Hundreds of People Visit the Virtual Educa Caribe Stand at Virtual Educa 2008 in Spain

As part of their participation in Virtual Educa 2008, taking place July 14-18 in Zaragoza, Spain, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Virtual Educa Caribe (VEC) have erected a stand to announce and promote Virtual Educa 2010 in the Dominican Republic. The stand has already received the attention of hundreds of
visitors.

 

A total of 13 Dominican institutions dedicated to promoting collaboration and development in the areas of education, innovation, training, corporate responsibility and sustainable development form part of this initiative.

 

Virtual Educa, an initiative affiliated with the Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno (Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and
Government), is a forum that brings together experts in the areas of education and technological innovation to devise projects that relate to training and facilitating access to knowledge. A principal objective of the forum is to foster synergies between educational institutions and entities within the public and private sectors, in order to advance educational development and cooperation.

 

GFDD, FUNGLODE and VEC are
being represented at the Ibero-American gathering by Asunción Sanz, Project Coordinator; Paul Goris, Uniting Technology and Education Coordinator; Elaine Hernandez, Publicity Coordinator; and Yamile Eusebio, Educational Projects Coordinator.

 

Moreover, a Dominican Delegation comprised of more than 20 individuals from institutions including INDOTEL, ITLA, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education,
Science and Technology, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the Universidad Abierta para Adultos, the Universidad del Caribe, and the Universidad Iberoamericana, along with the Secretary of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, will also be present throughout the week to guarantee that the 2010 forum in the country is a complete success.

 

During the inaugural ceremony of Virtual Educa
2008, attended by GFDD, FUNGLODE and VEC representatives, Virtual Educa, the Latin American Parliament and the UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America signed an agreement to confirm their commitment to work collaboratively to create the Red de Parlamentarios por la Educación para Todos (Parliamentarian Network for Education for All).

Virtual Educa Caribe, headquartered in the Dominican Republic, was launched in Santo Domingo during the Inter-American Forum
on New Technologies, which took place April 24-25, 2006. The project seeks to unite representatives from the public and private sectors, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations to ensure that innovation, training and social corporate responsibility form an integral part of sustainable development agendas.

 

Last March, GFDD, FUNGLODE and VEC, in collaboration with important educational, civil society and corporate
entities and Virtual Educa Iberoamerica, organized Virtual Educa Caribe 2008 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. During this international encounter, public and private sector representatives from Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States and Europe came together to share experiences and innovative methods concerning the incorporation of technological tools in the areas of education and training.