On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the finals of the 10th Edition of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge held at the Gashouder in Amsterdam.
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is the largest annual and international green business plan competition. The winner receives €500,000 to help bring her or his plan to market. The runner-up will receive €200,000.
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On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Explosieven Opruimingsdienst Defensie (EOD) in Soesterberg, Netherlands.
According to RVD, during today’s visit Her Majesty “…spoke with EOD’er in training and an instructor. They got to see what equipment the EOD used in making harmless and detonation of explosives…”
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On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands accompanied by the CEO of the Dutch Association of Insurers, Mr. Richard Weurding, visited two Money/Ways classes, as part of European Money Week, at the ROC van Amsterdam-MBO College Amstelland in Amstelveen. European Money Week is a joint initiative by European banking associations that aims to raise public awareness on financial literacy and improving financial education for students from elementary and secondary schools.
During today’s visit to the classes Her Majesty and Mr. Weurding participated in a roundtable discussion which focused on the “…relationship between debt and school and the benefits of financial education…” according to RVD.
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On Saturday, September 10, 2016, His Majesty King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands along with Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of the Netherlands opened the new Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar. Founded by Mr. Joop van Caldenborgh the private museum displays modern and contemporary art at the Estate Voorlinden.
According to RVD, the Museum Voorlinden overlooks a “…garden and the natural environment. It is the first time that the private collection, gathered worldwide over a period of 50 years, in this form is shown to a wider audience. Museum Voorlinden will accommodate some permanent works, including ‘Skyspace’ by artist James Turrell.”
During today’s opening His Majesty King Willem Alexander and Princess Irene viewed the exhibition entitled, Full Moon. The exhibition consists of more than 40 works of art from “…different periods and provides an introduction to the extremes of the collection with work by other Dutch artists such as Rineke Dijkstra and Jan Sluyters and international artists such as Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei.”
Museum Voorlinden will open to the public on Sunday, September 11, 2016.
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On Friday, September 9, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the province of Zeeland in the south-west region of the Netherlands.
According to RVD, today’s visit focused on:
“…innovations in the aquaculture industry in Zeeland. [The region’s] entrepreneurs, municipalities and school students show highlights Zeeland has in saline cultivation, mussel innovation, education and cultivation of fish on land.
[The day began with a tour of] Delta Farms in Colijnsplaat. The sawyers – or sea centipedes – exported as a protein-rich food for shrimp. In addition, research into applications in the pharmaceutical industry, where sawyers can be used for storing and transporting organs for transplantation.
[The day ended with a] visit to the Pontes Pieter Zeeman College in Zierikzee, where scholars and guest lecturers from the Academy Saline Zealand (ZAZ). [Whilst there Her Majesty] spoke with representatives of the fish and shellfish farms, Seafarm and Grovisco, about how they preserve their cultural methods with innovative techniques and research and promote animal welfare.”
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On Friday, September 2, 2016, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands opened the Margaretha Residence in Kampen, Netherlands.
According to photo news agency, PPE, the new Margaretha Residence comprises of “…120 apartments with a mixed group of partly independently and partly people who need care.”
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On the morning of Thursday, September 1, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as the United Nations Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance and Development, met with the President of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.
And, finally, in the second video the great folks at Royalty Magazine provide a summary of Her Majesty’s visit to lovely Indonesia.
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