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Photography Exhibit New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Commences Dominican Independence Celebrations
February 27, 2014 - The New Perspectives:Dominican Republic Photo Exhibition opened at Plaza Loreto, in Mexico City’s Federal District on February 27, 2014. The event, organized by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in collaboration with the Dominican Embassy in Mexico, honored Dominican Independence Day celebrations. Over 300 guests attended the... Continue Reading >
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Photography Exhibit New Perspectives: Dominican Republic to be Inaugurated by Dominican Embassy in Mexico, Marking DR Independence Day Celebrations
February 26, 2014 - New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Photo Exhibit, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, opens in Mexico on February 27, 2014 and remains on display until the end of March. Plaza Loreto, a new development in Mexico City’s Federal District will house the exhibit, showcasing 13 striking images of the Dominican landscape captured from... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Docu-drama “The Mountain” to be Showcased during Ibero-American Film Fest
February 26, 2014 - On February 28th, GFDD and FUNGLODE are proud to support, through its Dominican Film Showcase Program, a special presentation of the docu-drama The Mountain. The film screening, which is made possible in collaboration with the Dominican Embassy to the White House, will be shown at the Mexican Cultural Institute as part of the 2014 edition... Continue Reading >
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Maldives Ambassador to Focus on Importance of the World’s Oceans
February 25, 2014 - In March, the GFDD Global Roundtable will be hosting His Excellency Ambassador Sareer of the Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations to discuss the importance of oceans within the framework of the Sustainable Development. The Ambassador will be speaking from the perspective as one of the highest representatives of an island nation taking... Continue Reading >
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FUNGLODE/GFDD President, Dr. Leonel Fernández, congratulates young Estiven Rodríguez, a source of Dominican pride in the United States
February 25, 2014 - The President of the United States, Barack Obama has recognized the hard work and dedication of young Dominican Estiven Rodríguez, who came to America at the age of nine with limited knowledge of English, and who, through sheer effort, determination and commitment, has managed to make it to the end of high school and is... Continue Reading >
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Announcing the Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program Transnational Law Program at University of Georgia School of Law
February 24, 2014 - The Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program is thrilled to announce it will be recruiting Dominican law students and young professionals to participate in the Transnational Law Program at the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Law, from April 13-23, 2014, in Athens, Georgia. The Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program (GDAE) Transnational Law Program is a... Continue Reading >
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Celebrating Dominican Independence, GFDD Collaborates on Initiative Honoring Dominican Excellence During “Duarte Honors”
February 24, 2014 - On Friday, February 21, 2014, Hands On New York & Dominicanos Unidos de New York (DUNY), in collaboration with Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), hosted its second annual celebration of "The Duarte Honors" within the proud framework of 170 years of Dominican independence. The special occasion, which took place at the V Centenario... Continue Reading >
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Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program to Send Participants to the 8th National Dominican Student Conference at Harvard University
February 23, 2014 - InteRDom is excited to announce the Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program’s participation in the 8th National Dominican Student Conference, to be hosted at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from March 28-30th, 2014. The theme of the conference is Diáspora de la Tambora: Celebrando Arte y Cultura, which translates to "Diaspora of the Drum: Celebrating Art and... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Announces it Will Host 2015 AAPLAC Conference in Santo Domingo
February 22, 2014 - The 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) came to a close on Saturday, February 22 in Bogotá, Colombia with the announcement that InteRDom would host the 2015 edition of the conference at its parent institution, FUNGLODE’s, headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. During this year’s... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Statement During Historic UN Commission on Sustainable Development Focuses on People’s Empowerment
February 18, 2014 - When the Commission for Social Development (CSD) met for its 52nd session from 11 - 21 February at UN Headquarters in New York, world leaders and civil society actors, including GFDD and FUNGLODE, had a big focus: How to harness the power of people to achieve sustainable development goals. The United Nations has long held... Continue Reading >
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Questions Seeking to Send a Message to the World is Main Topic of Workshop Held in Collaboration with Human
February 17, 2014 - The FUNGLODE-hosted workshop, “The Art of the Interview: Techniques for Establishing Good Dialogue in the Production of a Documentary,” introduced French filmmaker Yan Arthus-Bertrand’s new documentary Human as well as serving as a practical session wherein part of the film’s technical team explained to the audience about the methods they use in doing the film’s... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and Human Film Crew to Give Workshop on “The Art of the Interview: Techniques for Establishing Good Dialogue in the Production of a Documentary”
February 15, 2014 - As part to the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival’s (DREFF) year-round activities, GFDD and the film crew of Human are organizing a workshop on documentary interviewing techniques for filmmakers, journalists and broadcasters. The workshop will take place on Monday February 17 at 6:00 pm at the offices of FUNGLODE in Santo Domingo. The Human documentary... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Short Film Wins in the Documentary Category at Green Lens Environmental Film Festival in Illinois
February 12, 2014 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s Short Film "Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” (¿Basura o recurso? Experiencia de la República Dominicana?), has been selected as best Documentary at the Green Lens Environment Festival, which runs from February 24-27 in downtown DeKalb, Illinois. The 17 minute short film, which has been experiencing a phenomenally... Continue Reading >
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Educational System Must be Transformed According to its Cultural Realities Say Top Dominican Educators
February 12, 2014 - The Executive Director of the International Advisory Committee of Science and Technology (CIACT), Ambassador José Santana; the Dean of the School of Education of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Evarista Matías, and the Executive Director of the Propagas Foundation, Claudia Catrain, called for the improvement of the Dominican education system according to Dominican... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom to Attend 25th Annual AAPLAC Conference in Bogota, Colombia
February 12, 2014 - The Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) is celebrating its 25th “silver” anniversary, hosting its annual conference at the Universidad de La Salle in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. InteRDom representatives are excited to participate in the 4 days’ worth of workshops, excursions and social activities from February 19-22 surrounding the... Continue Reading >
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Innovative Educational Strategy Proposed At GFDD and FUNGLODE Film Forum
February 11, 2014 - An interesting new initiative by GFDD and FUNGLODE, a film forum for "Innovative Education: Proposals concerning the realities of a changing world" began on February 11th at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo. The Forum, which took place with the support of the International Advisory Committee on Science and Technology of the Dominican Republic (CIACT), showed... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Students Conquer New Heights on Mountain Hike to Pico Duarte
February 8, 2014 - The 9th Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s DR Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) and the Siempre Mas Foundation, concluded successfully, this time with 75 students and staff members. For the ninth time since the program’s inception in 2012, selected student endured the thrill of a four day climb... Continue Reading >
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Presentation and Panel Discussion “Environmental Education: Pedagogy of the Earth” at UN Headquarters in New York
February 6, 2014 - On Thursday February 6, 2014, GFDD and FUNGLODE hosted a presentation and panel discussion on Environmental Education entitled Pedagogy of the Earth at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event, which was organized by the Propa-Gas Foundation in partnership with GFDD, FUNGLODE and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations,... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Student Group Set to Conquer New Heights on Mountain Hike to Pico Duarte
February 6, 2014 - The Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s DR Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) and the Siempre Mas Foundation, set off today, this time with 75 students and staff members. For the ninth time since the cultivation of the initiative at DREFF 1 in 2011, selected student will endure... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/FUNGLODE and Dominican Mission to the UN to partner with Propagas Foundation on Environmental Education Presentation at UNHQ
February 5, 2014 - GFDD and FUNGLODE are delighted to announce that a presentation and panel discussion on Environmental Education entitled Pedagogy of the Earth will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday February 6, 2014 from 1.15 to 2.45PM. Pedagogy of the Earth is a research project which seeks to understand how information, knowledge... Continue Reading >
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