OREANDA-NEWS. September 09, 2015. Management of ROSATOM made a decision to become an industrial partner of the international movement WorldSkills International. The decision was made on the eve of presentation of the Russian application in San-Paulo. Kazan wan the right to host the WorldSkills Competition in 2019.

"All added value in ROSATOM is produced by the intellect of its employees. That’s why the management of the State Corporation made the decision to become an industrial partner of the international movement WorldSkills", — said Mr. Sergey Kirienko, Director General of Rosatom.

Russia will host the world competition of professional skills WorldSkills in 2019 in Kazan. This decision was made by the international board at General Conference of WorldSkills International in San-Paulo.

The Russian application was presented by Mrs. Olga Golodetz, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Kirienko, Director General of Rosatom, Mr. Rustam Minnikhanov, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mr. Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan and other representatives of the Russian delegation.

In his comments to the results of the selection ceremony of the host-city for the world competition on the professional skills in 2019 Mr. Sergey Kirienko said: "Here are the sanctions, the limitations: the most votes of 57 countries were given to the Russian application! I consider the cooperation with WorldSkills International is very important for us, because it allows significantly improving the prestige of professional skills. The arrangement of the Competition in Russia and popularization of the professional skills will attract the young people to the professional education institutions, than they will come to shift the high qualified professionals, who work today at the enterprises of Russian nuclear industry".