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Expert on Philanthropy Trains 40 Dominican NGO Representatives
Dr. Lilya Wagner, Vice President of Philanthropy at Counterpart International dictated the course “Principles and components for a fundraising strategy” to 40 NGOs representatives from the Dominican Republic. The course was coordinated in collaboration with Alianza ONG and CEMEX Foundation from the Dominican Republic.
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Workshop on Educational Software Development
The Secretary of Education of the Dominican Republic (SEE), FUNGLODE/GFDD and Microsoft coordinated the workshop “Development of Educational Software” June 28th, 2005.- This workshop, which took place in the computer lab in FUNGLODE’s headquarters in Santo Domingo, is part of the Partnership in Learning program coordinated by the Secretary of Education of the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE/GFDD and Microsoft.
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Journalism and Good Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
“A journalist that denounces corruption ought to have the moral authority to do so”, Alejandro Miró Quesada, President of the Interamerican Press Society, declared during the conference “Journalism and Good Governance in Latin America and The Caribbean” as part of the 6th Lecture of the Americas.
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Course on Macromedia Flash MX
This activity is part of FUNGLODE’s and GFDD efforts to contribute to the professional training of all sectors of society in the DR.
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Applying Information and Communication Technologies to Education
In collaboration with Microsoft and Virtual Educa, FUNGLODE – GFDD coordinated the session “Applying Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Education: Strategic Partnerships between the Civil Society and the Public and Private Sectors”.
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Distance Education as a Meeting Space.
Virtual Educa constitutes an Inter-American meeting place for institutions, private sector, education networks, training institutions and civil society. It has become a reflection of the inter-american dialogue and a manifestation of the Inter-American Community of Nations on training and social development.
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FUNGLODE, GFDD and UNA- RD participated in the OAS General Assembly held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Representatives of the 34 nation members of the Organization of American States (OAS) gathered in Florida for a three-day summit to discuss the topic of “Delivering the Benefits of Democracy”.
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First Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Dominican Republic
This conference took place in FUNGLODE’s headquarters and it was coordinated by FUNGLODE, its sister institution in the US Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), CEMEX Foundation, Alianza ONG, National Council for the Private Enterprise, the Inter American Development Bank (IADB) and the UN Development Program (UNDP).
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Conference with John B. Taylor, Former Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury
During this conference, which was the fifth event of the OAS Lecture of the Americas, John B. Taylor pointed out the positive outlook for the Latin American countries, which has been reflected on the recent economic growth that most of them have been experiencing. The main argument of his conference was the strong linkage between democracy and economic growth.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Offer Course on Website Design and Development
This course’s objective was to train teachers and students in the necessary tools such as HTML, Javascript y XML to develop web sites and publish them on the Internet. The course focused on demonstrating and teaching the best practices in the composition of key elements used in educational websites…
