Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands along with their three daughters, attended a concert held at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
The concert was performed 3,000 by students from the project, Kids Make Music, a program funded by the Oranje Fund. According to NOS, the project “…was launched last year by Princess Maxima…”
Click the links below to watch a video as well as to view photos.
Sources: RVD and NOS
Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the 100th anniversary of the Congress of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) in Den Haag.
According to RVD, the VNG represents:
…the interests of municipalities and is an important partner for other governments and civil society organizations. It is a service organization that also provides a platform for opinion formation and renewal.
Source: RVD
On June 5, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje opened a new townhouse, financed by the Oranje Fonds, in Varsselder-Veldhunten. Whilst there the prince was given a guided tour of the new building and “… met with board members of the townhouse…” according to RVD.
Meanwhile, at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the conference, Access to Health Insurance. The princess gave an opening speech regarding the importance of, well, health insurance. According to RVD, other issues discussed during today’s event included the need for “…financial services for low income groups and access to health care in developing countries.”
Source: RVD
His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje was at the Royal Theatre in Den Haag to participate in the 50th anniversary of the United World Colleges and Scholarship Awards on Monday, June 4, 2012.
According to RVD, the prince who is patron of the United World Colleges, gave a speech during today’s event as well as witnessed 25 students receiving scholarships.
To learn more about today’s event as well as to view photos please click here.
Source: RVD/HKH
On Friday, June 1, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands participated in the opening of the 4th International Conference of Insurance entitled, Insurance Europe, held at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.
According to RVD, today’s conference is “…dedicated to the responsibility that insurers worldwide provide security and protection to consumers and businesses.” During today’s event, hosted by the Dutch Association of Insurers, the princess gave a speech about the importance of financial inclusion and education.
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Source: RVD/HKH
On May 30, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was at the Universiteit van Amsterdam to attend a seminar regarding, “… what the effects are of entrepreneurship education in Amsterdam.”
According to the official website for the Universiteit van Amsterdam for the past two years several scholars from the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), who also organized today’s event, researched the “…effects of entrepreneurship…” on young students, the skills they developed, knowledge they acquired and enhanced self-esteem. “Roughly 2,500 students from 65 different schools in the Netherlands…” participated in the research program according to RVD.
After the seminar, Princess Maxima mingled with attendees as well as with the students who participated in the program and reviewed their presentations.
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Sources: Universiteit van Amsterdam and RVD
Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was at the Montessori Lyceum in Den Haag on May 29, 2012, to attend the “… prologue of an educational and social media project [of] Mozart’s opera, Don Giovanni: Master Seducer Comes to Life Again in An Education Pathway, a Real Facebook Opera…”
The performance was developed by OPERA2DAY and “… students from the Montessori Lyceum…”
Click here and here to view photos. For more information about OPERA2DAY please visit their official website here.
Sources: RVD and OPERA2DAY
Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH
The Royal Correspondent 