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Applying Information and Communication Technologies to Education
In collaboration with Microsoft and Virtual Educa, FUNGLODE – GFDD coordinated the session “Applying Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Education: Strategic Partnerships between the Civil Society and the Public and Private Sectors”.
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Distance Education as a Meeting Space.
Virtual Educa constitutes an Inter-American meeting place for institutions, private sector, education networks, training institutions and civil society. It has become a reflection of the inter-american dialogue and a manifestation of the Inter-American Community of Nations on training and social development.
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Learning for the Challenges of Real Life
Professor Jaume Sarramona, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, talked about the challenges and responsibilities the school has to face in preparing citizens for the new millennium.
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Professor Jaume Sarramona Introduces the Evaluation Based on Basic Competencies
Invited by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, Autonomous University of Barcelona Professor, Jaume Sarramona, led a four-day seminar on evaluation based on basic competencies.
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FUNGLODE, GFDD and UNA- RD participated in the OAS General Assembly held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Representatives of the 34 nation members of the Organization of American States (OAS) gathered in Florida for a three-day summit to discuss the topic of “Delivering the Benefits of Democracy”.
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The Role of Education in Community Development: Teacher Training in Curriculum Design
This conference was delivered by Pedro Noguera, Director of the Metropolitan Center of Urban Education at New York University in FUNGLODE’s auditorium in the Dominican Republic.
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First Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Dominican Republic
This conference took place in FUNGLODE’s headquarters and it was coordinated by FUNGLODE, its sister institution in the US Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), CEMEX Foundation, Alianza ONG, National Council for the Private Enterprise, the Inter American Development Bank (IADB) and the UN Development Program (UNDP).
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Conference with John B. Taylor, Former Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury
During this conference, which was the fifth event of the OAS Lecture of the Americas, John B. Taylor pointed out the positive outlook for the Latin American countries, which has been reflected on the recent economic growth that most of them have been experiencing. The main argument of his conference was the strong linkage between democracy and economic growth.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Offer Course on Website Design and Development
This course’s objective was to train teachers and students in the necessary tools such as HTML, Javascript y XML to develop web sites and publish them on the Internet. The course focused on demonstrating and teaching the best practices in the composition of key elements used in educational websites…
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President Leonel Fernandez Praises UNA-DR Accomplishments
During the closing ceremony of CILA 2005, President Leonel Fernández highlighted the impact accomplished by the UN Association in the Dominican Republic on thousands of students from countries such as Argentina, Nepal, Netherlands, Ecuador, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, among other.
