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2009

Literacy Week 2009

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands designated UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development

2008

Working visit Middelburg and Vlissingen

Princess Laurentien will speech on low literacy on 22nd September 2008 during the White House Symposium

Stichting Lezen & Schrijven continues and sets up new initiative

Princess Laurentien opens Congress Health Management

New biography: Anne Frank, her life
Pim reveals secret
 

 2007

Daphne Deckers and Gerda Havertong dedicated to low-literate parents

Dutch football players demand attention for Litercay Week

Presentation Leeslicht to minister Plasterk

New brochure on reading and writing difficulties for mall and medium-sized business

Inspection detects persistent problems in education

Princess Laurentien presents starter package Taalkracht (Language Strenght) for towns

 

2006

Low literacy costs the Netherlands 537 million a year

New on friday: Seven letter Lingo

National campaign 'Leer Lezen en Schrijven' kicks off

Princess Laurentien launches Taalkr8! (Language strenght)

Dolf de Vries opens Taal Centraal (Language Central) at Schiphol Plaza

One out of fifteen employees experiences great difficulty with reading and writing

 

2005

Mobile Photographic Exhibition ‘Taal Centraal’ can be seen at the NS railway station in Eindhoven

Low literacy skills hamper the benefits of economic growth

Starter pack for companies is an important tool in combating illiteracy

Broad approach central to the activities of International Literacy Day

Thursday 8 September 2005: International Literacy Day

A language offensive among VMBO youngsters gets underway 

75 years of ‘Denksport’:Puzzle solution for the Stichting Lezen & Schrijven 

The Netherlands must acknowledge the problem of illiteracy

VNO-NCW donates 45,000 euros to Stichting Lezen & Schrijven