WorldSkills Calgary 2009 | Participating Countries/Regions

ISO	Country/Region	Joined	Organization	Website
AE	United Arab Emirates	1997	Emirates Skills
AT	Austria	1958	WorldSkills Austria - Berufsweltmeisterschaften	www.worldskills.at
AU	Australia	1981	WorldSkills Australia	www.worldskills.org.au
BE	Belgium	1998	Skills Belgium	www.skillsbelgium.be
BN	Brunei Darussalam	2004	Ministry of Education (Dept of Technical Education)	www.dte.edu.bn
BR	Brazil	1981	SENAI	www.senai.br
CA	Canada	1990	Skills/Compétences Canada	www.skillscanada.com
CH	Switzerland	1953	Swiss Competence	www.swisscompetence.ch
DE	Germany	1953	Deutscher Handwerkskammertag (DHKT) and Deutscher Industrie - Und Handelskammertag (DIHK)	www.zdh.de
DK	Denmark	1998	DK Skills, Cirius	www.dk-skills.dk
EC	Ecuador	2006	Techna
EE	Estonia	2007	Foundation for Lifelong Development Innove	www.innove.ee
ES	Spain	2005	Ministry of Education and Science	www.mec.es/skills-spain
FI	Finland	1988	Skills Finland	www.skillsfinland.com
FR	France	1953	COFOM	www.cofom.org
HK	Hong Kong	1997	Vocational Training Council	www.vtc.edu.hk
HR	Croatia	2006	Croatia Skills	www.croatiaskills.hr
HU	Hungary	2006	National Institute of Vocational Education	www.nszi.hu
ID	Indonesia	2004	Ministry of National Education
IE	Ireland	1956	Department of Education and Science, National Skills Competition	www.education.ie
IN	India	2007	Confederation of Indian Industry	www.ciionline.org
IR	Iran	2000	Technical & Vocational Training Organization TVTO	www.IranTVTO.com
IS	Iceland	2007	Idnmennt ses	www.idnu.is
IT	South Tyrol, Italy	1995	Landesverband der Handwerker LVH	www.lvh.it
JM	Jamaica	2004	Vocational Training Development Institute	www.heart-nta.org
JP	Japan	1961	JAVADA	www.javada.or.jp
KR	Korea	1966	Human Resources Development Services	www.hrdkorea.or.kr
LI	Principality of Liechtenstein	1968	WorldSkills Liechtenstein
LU	Luxembourg	1957	Centre National de Formation Professionnelle Continue CNFPC	www.men.lu
MA	Morocco	1998	Ministere de la Formation Professionnelle	www.dfp.ac.ma
MO	Macau	1983	Department of Labour & Employment Affairs Head of Vocational Training Centre	www.dste.gov.mo
MX	Mexico	2006	General Directorate of Vocational Training Centres	www.dgcft.sep.gob.mx
MY	Malaysia	1992	Ministry of Works Malaysia, Corporate Management and Planning Division (BPPK)	www.kkr.gov.my/pkm
NL	Netherlands	1962	Skills Netherlands	www.skills-netherlands.nl
NO	Norway	1990	WorldSkills Norway	www.worldskills.no
NZ	New Zealand	1985	Youth Skills New Zealand	www.youthskills.org.nz
PH	Philippines	1994	TESDA	www.tesda.gov.ph
PT	Portugal	1950	Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional IEFP	portal.iefp.pt
SA	Saudi Arabia	2001	GOTEVOT	www.gotevot.edu.sa
SE	Sweden	1994	Youth Skills Sweden AB	www.youthskillssweden.com
SG	Singapore	1993	Institute of Technical Education	www.ite.edu.sg
TH	Thailand	1993	Department of Skill Development	www.inet.co.th/org/DSD
TN	Tunisia	1996	Agence Tunisienne de la Formation Professionnelle
TW	Chinese Taipei	1970	EVTA	www.evta.gov.tw
UK	United Kingdom	1953	UK Skills	www.ukskills.org.uk
US	United States of America	1973	SkillsUSA	www.skillsusa.org
VE	Venezuela	2002	INCE	www.ince.gov.ve
VN	Vietnam	2006	Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs	www.molisa.gov.vn
ZA	South Africa	1990	WorldSkills South Africa	www.worldskills.org.za

Information & Communication

The "Information & Communication Technology" category covers all the skilled areas that are related to information services. This encompasses everything from network creation and maintenance to development and finishing information technologies. The competition areas included in this area are: IT/Software Applications, Web Design, IT PC/Network Support, Telecommunication Distribution Technology and Printing.