Why Germany?

Germany has always aspired to innovation and new technologies and processes. This generates new fields of knowledge and new learning methods which affect the whole vocational education and training system. It also leads to new perspectives and opportunities for young people, instructors and companies. We want to share our experience and findings with all participants of the WorldSkills movement.

WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 will deliver:

A state-of-the-art WorldSkills Competition to inspire young people worldwide.

With this sentence you may expect perfectly organised competitions on highest level, connected with a high degree of vitality and culture.

High-tech environment
Germany has a broad range of industries – and is a world-leader in many. Most companies are involved in mechanical engineering and plant engineering & construction. Germany’s automotive industry ranks third in volume – and first in quality worldwide. Our chemical industry also holds a leadership position, and innovative industries include renewable energy, information technology and biotechnology.
The service sector also plays a key role – and is now almost neck and neck with industry. Master crafts and trades are a German speciality – and form the traditional core of economic life.

State-of-the-art technology
German industry is looking forward to providing Competitors and Experts with state-of-the-art technology and equipment for exciting high-tech competitions and benchmarking.

The land of inventors and ideas
Poor in raw materials, Germany has always been a land of inventors and of ideas.
For centuries, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators, philosophers and artists have contributed to Germany’s reputation.
It started with Johannes von Gutenberg, inventor of movable type – and continued with automobile pioneers like Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz and Otto Lilienthal, inventor of the glider. More recently, research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute have contributed to many inventions, including MP3, a digital audio storage format used worldwide.

A strong economic partner
Germany is the world’s third-largest economy – and with the highest Gross National Product and population in the European Union, it is also Europe’s most important market. And in international trade in goods and services, Germany ranks second only to the United States.
The German industry has a wide spectrum, especially in the automobile and chemical industry, like renewable-, information- and biology technology.
Also the service sector plays a big role in Germany, the handcraft is one of the characteristics.