On the picture, Ambassador Maryem van den Heuvel and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands – Picture by Royal Dutch Embassy to Belgium.
18 October 2016, Brussels, Royal Dutch Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium: HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Founder and Honorary President of the Reading and Writing Foundation (Stichting Lezen & Schrijven), paid a visit to Brussels in order to open the event “Generation Code”, co-organised by the latter foundation in the premises of the European Parliament.
Libraries around Europe were focusing during the “Code Week” on developing fundamental coding skills. A known Dutch initiative in this respect is Frysklab, which aims at enthusing children for technology.
Before the evening function held at the European Parliament, Princess Laurentien was received by her homeland’s ambassador to Belgium at the embassy’s chancery located in Brussels-Schuman. Ambassador Maryem van den Heuvel and the princess discussed the work of the foundation in The Netherlands and at EU level through their representative office in Brussels as well as the programmes helping people with low literacy rates.
For further information:
Foundation Reading and Writing (Stichting Lezen en Schrijven): http://www.lezenenschrijven.nl/cookie?url=/
