August 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: August 2007

Global Leadership Awards Gala
Dr. Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will be honored at Counterpart International’s Global Leadership Awards Gala, September 19, 2007 at Gustavino’s in New York City.

GFDD, FUNGLODE and NALIP-DR Organize Cocktail for Dominican Filmmakers with María Conchita Alonso
As part of Project-a-Thon International presented by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), the DR-Chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP-DR) and the Florida Media Market (FMM), workshop participants attended a cocktail with María Conchita Alonso.

More than 1,500 Students Will Participate in CILA 2007
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (ANU-RD) will organize the 2007 International Conference on the Americas (CILA).

Workshop on Culture and Economic Development
As part of GFDD and FUNGLODE’s commitment to developing the cultural sector and combating social and economic inequity in the Dominican Republic and the Region…

GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Portal Dominicanaonline.org’s Virtual Library
With the objective of democratizing access to knowledge, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) have created a Virtual Library.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Dominicanaonline.org in English
In order to reach a broader audience, GFDD and FUNGLODE have created the English equivalent of their Spanish Portal, Dominicanaonline.org.

Given the Reality of Global Warming, Mitigation Costs are Politically Feasible
The environmental economist Jaime Echeverría, from the Tropical Science Center, brought the issue for discussion at the FUNGLODE auditorium in the opening of the two-day conference about evidence of global warming in the Dominican Republic.

Antonio Cocco Quezada Stresses Importance of Creating ClimateResources Subsecretary
Last Thursday Antonio Cocco Quezada, president of the Disasters chapter at the “Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros y Agrimensores” (CODIA), took up again his proposal to create the Climatic Resources Sub-secretary and strengthen the meteorological services raising the National Office level to Institute level.

Studies Prove Correlation Between Climatic Variation and Disease
David Joa, doctor at the Centro de Enfermedades Tropicales (Tropical Disease Center), offered this diagnosis when referring to climate change effects in dengue fever and malaria in a dissertation that began with a study developed in Dominican soil.

Global, Regional and National Action is Key to Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change
For the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) biologist, Sixto Inchaustegui, recommendations to face climate change must include the adoption of global, regional and national actions in favor of the phenomenon’s mitigation.