Monthly Archives: November 2006

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  • GDLN Ordinary Meeting

    GFDD/ FUNGLODE in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP for its name in Spanish) will be the host of the fourth Global Development Learning Network – GDLN Ordinary Meeting. This is the first time the Dominican Republic hosts a GDLN event. This event, which will take place from December 11th to the 13th, in the FUNGLODE headquarters, has as a primary objective the definition of policys and procedures that will strengthen the training and distance
    education programs, that the Network develops.

  • Dominican Students selected for U.N. Conference on Human Rights

    The United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will take part in the Ninth Annual U.N. Student Conference on Human Rights on the 30th November and 1st December 2006.

  • IV Introductory Computer Course

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development/ Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo in coordination with the NGO Alliance and Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA for its name in Spanish), initiated the IV Computer Course aimed at Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), with the purpose of training the personnel that work in the NGO Alliance member organizations.

  • Beyond Words and Paper: Why the Americas Must Act Against Corruption

    As part of the Lecture Series of the Americas, the Organization of American States presents the seventeenth lecture with the title “Beyond Words and Paper: Why the Americas Must Act Against Corruption”. The guest speaker is Huguette Labelle, Chair of Transparency International.

  • Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities for LDCs

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), attended the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty.

  • DPI/ NGO Briefing

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), attended the United Nations Department of Public Information NGO Section (DPI/NGO) briefing which had as a main theme the presentation of the Human Development Report for 2006. The briefing was held November 16th, 2006, at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

  • II Art & Aesthetic Education Congress

    The ASPIRA Foundation organized the Second Art and Esthetic Education Congress which took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from November 10th – 12th. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development/ Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo had significant participation in the congress.

  • GFDD/ FUNGLODE Formally Inaugurate the Global Media Arts Institute

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), formally introduced the Global Media Arts Institute during a ceremony in the FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo.

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