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Dominican Selected as Board Member of International Organization that Promotes Youth Employment
Graciano Gaillard, Projects Manager for the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic’s Business and Entrepreneurial Training Program has been voted onto the Board of Directors for the Global Action Campaign for Youth Employment (known as YES).
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GDLN Ordinary Meeting
GFDD/ FUNGLODE in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP for its name in Spanish) will be the host of the fourth Global Development Learning Network – GDLN Ordinary Meeting. This is the first time the Dominican Republic hosts a GDLN event. This event, which will take place from December 11th to the 13th, in the FUNGLODE headquarters, has as a primary objective the definition of policys and procedures that will strengthen the training and distance
education programs, that the Network develops.
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Global Media Arts Institute Presents “Scripts”
GFDD/ FUNGLODE’s Global Media Arts Institute will host a workshop titled “Scripts” that will take place on November 3rd, in the FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo.
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Logical Framework Planning Tools
With the participation of representatives from more than 30 non – governmental organizations and public offices, GFDD/ FUNGLODE held the 2 day workshop titled “Logical Framework Planning Tools”.
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2006 GDLN World Forum: “Partnership for Development – Connecting People and Ideas”
GFDD attended the first Global Development Learning Network – GDLN – World Forum, which took place at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, October 9 -10th.. The objective of this Forum was to share ideas and to seek the commitment of the GDLN (http://www.gdln.org/).
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Environmental Aspects of Trade Treaties – DR-CAFTA
The profound changes in the production of goods brought about by international treaties and their impact on the environment was not contemplated in the many international treaties until fairly recently, until the North American Free Trade Agreement, more than ten years ago…
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DR-CAFTA and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities Conference
GFDD/FUNGLODE will hold a two-day conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4th – 5th, where one of the goals of this conference is to open the discussion among stakeholders on the environmental aspects of DR-CAFTA from a domestic and international point of view.
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First InteRDom Internships Come to an End
The first group of students with InteRDom (the exchange program created by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo), have finished their eight-week internships with Dominican organizations and universities.
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InteRDom Students Honored by Ibero-American University
InteRDom students Jonathan D’Oleo, José Blanco, Josef Miller, Holly Owens and Alexandra Hinojosa were honored this week in a ceremony at the Iberoamericana University (also known as UNIBE), where for the past two months they have taking classes as part of the InteRDom program.
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GFDD, FUNGLODE, and Dominican Week in USA Sign Agreement of Understanding
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Foundació Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) signed an Agreement of Understanding with the Organizing Committee for the “Dominican Week in USA and Puerto Rico”.
