DESIRE JEAN PETRY, Diplomat, Official. Chief, International Labour Organisation (Office)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Research & Development Group on Technical Education, International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training. Chevalier, Ordre du Lion, Belgium. Association of Technical Engineer, Université du Travail.
Education
Université du Travail, Charleroi, Belgium, 1940-1945, Degree in Indl Engineering, Applied Electricity. Institut Normal Technique-Arts et Metiers, Brussels, Pedagogical Certificate in Technical Education. Spoken languages: French, English, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, German.
Career
Chief, International Labour Organisation (Office)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Research & Development Group on Technical Education, International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training since 1973. Project(s) Manager, Technical Teacher Training College, Algeria, 1970-1973. Export Manager, Heating Appliances Company, Belgium, 1968-1970.
Project(s) Manager, Technical Teacher Training College, Athens, 1966-1968. Project(s) Officer, Technical Education Division, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1960-1966. Supervisor of Technical Education, Zaire, 1952-1960.
Fellowship in Technical Education & Guidance, United States, 1956-1957. Teacher of Electronics & Applied Mathematics, Brussels, 1949-1953. Electrical Engineer, Railway Company, Brussels, 1946-1953.
Membership
Association of Technical Engineer, Université du Travail.