Welcome to the Safety & Training Forum and Awards
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About the GWO Safety & Training Forum
Our goal is to bring together the world’s largest wind industry manufacturers and owner operators with our community of training providers, certification bodies instructors, and auditors for a day of inspiration, industry insight, networking, and dialog.
Learn more about the Forum
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About the Awards
The GWO Safety & Training Awards were created to shine a light on the teams of instructors and support staff who make safety in wind possible. The Awards are the world’s first program of its kind recognizing the skills and impact of training providers and instructors keeping the wind energy workforce safe on site.
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The Forum
The Safety & Training Forum is GWO’s annual gathering. The goal is to bring together the world’s largest wind industry manufacturers and owner operators with our community of training providers, certification bodies instructors, and auditors for a day of inspiration, industry insight, networking, and dialog.
As a not for profit industry association, GWO understands how important it is to be on the ground with our community, where we can all look one another in the eye and work together for the good of our industry.
Finalists
Nominations for the 2026 GWO Safety & Training Awards are open from February 24th to May 30th. Shortlisted candidates will be revealed during the first week of August, with the winners announced at the Safety & Training Awards Ceremony on September 29th in Paris, France, during the Forum.
Location
This Year’s Awards Ceremony will take place during the Safety & Training Forum in Paris, France. More information about the event will be revealed in April.
Training Team of the Year Award
Recognizing exceptional performance by GWO training providers worldwide.
Instructor of the Year Award
Honouring the crucial role of GWO instructors in ensuring a safer wind workforce.
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Forum ’26: Lessons from Human Factors Research for the Wind Workforce
With the GWO Safety & Training Forum & Awards 2026 on the horizon, learn more about the Human Factors workshop session on this year’s programme.
Meet the Judges for the Safety and Training Awards
Discover the Judging Panel for this year's Safety & Training Awards.
Forum ’26: Join Us in Paris for Two Days of Dialogue
With less than three months until the GWO Safety & Training Forum & Awards 2026, learn more about this year's programme.
GWO Safety & Training Forum & Awards 2026: A First Look at GWO’s Module-Specific Assessments
With less than a week to go until Early Bird pricing ends on 30 June, read on to get a foretaste of the assessments session in this year’s programme.
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Highlighted scenes from the previous Forums and Awards
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Winners & Nominees
Our goal is to bring together the world’s largest wind industry manufacturers and owner operators with our community of training providers, certification bodies instructors, and auditors for a day of inspiration, industry insight, networking, and dialog.
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Previous years
Meet the winners, highly commended, and finalists from previous editions of the Awards.
Meet the Judges for the Safety and Training Awards
Discover the Judging Panel for this year's Safety & Training Awards.
GWO Safety & Training Awards 2026: Nominees Announced
Following a grand total of 3,849 nominations, the selected nominees for this year’s Safety & Training Awards are now live.
GWO Safety & Training Awards 2026 Now Open for Nominations
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is proud to open nominations for this year’s awards, recognising the hardworking instructors and dedicated training teams who are helping to skill the energy transition across the wind and solar industries. Will your instructor or training team be next to join this growing community of award recipients?
GWO Forum ’25: Reflecting on Safety & Training Forum and Awards
A wrap-up of everything that happened at the GWO Safety & Training Forum and Awards '25
GWO Announces Finalists for the 2025 Instructor of the Year and the 2025 Young Achiever Awards
Meet the finalists for the 2025 Instructor of the Year and Young Achiever Awards. Reserve your spot for Forum 2025 now!
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