August 2019 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: August 2019

Making a Difference: GFDD Leads Workshop on Climate Change at the 68th UN Civil Society Conference in Utah
As part of the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference, “Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities”, which took place August 26-28, 2019 at the Salt Palace Convention Centre in Salt Lake City, Utah, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) led the coordination of a workshop on Climate Change. The workshop, “Climate Change Impacts […]

GFDD Co-Hosts Workshop on Inclusive and Resilient Infrastructure at the 68th UN Civil Society Conference in Utah
The 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference, “Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities”, took place August 26-28, 2019 at the Salt Palace Convention Centre in Salt Lake City, Utah. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), as a registered non-governmental organization with consultative status to several United Nations’ bodies, co-hosted several workshops in this […]

DREFF Is Back! The Dominican Republic Is Set to Enjoy a November Full of Environmental Films and Experts—and a Lot of Surprises
The seventh edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) is going to be held on November 12–15, 2019 in four cities in the Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo, Santiago, Punta Cana, and Samaná – that will host high-quality short and feature-length films as well as expert panels and community activities. All with the […]

Celebrating the Dominican Culture in Boston!
Boston, MA – GFDD joined the 34th celebration of the Dominican Cultural Week and Festival, Boston 2019 celebrated August 10-18th, 2019. This traditional event in Massachusetts included a full calendar of activities such as beauty pageants, a health fair, a culture day, a parade/festival, a women’s day and a sports day. It is a week-long cultural […]

Prison Reform in the Dominican Republic: An Analysis through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
by Jennifer Peirce This report puts a spotlight on what is typically the least-visible and least-resourced of justice institutions: the prison system. First, prisons represent the most direct manifestation of state control over its citizenry. As the famous Dostoyevsky quote notes, how a state treats its prisoners tells you how a state treats its people […]

GFDD Closes 2019 InteRDom Summer Edition
On August 14th, 2019, with a cozy and friendly dinner with the program’s staff and participants at Restaurant El Higuero in Santo Domingo, GFDD’s New York Office Director, Yamile Eusebio, closed the 2019 Summer edition of the InteRDom Program. Eusebio said that GFDD was more than happy with these three ladies’ participation and felt honored […]

Leonel Fernandez participates in Bogota at the Forum on economic, political, social and cultural development
The event was part of the activities that commemorates the 25 years of the “salto social” government, an initiative under the management of ex-president Ernesto Samper. Bogota, Colombia.– In August 1st, 2019, the former president of the Dominican Republic and President of Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and its sister organization Global Foundation for […]

“Puerto Rico: The FRAGILITY OF POWER”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
Just a month ago no one would have imagined that Ricardo Rosselló, who was preparing for his reelection in 2020, would stop being the governor of Puerto Rico. As of last Saturday [at the time of writing], the governor has been Pedro Pierluisi, the former resident commissioner in Washington, D.C., brought out of his ostracization […]

New Website for GFDD!
GFDD is proud to announce and share with all its followers and collaborators a new institutional website. The site, while maintaining the same domain address: www.globalfoundationdd.org, has improved functionalities and a redesigned layout and appearance. The modern site is now optimized 100% for mobile devices and presents a better display of multimedia content (pictures and videos). […]