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Commission Chair Miculescu Concludes the 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development Following Successful Adoption of Four Draft Resolutions
GFDD was present for the fifty third session of the Commission for Social Development, which took place from February 4 to 13, under the Priority Theme “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”. The conference was open for contributions on the Priority Theme by ECOSOC accredited civil society organizations such as GFDD as well as UN Member States. It also served as the setting for 3 panel discussions on the priority theme and the post-2015
development agenda, as well as 24 side events by civil society and UN member states on related themes.

Newest Fellow Jenna Giandoni Researches the Impact of Investments in Sustainable Environmental Projects in the Dominican Republic
The Fellows Program, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, is happy to introduce its latest scholar Jenna Giandoni, dual master’s candidate in Business Administration and Science Environmental Management & Sustainability at Illinois Institute of Technology. Jenna’s research focuses on impact investing as it is applied to environmentally sustainable businesses in the Dominican Republic. Her field work through the Fellows Program will be conducted over a three month period, from
January to March 2015.

InteRDom to Host More than 50 International Educators at 26th Annual AAPLAC Conference
The 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) will be hosted by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) through their InteRDom program in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from February 18 through 21, 2015.

GFDD Submits Oral Statement on the Future of Social Development during the 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development
On Wednesday February 11, 2014, GFDD/FUNGLODE participated in the 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development which is convening from 4-13 February 2015, in New York, US.

DREFF Participated in the Festival International du Film D’ Environnement (FIFE)
Île-de-France, a region that is successfully achieving ecological and social transition to sustainable development, has just celebrated the thirty-second edition of the festival’s most important environmental films from France and one of the largest in Europe, Festival International du Film d’Environnement (FIFE by its French acronym). Team members of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) traveled to France to participate in the prestigious event, which is also a
meeting point of the festivals that are part of the Green Film Network (GFN), a worldwide association to which the DREFF belongs since January 1st of this year.

“Dominican Cuisine Can Be Used as a Strategic Component of Development and Tourism Marketing in the Country”
At the opening of the seminar “Route of the New Dominican Cuisine”, Chef Esperanza Lithgow declared that “because of its unique image and the culture it conveys, the Dominican cuisine can be used as a strategic component of development and tourism marketing in the country.”

GFDD: “Prosperity with Equity is Possible if We All Take a Step Ahead”
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) actively participated at the National Consultation with Civil Society and Social Actors on the upcoming VII Summit of the Americas, hosted by the Organization of American States (OAS). The event took place on February 6 in Washington, DC.

GFDD Launches New Design and Format for GFDD Global Roundtable Issues Blog
As we enter the year 2015, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development celebrates the launch of a new look for its international affairs blog: the Global Roundtable Issues Blog (globalroundtableissues.wordpress.com.)

CUA’s Students and Faculty Got a Taste of Dominican Culture through GFDD and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic’s Showcase
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the United States showcased the Dominican Republic at the Catholic University of America (CUA)’s annual Open House & Embassy Exhibit. The event took place during CUA’s International Week at their campus in Washington, D.C.

“From Great Pessimism to the Great Change”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
Under the auspices of the Dominican Popular Bank, the eminent national historian Frank Moya Pons has recently published a new book, entitled The Great Change: Social and Economic Transformation in the Dominican Republic, 1963–2013.