Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium was at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels this afternoon to participate in the 5ième édition des Assises de la Coopération Belge au Développement (5th Edition of the Foundations of the Belgian Development Cooperation) conference.
The theme of today’s opening session focused on the “…consistency of policies for development.” According to the Belgian royal court, Princess Mathilde gave a lengthy speech which:
… emphasized the importance of the health and education sectors and the economic role of rural women in the agricultural sector and the food supply.
Source: La Monarchie Belge
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