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  • UNA-DR, GFDD/Funglode and GlobalMuners Announce the Launch of CILA 2017 and NYMUNLAC 2018

    The United Nations Association of Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and the latter organization’s sister institution in the United States, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) announced on Tuesday, May 30, alongside the Mexican association GlobalMuners, the celebration of the International Conference of the Americas (CILA, for its acronym in Spanish) from Sunday, October 29 until Thursday, November 2, 2017 and the
    New York-Model United Nations Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (NYMUNLAC), which will take place from Sunday, April 1 until Thursday, April 5, 2018.

  • GFDD Global Roundtable: Interview with Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora

    In the last edition of the GFDD Global Roundtables, Angie Martinez, diplomat and contributor to that organization, interviews Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora, Mexico’s permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), at the GFDD offices in Washington, DC. Among many other topics, the two speak about the Sustainable Development Goals and to what extent the OAS has promoted the development of the 2030 Agenda; about climate change and the transition toward
    a more green economy; about the next OAS General Assembly that will take place in Cancun, Mexico in June and regarding the Ministerial Meeting on May 31 which will address the crisis in Venezuela.

  • GFDD/Funglode President Presents Certificates to Global Dominican Academic Exchange (GDAE) Participants

    The group of Dominican students that participated in the last Global Dominican Academic Exchange (GDAE) at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) from April 9 to 16, 2017 received their participation certificates from Dr. Leonel Fernández yesterday. Also present at the event, which was held at Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) headquarters in Santo Domingo, were Marco Herrera, executive director of Funglode; Yamile Eusebio, interim co-executive director of Global
    Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD); Rocío Billini, director of academic exchanges at UASD and Tomiris Silfa, assistant administrator for academic exchanges at UASD.

  • Register Now For the 2017 “Youth Speak Forum” and Make an Impact on Dominican Society

    The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)/Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) will be one of the organizing institutions and the host of the 2017 Dominican Republic Youth Speak Forum taking place on June 10 in Santo Domingo. The Youth Speak Forum, which will be held at Funglode headquarters, is a conference and competition for young people to present social proposals or projects that have the potential to benefit Dominican society.

  • New York Applauds the US Premiere of Director Archie Lopez “Luis”

    The most recent production by Dominican film director Archie López, Luis, had its premiere in the United States on May 15 in the Walter Reade Theater at The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York before a packed auditorium. The premiere included the presence of GFDD/Funglode president, Dr. Leonel Fernández, and Dr. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, vice president of the Dominican Republic, as well as businessman Manuel Corripio, Dominican producer and director
    Archie López, producer Desiré Reyes and part of the premiered movie’s cast.

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