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Regulation and Legislation of Distance Education: The Brazilian Experience
The Minister of Higher Education, Ms. Ligia Amado Melo, opened a three day seminar on “Regulation and Legislation of Distance Education: The Brazilian Experience,” led by two officials of the Brazilian Ministry of Education, Professor Luciane Carneiro, Coordinator for Education, and Dr. Helio Chaves Filho, Director for Policy on Distance Education.
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Peer Coaching: Technological Tools to Improve Learning
Thirty teachers from Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic participated in the training workshop opened October 31 that went on until November 4, at Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE.
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Sir George A. O. Alleyne keynote speaker at the Ninth OAS Lecture Series of the Americas
“Health is instrumental in its own right in contributing to wealth and other aspects of human development,” confirmed the Barbadian-born Dr. George A. O. Alleyne, head of PAHO from 1995 to 2003 and currently Chancellor of the University of the West Indies in his lecture on “Health for Development” at the Ninth Conference of the Lecture Series of the Americas October 11, 2005.
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The United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic will organize Model OAS
President Leonel Fernandez and OAS Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, signed an agreement of cooperation to conduct the XXIII model of the OAS General Assembly with universities and colleges.
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President Fernandez Addressed the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States
President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez visited the Organization of American States during his last visit to the United States. President Fernandez talked about Latin America’s transitions to democracy and the region’s challenges and opportunities to strengthen their democratic institutions, increase the governments’ transparency…
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Challenges Facing Latin America and the Caribbean
As part of the VIII Lecture Series of the Americas organized by the Organization of American States (OAS), the former president of Spain, Felipe González delivered a conference entitled “Challenges Confronting Latin America and the Caribbean”.
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GFDD Organizes Lecture by President Fernández at Georgetown University
As part of a continued effort to reach out to U.S. institutions and strengthen the links between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. public in general, GFDD, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Washington , organized a lecture delivered by President Leonel Fernández at Georgetown University on September 12.
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GFDD and the UNA-DR at the UN Annual DPI/NGO Conference in New York City
Under the title of “Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal”, the United Nations held its 58 th Annual DPI/NGO Conference on September 7-9 at UN headquarters in New York City . Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD, and Pilar Sandoval , Executive Director of the UNA-DR, participated in the meetings.
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Teachers and Professors Benefit from Grant for Quality in Education on Line Course
A total of 279 professionals of the education sector are benefiting from the grants offered by Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD,) in collaboration with the State Secretary for Basic Education (SEE per its Spanish acronym) and the State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology (SEESCyT per its Spanish acronym) and are following the on line course provided by the Organization of American States’
(OAS) Institute of Advanced Studies for the Americas (INEAM).
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First International Conference on Environmental and Sustainable Development
The conference served as a useful platform to concretize future projects and initiatives, and extract important conclusions in areas related to the environmental and sustainable development of the Caribbean.
