Monthly Archives: July 2011
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GFDD and FUNGLODE bolster education opportunities for Dominican Students in collaboration with the OAS, Virtual Educa and the University of Panama
Two Dominican students are among the fortunate recipients of a coveted scholarship offered as an initiative of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of Panama, in collaboration with Virtual Educa and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE and GFDD), under the bilateral alliance of the OAS Program for Education and Training, (IMEDH).
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Dominican Film Showcase Draws to a Successful Close, Paving the Way to a Bright Future for the DR Film Industry
Thought-provoking, entertaining and artfully crafted films defined the first ever Dominican Film Showcase hosted by GFDD and FUNGLODE at the Cine Americas in Washington DC.
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Spellbound movie-goers at Cine Americas treated to moving tale of Jean Gentil during GFDD and FUNGLODE Dominican Republic Film Showcase
In the penultimate night of the hugely popular Cine America’s: Dominican Republic Film Showcase, GFDD and FUNGLODE presented a Dominican/Mexican/German movie production of Jean Gentil to a transfixed audience.
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Three Day Conference on the Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States Fulfills Expectations
The three-day academic conference “The Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States,” organized by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), with support from the Ministry of Culture, UNESCO and the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), came to a successful close on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE host La Hija Natural at Cine Americas: Dominican Republic
The air was filled with waves of laughter at the packed screening of the Dominican melodrama, La Hija Natural (Love Child) at the Cine Americas: Dominican Republic, hosted by GFDD and FUNGLODE.
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Dominican inspired film Sugar wows Washington Audience at Cine Americas: Dominican Republic
Five Stars! That’s the audience’s verdict on last evening’s full-house screening of Sugar, the opening night film of the Dominican Film Showcase, in partnership with the Art Museum of the Americas of the OAS and presented as Cine Americas: Dominican Republic, hosted by GFDD and FUNGLODE, in Washington, DC yesterday.
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Ambassador: His Excellency John W. Ashe
Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
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GFDD and FUNGLODE host the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda at the Sixth Global Roundtable
On Friday, July 15, 2011, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE, hosted their sixth Global Roundtable committed to promoting dialogue on issues of worldwide concern with high level delegates from the international UN community.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE host Dominican Film Showcase at the Organization of American States in Collaboration with Art Museum of the Americas, Dominican Embassy to the US, and the Dominican Mission to the OAS
GFDD and FUNGLODE will be sponsoring a Dominican Film Showcase at the OAS, during which four films closely associated with the DR will be screened — two of them directed by Dominican filmmakers.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Confirms its Sixth Global Roundtable with the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
On Friday, July 15, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE will present its Sixth Global Roundtable in partnership with South-South News, a digital media platform committed to promoting dialogue on issues of international concern.