(KZN.RU,
December 25, Ksenia Shvetsova). The WorldSkills World Championships takes place
in Kazan next year and will be open to everyone. Free shuttles will be launched
especially for this on the days of the championship. They will go to the
International Exhibition Center “Expo”, where the main competitions will take
place. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the capital of the RT, spoke about this
today in the “Theme” on the TV channel “Efir”.
In
November, the regional stage of the WorldSkills was held at 38 sites in 9
settlements in Tatarstan. Participants competed in 136 competencies. The
strongest of them will join the national team of Russia, which will represent
their country at the world stage in Kazan in 2019. “We hope that the best
professional masters of Kazan will join the national and the Russian teams”,
said I. Metshin. He added that not only masters and professionals in various
professions, but also all residents and guests of the city would be able to
attend the championship. “This is an incredible event. 60 competencies, the
best masters do extraordinary things before your eyes. You have to see it. We
hope that this will also increase the respect and the role that the working
professions play for young people. ”
The
WorldSkills is an international non-commercial movement. Its goal is to
increase the prestige of working professions and to develop vocational
education through the organization of competitions in professional skills both
in each individual country and around the world.
The venue
of the official opening and closing ceremonies of the world championship will
be the Kazan Central Stadium.