June 2009 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: June 2009

Fourth Annual GMAI Summer Course Comes to a Successful Close
The Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), offered for the fourth time the summer course “Introduction to Audiovisual Production: Film and Television,” in collaboration with New York University’s Opportunity Program and One Race Global Film Foundation.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Attend UN Conference on World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) attended the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, June 24-26, 2009, at the UN headquarters in New York City.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Will Organize National Meeting on Marine Mammals in the Dominican Republic
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) are organizing a National Meeting on Marine Mammals in the Dominican Republic, to take place Monday, June 29, 2009 at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

InteRDom Interns Meet Their Employers at Business Day
Orientation activities concluded for the 2009 InteRDom summer interns on Monday, June 15 with the annual Business Day event.

Constitutional Reform Consolidates the Democratic Project Initiated by Juan Bosch in 1963
Dominican President and President of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD in Spanish), Leonel Fernández, expressed that the constitutional reform process approved by Congress consolidates the democratic project begun by Juan Bosch’s administration in 1963.

Summer 2009 Interns Participate in Orientation Week Events
InteRDom, the premier internship and academic study program in the Dominican Republic, and its sponsoring organizations Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), are proud to announce the start of InteRDom’s Summer 2009 Program.

InteRDom Announces Fall 2009 Application Deadline Extension for Green Internships
InteRDom is forging a partnership with the Dominican non-profit organization Sur Futuro to offer students a wide variety of internship opportunities in the field of climate change, environmental preservation and sustainable agricultural development in the southern region of the Dominican Republic.

Premiere of GMAI Documentary Film Juan Bosch: Solo Letras
The documentary film produced by the Global Media Arts Institute, Juan Bosch: Solo Letras, was premiered June 8, during the Centenary Celebration of the Birth of Juan Bosch, celebrated June 8-12, 2009. Juan Bosch: Solo Letras is an artistic representation of Coronada Pichardo Niño’s book Juan Bosch y la Canonización de la Narrativa Dominicana.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Organize Musical Performance by Cuban Group Ars Longa
On Monday, June 8, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in collaboration with Mauricio Baéz organized a musical performance by the Cuban group Ars Longa at Mauricio Baéz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Four Dominican Professionals Begin Internships with the Organization of American States
As part of a continued effort to strengthen collaboration between the Dominican Republic and the Organization of American States, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), and its sister organization in the United States, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), are offering four young Dominican professionals the opportunity to intern…