UNIDO & WorldSkills: Welcome Remarks and Partnership Announcement UNIDO and WorldSkills announced their partnership to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote learning opportunities for all as set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNIDO joined the WorldSkills Conference Coalition to contribute and to share its knowledge and experience on demand-driven industrial skills development and the role that public-private development partnerships (PPDP) can play in providing technical education. Dejene Tezera, Director of the Department of Agri-business, UNIDO Alexander Amiri, Director of Partnerships and Sponsorship, WorldSkills MC: Moderated by Virpi Stucki, Business Partnership Officer, UNIDO Joint Press Release available at www.unido.org/news/worldskills-and-unido-advance-skills-development