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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WINDA Turns 10: A Decade of Trusted Training Records
17 October 2026 marked exactly 10 years since the launch of WINDA, GWO’s global training records database, now an essential part of the renewables industry’s safety training infrastructure.
Strengthening industry connections at Colloque Nationale 2026
GWO recently joined renewable energy leaders, education institutions and Training Providers in Paris for the 16th France Renouvelables National Colloquium, to explore opportunities for strengthening workforce development and access to safety training across France's growing wind industry.
Reflecting on the GWO Safety & Training Forum and Awards 2026
All the highlights from Forum '26
GWO Safety & Training Awards Winners Unveiled in Paris
At the fifth edition of the Awards, this year’s winners took to the stage following the most closely contested competition to date.
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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.
GWO expands 2022 awards event with Safety & Training Forum
October 4th will be a special day as our community of safety and training in wind energy gathers in person for an all-new event in Copenhagen.
Crafting a Winning Entry To The GWO Safety & Training Awards
Discover all our tips and tricks for creating your winning entry here
Winners 2021: The Safety & Training Awards Drives Internal Learnings at Maersk Training, Brazil
Speaking with the winners of Training Team of the Year 2021: Americas
Looking Back to Young Achiever of the Year, 2021
“It was a great recognition to be chosen by such experienced and significant members of the wind industry”
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