June 2019 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: June 2019

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute brings the study of the history of Dominican music to the United States
Miami, Florida – Funglode/GFDD in Florida, under the leadership of José J. Záiter, and the Latinos United in Action Center, Inc., led by Dr. Amada Vargas, hosted a discussion group on the history of Dominican Music in the United States, a project run by the City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI). […]

Innovation, Collaboration and Democracy: Main Topics at the OAS’ 49th General Assembly
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), as a civil society organization member of the Organization of American States (OAS), attended the forty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly of that entity, titled “Innovating to Strengthen Hemispheric Multilateralism”, held at Medellín, Colombia, June 26-28, 2019. Maria Victoria Abreu, GFDD’s International Affairs and Socioeconomic Development Program […]

Refugees: A Growing Global Political and Diplomatic Crisis
Washington, DC – On World Refugee Day, held every year on June 20th, the United Nations (UN) commemorates the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This year, World Refugee Day also marked a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) […]

Funglode/GFDD extends an invitation to the first “GastroComunica” Conference on Communication and Gastronomy: Multiplatform Narratives in Gastronomy and Tourism
The activity will take place on Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Funglode with the aim of reflecting and debating on how we can and should use communication to make Dominican gastronomy a pillar of our competitiveness. The Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), through its initiative Dominicanaonline.org, together with Bocatips, extends […]

“The Venice Commission: Constitution, Democracy, and Presidential Reelection”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
In view of some of the experiences that have been taking place in Latin America, the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, requested that the European Commission for Democracy through Law, an advisory body, respond to several concerns in relation to constitutional limits on presidential reelection. The OAS submitted four questions to the European Commission in […]

How Can Latin America Boost Social Inclusion? Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian of the OAS Assesses the Panorama in the Latest GFDD Global Roundtable
Washington, DC – In the latest installment of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s Global Roundtables series of video interviews with key public figures and policymakers, GFDD’s Angie Martinez welcomed Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion for the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, for a wide-ranging chat on […]

DREFF and UNIBE close Environment Week with the documentary Revolution
Santo Domingo – Last Friday, June 7, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) presented a screening of the documentary Revolution to observe World Environment Day. The event, held together with the Ibero-American University (UNIBE) to close its Environment Week, was hosted by DREFF’s Environmental Film Screenings, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and […]

Analysis of Evangelical Christianity in the Dominican Republic
by Christina C. Davidson This study examines the history and current state of evangelical Christianity in the Dominican Republic. It focuses on two historical Protestant denominations: The African Methodist Episcopal Church (ame) and the Dominican Evangelical Church (ied). Each of these denominations was founded in the Dominican Republic during key moments in the country’s history. […]

Legal, Political, and Social Reflections on the Dominican Environmental Framework
by Sergio Morales Muñoz These reflections involve several intertwined issues such as climate change, environmental assessments, sustainable development, the environment, and ecosystems, among others, in the Dominican Republic. At the same time, it deals with the economic, political, and social reality of the country, since—as we are human—our realities, uses, and customs (those that affect […]

Fundamentals of the Dominican Voluntary Sector
by Megan D. Beddow A variety of perspectives produce the knowledge representing a nation’s NGO environment. Statistical reports by development agencies and multilateral organizations heavily populate previous work related to NGO efforts in the Dominican Republic (European Commission, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, USAID, World Bank, etc.). This perspective trains its audience to focus on […]