Women's Day Lunch 2024

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands is a social entrepreneur, writer, strategist and dialogue facilitator.

Her work revolves around social and ecological innovation and intergenerational dialogue on socio-economic issues.

She is a passionate advocate of bringing together different organizations and individuals – including the “unexpected” experts – as a basis for developing systemic solutions to urgent issues.

Princess Laurentien is the director of Number 5 Foundation, which she founded in 2017 together with her husband Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands. Number 5 is an independent space of thought and action around complex societal issues. Through its philosophy and methodology based on dialogue and co-creation, it helps diverse groups of stakeholders build mission-driven alliances.

Besides from environmental issues, Number 5 Foundation works on a broad range of societal issues such as educational reform through youth participation, language development, child poverty and digital inclusion.