Monthly Archives: June 2014
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Mr. Jamil Ahmad
Deputy Director, UNEP New York
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GFDD Sits Down with UNEP NY Deputy Director to Discuss Importance of Sustainable Consumption and Production
On June 30, 2014 the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) sat down with Mr. Jamil Ahmad, the Deputy Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) New York, for a focused discussion about Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) as part of the 2014 edition of the GFDD Global Roundtables.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Host a UN Film Screening of Harmony, Focused on Climate Change, with Director Stuart Sender
On June 26, 2014, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations held a screening of the film Harmony at the United Nations.
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GFDD Global Roundtables hosts Mr. Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director of UNEP New York for a Discussion on Sustainable Consumption and Production
For the June edition of its online broadcast program “GFDD Global Roundtables,” Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (the Foundation) has the pleasure to invite Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director of the United Nations Environment Programme in New York.
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GFDD submits oral statement during 12th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
On June 19, 2014, GFDD/FUNGLODE participated in the 12th Session of the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG SDGs) which convened from 16-20 June 2014, in New York, US.
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GDAE and InteRDom Mixer Brings Students Together
On Wednesday evening, June 25, Dominican alumni of the Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program (GDAE) and current international students and researchers of the InteRDom and Fellows programs came together for the first-ever networking mixer at Café Filo in the Juan Bosch Library in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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GFDD Attends the 3rd Annual Plasticity Forum
On June 24th, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) joined the 3rd Annual Plasticity Forum, a one-day event examining the future of plastic, innovations in design and materials, all aimed at preventing plastic from becoming a waste product.
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Successful Screening of The Mountain at a New York School
The main auditorium of the University Neighborhood Middle School (UNMS) in Manhanttan was the setting for the special screening of the film The Mountain. Students, teachers and parents attended the event and enjoyed the screening, which took place last Monday, June 23rd, 2014.
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FUNGLODE signs cooperation agreement with an organization chaired by former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón
Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) signed a framework agreement for interagency cooperation with Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR), on Saturday, for the development of activities involving studies, research and training in the field of social and legal sciences.
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FUNGLODE signs agreement of academic cooperation with the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies
Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) signed an agreement of academic cooperation on Friday with the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), an agency of the Spanish Center for Advanced Studies on National Defense, of the Spanish Ministry of Defense, to exchange knowledge on issues of security and defense.
