around the world will participate. Eurexpo Lyon Fair Centre is expecting 250,000 visitors.

The right to organise WorldSkills competitions is granted by WorldSkills International (WSI), an organisation with 89 member countries. The Finnish national team is gathered and transported by Skills Finland, which is a member of WSI, in cooperation with vocational education institutions.

The event is free of charge, but all competition guests must register on the competition organiser's website.

Information for Finnish spectators

Register as a guest (worldskills2024.com)

Event website (worldskills2024.com)

Team Finland

Team Finland consists of 22 Competitors and 22 Experts. Finnish competitors will take part in 20 skills.

The public are able to watch the progress of the skills close-up, which makes the event interesting for visitors and exciting for the competitors. Please remember, however, that it is absolutely forbidden to talk to the competitors or otherwise disrupt them during their performance. Try to also avoid speaking Finnish in the immediate vicinity of the Finnish competitor's workstation. If you want to observe a competitor's performance for an extended period of time, please make sure in advance that it does not interfere with the competitor's concentration.

Team Finland website

Team Finland 2024 (pdf)

Communication during the competition week

The national team shares up-to-date information mainly through the team's Facebook page. Press releases concerning the competition trip are available on STT. Skills Finland's image bank will be updated throughout the competition week, and the images can be used freely in communications about the competition.

Team Finland on Facebook (facebook.com)

Skills Finland press releases (sttinfo.fi)

Skills Finland image bank (kuvat.fi)

Skills Finland on social media: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | X

Finns in Lyon

The event attracts a large number of Finnish guests.

Skills Finland and the Finnish National Agency for Education are hosting a stand where audiences can come learn about Finnish education, discuss the team and meet other Finns. The stand is located in Hall 1 next to the skill of Metal Roofing.

The support team from Skills Finland participating in the event includes: CEO Maria Ekroth, Office Manager Maria Atzmon, Communications Manager Katja Katajamäki, Communications Assistant Anni Ketola, Graphic Designer Tuija Vento, and Special Needs Advisor Juho Viitanen.

The Team Leaders are Teija Ripattila and Ville-Pekka Arasmo. The Technical Delegate for Finland is Hannu Immonen and the Official Delegate is Marja Vartiainen. Emmi-Maria Husu works at the WorldSkills International extended secretariat during the competition week.

If any questions arise during the competition week, please contact primarily Maria Atzmon or Katja Katajamäki.