Edwin Jozef Bourgeois

Background

Bourgeois, Edwin Jozef was born on February 16, 1945 in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Ernest Bourgeois and Joanna Bourgeois-Peeters.

Education

Master of Business Administration, U. Antwerp, 1968; Master in Development Studies, U. Gent, Belgium, 1971; certified training, International Institute Ednl. Planning, Paris, 1974.

Career

Teacher economics, International School, Lubumbashi, Congo, 1968-1970; vice-principal, St. Eligius College, Antwerp, 1971-1973; expert fellow, International Institute Ednl. Planning, Paris, 1973-1974; expert in educational planning, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Lagos, Nigeria, 1974-1980; advisor, Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation, Brussels, 1981-1983, 95-; expert in educational planning, Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation, Kigali, Rwanda, 1983-1993. Freelance journalist Spectator, Gent, De Nieuwe Gazet, Antwerp, 1968-1974.

Consultant communications of the European Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1993-1994, 97, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1997, Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation, South Africa, Manila, 1996, 98.

Achievements

• Edwin Jozef Bourgeois has been listed as a noteworthy Educational planner, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Advisory Council on Pluralistic Education, Brussels, 1983, Center for Political, Economics and Social Studies, Committee on Development Cooperation, Brussels, 1983, Friends of the Ednl. Svc. of the Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels, Friends of the Royal Opera House, Brussels. Member Royal Institute for International Rels., Society for International Development (life), Belgian Society Africanists.

Connections

Married Rosemary Ukutin, April 1, 1976. Children: Steven, Isabel, Tom, Rita.

Father:

Ernest Bourgeois

Mother:

Joanna Bourgeois-Peeters

Spouse:

Rosemary Ukutin

child:

Steven Bourgeois

child:

Rita Bourgeois

child:

Isabel Bourgeois

child:

Tom Bourgeois