Diploma in Economics Patrick ITSCHERT Deputy General Secretary, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels
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| Diploma in Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (FR) | |
| Humanitarian Studies, Sint-Jozefs College, Aalst (NL) | |
| 1979-1980 | Researcher/collaborator at the "Fondation Roi Baudouin", assisted in editing a study on The economic future of Belgium |
| 1980-1981 | Advisor to the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Budget Minister, specifically in charge of dossiers involving economic expansion and certain industrial sectors (textile, steel, etc) |
| 1981-1985 | First Advisor at the ITCB (tripartite body), examination of dossiers involving investments by textile and clothing enterprises |
| 1985-1991 | Director of the Institut du Textile et de la Confection de Belgique (ITCB), responsible for dossiers (commercial actions, training, investments) for francophone companies |
| 1991-2011 | General Secretary of the European Trade Union Federation: Textiles, Clothing and Leather (ETUF:TCL) |
| 2002-2005 | Delegate to the European Economic and Social Committee s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) |
| 2009-2011 | General Secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (220 affiliates, 110 countries, some 10 million members) |
| since 2011 | Elected Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation at the Athens Congress |
