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GFDD and FUNGLODE host Dominican Film Showcase at the Organization of American States in Collaboration with Art Museum of the Americas, Dominican Embassy to the US, and the Dominican Mission to the OAS
GFDD and FUNGLODE will be sponsoring a Dominican Film Showcase at the OAS, during which four films closely associated with the DR will be screened — two of them directed by Dominican filmmakers.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Confirms its Sixth Global Roundtable with the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
On Friday, July 15, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE will present its Sixth Global Roundtable in partnership with South-South News, a digital media platform committed to promoting dialogue on issues of international concern.
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GFDD Launches the first-ever Dictionary of the Environment at Dominican Get-togethers in The Big Apple
Despite heavy downpours, last night’s Dominican Get-togethers in The Big Apple, an initiative by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Foundation Global Democracia y Desarollo (FUNGLODE), attracted a substantial crowd.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE host discussion on The Role of Think Tanks, Foundations and Philanthropy in Democratic Development
James McGann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that philanthropic foundations help promote the development of a society because “they are a bridge between knowledge and the community.”
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Book of the Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment and Screen Film Documentary “Chocolate Country” at the next Dominican Get-together in the Big Apple
On Friday July 8, 2011 GFDD and FUNGLODE will use the platform of its continuing cultural program, Dominican Get-togethers in the Big Apple for an event to; 1) screen a documentary film about the Dominican Republic, and 2) to launch an exciting new initiative, Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment.
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Latin American Leaders Agree that it is Vital to Boost Virtual Technology to Strengthen Education Without Borders
GFDD and FUNGLODE were represented at the opening of the XII Meeting of Virtual Educa in Mexico on “Educational Innovation for Development without Borders,” where Latin American leaders expressed the importance of modernizing the education systems in the region and the gradual incorporation of new information technologies into their daily activities.
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InteRDom and the Fellows Program Take Center Stage at Global Showcase on International Education in Washington DC
On Thursday, June 23, 2011, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) the 2011 Global Showcase on International Education, sponsored by the NAFSA Embassy Dialogue Committee on Education (EDC) and the US Department of State’s Education USA Program.
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Dominican Participation by GFDD and FUNGLODE in the XII Meeting of Virtual Educa Mexico
During the XII Meeting of Virtual Educa Mexico, the Dominican Republic actively participated in many of the meetings, panels and high-level presentations conducted over the 2 day period.
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InteRDom Presents Workshop on Culture and Identity on Thursday, June 30 at FUNGLODE and GFDD
As part of its agenda of summer programs, InteRDom will present an interesting workshop on Caribbean culture and identity for students featuring Dominican anthropologist and folklorist, Xiomara Fortuna, one of the leading experts in Afro-Caribbean fusion.
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FUNGLODE and GFDD Conference focuses on “Disaster Preparedness” in the Dominican Republic.
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the DR Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will be organizing a conference to assess the Disaster Preparedness of the Dominican Republic based on lessons gained during, and following, Haiti’s devastating Earthquake in January, 2010.
