On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium visited the Maison Intergénérationnelle d’Outremeuse at Raes-de-Heers in Liège.
According to La Monarchie Belge, during their visit the royal couple:
“… met with various associations who work in area of intergenerational activities. Today’s visit takes place within the framework of the European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between generations.”
On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium held an audience at Château de Laeken in Brussels with theoretical physicist, Professor François Englert.
On Thursday, October 11, 2012, His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium visited Camp Lagland, one of the largest military training camps of the Belgian Army, located in the province of Luxembourg.
The purpose of His Majesty’s visit was to learn more about the “… military training exercises each of the men endure…” as well as to watch “… combat demonstrations.”
On the morning of October 5, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium visited 2012 EuroSkills Spa-Francorchamps in the province of Liège.
“… EuroSkills Spa-Francorchamps is a unique event with international impact. 24 countries, 44 trades, 430 competitors, 18 national TV channels, 500 volunteers and more than 40,000 visitors. The Spa-Francorchamps circuit welcomes a major event in the promotion of manual, technical and technological trades in Europe and enable’s everyone to discover a magnificent site in a new light, far from the usual habits related to motor-sports.
Tomorrow’s jobs, training skills, education and business partners all united around a common project. Meet a world of business, training, and employment in the forefront of technics and technology. Euroskills is not just a competition; it also allows discovering, trying a trade, learning about courses and qualification sectors, and meet those who tomorrow will be highly qualified young professionals.
It is also the opportunity for the European educational leaders, training centers, companies, to meet up during seminars and conferences.”
On the evening of October 3, 2012, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium and 300 guests attended a gala dinner held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Polar Foundation held at the Tour & Taxis in Brussels.
The International Polar Foundation, a partner with the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, was created in 2002 by:
“… Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert and scientists André Berger and Hugo Decleir, as a foundation for the public good tasked with connecting science and society. The Foundation works to raise the profile of polar scientific research, in order to advance human knowledge, and to promote informed action on climate change and the development of a sustainable society.”
During tonight’s gala dinner the InBev Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship was awarded to “… German Glaciologist, Mr. Reinhard Drews…” The InBev Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship, worth 150,000 Euros, was created to “… promote research activities at, or in the vicinity of, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station located in the Sør Rondane Mountain Range in East-Antarctica.”
Tomorrow, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II will participate in the 2012 Arctic Futures Symposium held inside the Jacques Delors Building at the European Union Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
“Arctic Futures Symposium brings together a wide variety of Arctic stakeholders, including EU and foreign policymakers, scientists, industry representatives, indigenous peoples and academics. A key international multidisciplinary forum to discuss future scenarios for the Arctic, the Symposium will participants discussing the key issues facing a region that is coming under increasing interest.”
Topics to be discussed will include future of energy resources in the Arctic including renewable energy solutions, the management of fisheries and marine protected areas, the importance of long-term scientific monitoring in the Arctic, and much more.
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Château de Laeken His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium received Lettres de Créance from Ambassadors of Honduras, Laos, Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan and the Republic of South Sudan.
And, that’s it. Exciting, I know. 🙂
On September 26, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium visited the A&S Energy company in Oostrozebeke. The purpose of his visit was to participate in a working meeting with:
“… experts and industry representatives on the theme of market development of green energy and its integration into the global energy market.
This visit took place as part of a series of visits by the prince devoted to Belgian companies active in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable development and new technologies.”
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Sources: La Monarchie Belge and Spanogroup.be
The Royal Correspondent 
