Oran, Algeria – Prime Minister Sifi Grib, representing President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, inaugurated the first edition of the National Skills Olympics 2025 in Oran on Monday evening. The event brings together 550 participants from vocational training and education institutions across the country.
Addressing attendees at the opening ceremony held at the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex, Prime Minister Grib emphasized the significance of the event. “This event is not merely a national competition; it is a statement of Algeria’s strong determination to join the ranks of leading countries in the field of skills and professions,” he stated. He further articulated Algeria’s ambition to achieve a qualitative leap in this domain at both the African and international levels, embodying President Tebboune’s commitment to comprehensive economic transformation driven by Algerian talent and skills.
The Prime Minister highlighted that this Olympics marks a “turning point in the trajectory of vocational training in our country, being the first national skills competition held under the high patronage of the President of the Republic.” He also noted that it follows Algeria’s recent accession to the African organization, WorldSkills Africa. This membership, he explained, is part of the implementation of the President’s comprehensive strategic vision to develop the vocational training and education sector and make it a true engine for economic and social development.
“Developing the mechanisms and institutions of vocational training has become a core priority of government action in recent years,” Grib added, “based on the firm belief that the standards of success in today’s world are based on practical competence, the ability to create and innovate, and keeping pace with the tremendous technological acceleration.” He called for “enhancing available capabilities and utilizing them better to build the skills of our youth, qualify them, and enable them to contribute effectively to leading the national economy in the future.”
The Prime Minister affirmed that the Olympics serve as “a field for excellence and mastery, a workshop for creating champions, and a welcoming space for exchanging experiences and knowledge among the sons of the one nation.” He concluded by noting that the event, gathering over 500 competitors from across Algeria, “sends a strong message to society that skill is a value, and that vocational training is a strategic choice for building a prosperous future for our country.”
