Peter A. Ehrhard
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Education and Professional Activities
| 2002 – present | Founder and CEO of PERIPLUS CONSULTING L.L.C., Zurich, Switzerland: International Cooperation, Development and Exchange in Education, Professional Training and Cultural Affairs; mandates and consulting activities of prime importance in the PR China |
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| 1999 – present | Cooperation activities and projects between Switzerland and the PR China; more than 25 visits to China for school links and exchanges, consulting activities and intercultural workshops; head of Swiss delegations to China; organizer of educational and cultural visits to China and for Chinese educators and school leaders to Switzerland; co-organizer of the 1st and 2nd Symposium of Sino-Swiss Principals from Secondary Vocational Schools and Vocational Education Centers (Shanghai, 2013 and 2015) |
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| 1997 – 2009 | Director of the Foreign Language Assistant Program in Switzerland (part-time and by mandate) |
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| 1991 – 2001 | Director of the International Teacher Exchange Program (worldwide) and Head of the International Affairs Department at the Swiss Office for In-Service Training of Senior High School Teachers; missions at the Council of Europe (full time) |
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| 1988 – 1991 | Head of the immigrants’ school education and integration office, Ministry of Education, Canton of Solothurn (part-time) |
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| 1978 – 1989 | National coordinator of the Youth Exchange Program between the four language regions of Switzerland (part-time) |
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| 1975 – 2001 | Professor of French at a Senior High School |
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| 1974 – 1975 | Post-doctorate studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France) |
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| 1974 | Dr. phil. (PhD), University of Zurich |
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| 1965 – 1974 | Studies (French Language and Literature; American Literature; Pedagogy), University of Zurich (Switzerland); Carleton College (Minnesota, USA); University of Aix-en-Provence and Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris (France) |
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| 1963 – 1965 | Teacher at Primary School level |
Skills and Expertise
- organization skills and event management
- international and intercultural negotiating and work experience
- broad knowledge of the Swiss and the Chinese school and vocational education systems
- long-time contacts and cooperation with Chinese schools and school leaders
- foreign language teaching
Honors and Awards
| 2010 | Officer of the Order of the Palmes académiques, French Government |
| 2001 | Knight of the Order of the Palmes académiques, French Government |
| 2000 | Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, French Government |
| 1981 | Prizewinner of the Walter- und Ambrosina-Oertli-Foundation, Switzerland |