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.” 

To view photos from today’s visit to the province of Zeeland please click here.

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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Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH

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.

On Thursday, January 7, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Hermitage in Amsterdam to witness the signing of a loan between the Europese Investeringsbank (EIB) and Qredits Microfinanciering Nederland (QMN).   Her Majesty is a member of the Dutch Committee for Entrepreneurship and Finance.

The €100 million loan to QMN, established by the Ministerie van Economische Zaken and the European Investment Fund for Strategic Investments, would provide more loans to Dutch startup companies and entrepreneurs. 

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Photo courtesy of the Ministerie van Economische Zaken

On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 6, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 2016 Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs award ceremony during the Keukenhof Flower Show in Lisse.  The theme of this year’s award: Future proof Ondernemen.

Established in 1986, the award raises awareness in horticulture as well as to generate interest in promoting the positive developments in the horticultural sector through innovative and sustainable entrepreneurship. 

The winner to the 2016 Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs went to Boomkwekerij Ebben.

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Photo courtesy of RVD