European Development Days 2017

7 June 2017

Queen Mathilde attended the opening ceremony of the European Development Days at Tour & Taxis in Brussels.

At noon, the Queen hosted a lunch for female SDG advocates at the palace of Laeken. They discussed the initiatives that have been taken so far to implement the social development goals.

In the afternoon Mathilde visited the stands at Tour & Taxis and she opened the panel debate 'Leaving no one behind'.

The Queen answered questions from the press. Mathilde's two main areas of focus are quality education, especially for girls and mental health.

<video> We hadden interview met koningin Mathilde @MonarchieBe over onderwijs in ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Straks op #VTMNieuws pic.twitter.com/PyezW7eXq4

— Jan De Meulemeester (@JDeMeulemeester) June 7, 2017