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Former President of the Dominican Republic, Fernández Calls to Increase Access to Technological Innovation
The former President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández, declared that he sees the future of the country and of the rest of humanity with great optimism, mainly due to the “great revolution” that is occurring in the field of technological innovation and access to knowledge.

GFDD and FUNGLODE partner with City College of NY, on Photo Exhibit: Agriculture and People: Subsistence Practices of Hispaniola
GFDD and FUNGLODE, in association with City College of NY, Center for Worker Education, Division of Interdisciplinary Studies are partnering on a photo exhibit entitled “Agriculture and People Subsistence Practices of Hispaniola” showcasing works by Dominican conservation photographer, naturalist and illustrated-book producer, Eladio Fernandez.

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development to Take Part in Providence Latin American Film Festival with New New Dominican Short Film “Milk of Hope”
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is very pleased to announce that, for the second year it will be joining forces with the Providence Latin American Film Festival (PLAFF) to participate with a Dominican Short Film at the 2013 edition of the event, to be celebrated September 26-29.

InteRDom Announces First Activity of New Reverse Exchange Initiative: The Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program
In collaboration with Yale University and its Dominican Student Association, QuisqueYalies, InteRDom Internships in the Dominican Republic is proud to announce its latest initiative aimed at promoting cross-cultural communication and international exchange: the Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program.

Dominican Get-Togethers in the Big Apple Hosts Literary Gathering
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), and the Dominican Cultural Commissioner in the United States, in collaboration with FUNGLODE’s esteemed publication Revista Global (Global magazine), invite you to a conference with acclaimed Dominican literary writer José Rafael Lantigua. The conference, entitled “Pedro Mir: From the Landscape of Love to the Seed of Hope”, will take place from 6:00-9:00 pm at the Auditorium of Instituto Cervantes New
York, located between second and third avenues at 211 East 49th Ave, NY 10017.

GFDD Announces Third Annual Golf Tournament
On Tuesday, October 1, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will hold its Third GFDD Golf Tournament, celebrated at the historic Fresh Meadow Country Club, located in Lake Success, Long Island, NY.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Honorary President, Leonel Fernández participates in the Second Meeting of the Eminent Persons Group of the ACP Countries
On Thursday, the former President of the Dominican Republic and honorary President of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the DR, (FUNGLODE), Dr. Leonel Fernández, participated in the Second Meeting of the Eminent Persons Group of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group), which was held in the capital city of Belgium.

DREFF Participants Learn To Use Audiovisual Media to Promote Conservation and Environmental Topics at DREFF’s Workshops, and a Special Master Class
More than just to entertain, one of the principal aims of the III Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) is to educate and capacitate the general population of the Dominican Republic in environmental issues so that they may continue to promote the protection and conservation of the environment year-round. In order to achieve this goal, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) produce a series of
workshops and master classes to impart specialized tools to participants interested in promoting environmental issues through audiovisuals.

UNA-DR presents the Ninth Annual CILA 2013
The United Nations Dominican Association (UNA-DR), in association with Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), presented the Ninth Annual International Conference of the Americas (CILA 2013) in Santo Domingo.

Film about Man’s Most Basic Necessity, WATER, Closes the III Dominican Environmental Film Festival
What has arguably become one of the most unique and influential Film Festivals in Latin America, the III Dominican Environmental Film Festival, organized by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), drew to a close on Sunday, September 8, following four extraordinary days during which audiences viewed, discussed and gained new insights from 28 of the most ground-breaking, influential, environmentally focused
documentaries, films and shorts from around the world.