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  • GMAI Will Present Panel Discussion on Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni

    September 5, 2007 -  On September 7, 2007 at 7:00 pm in the FUNGLODE Auditorium, GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI) will present the panel discussion: “Homage to Two Film Greats: Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.” The program will pay tribute to the two filmmakers’ contributions to modern film through their innovative use of thematics and narrative.... Continue Reading >

  • Course on Windows Applications and Windows Operating Systems

    September 4, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA) offered the eighth course on Windows Applications (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) and Windows Operating Systems for non-governmental organizations.   The course took place August 21-31, 2007 from 5:00 pm -10:00 pm at FUNGLODE Headquarters in... Continue Reading >

  • Global Leadership Awards Gala

    August 31, 2007 - Dr. Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will be honored at Counterpart International’s Global Leadership Awards Gala, September 19, 2007 at Gustavino’s in New York City.   The Awards celebrate outstanding individuals from the governmental and... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE and NALIP-DR Organize Cocktail for Dominican Filmmakers with María Conchita Alonso

    August 27, 2007 - As part of Project-a-Thon International presented by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), the DR-Chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP-DR) and the Florida Media Market (FMM), workshop participants attended a cocktail with María Conchita Alonso.   Project-a-Thon began Thursday, August 23 and concluded August... Continue Reading >

  • More than 1,500 Students Will Participate in CILA 2007

    August 27, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (ANU-RD) will organize the 2007 International Conference on the Americas (CILA), to take place October 10-14, 2007 at the Convention Center in Bávaro, Dominican Republic. More than 1,500 students from the Dominican Republic... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Dominicanaonline.org in English

    August 24, 2007 - In order to reach a broader audience, GFDD and FUNGLODE have created the English equivalent of their Spanish Portal, Dominicanaonline.org.   Dominicanaonline.org in Spanish was created in 2005 by GFDD and FUNGLODE with the purpose of presenting the Dominican Republic to a national and international audience. The Portal is an on-going project that corresponds to... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Portal Dominicanaonline.org’s Virtual Library

    August 24, 2007 - With the objective of democratizing access to knowledge, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) have created a Virtual Library. The Library, a component of Portal Dominicanaonline.org, provides the global community access to a wide repertoire of Dominican literature in Spanish.     The initiative seeks to foster intellectual... Continue Reading >

  • Workshop on Culture and Economic Development

    August 24, 2007 - As part of GFDD and FUNGLODE’s commitment to developing the cultural sector and combating social and economic inequity in the Dominican Republic and the Region, the two organizations will partner with the Department of Education and Culture of the Executive Secretariate for Integral Development of the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank... Continue Reading >

  • Global, Regional and National Action is Key to Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change

    August 23, 2007 - Sixto Inchaustegui, Biologist at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) understands that policy measures to face the phenomenon have to be presented at different scales, in the framework of actions that drive development in each country.  For the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) biologist, Sixto Inchaustegui, recommendations to face climate change must include the adoption... Continue Reading >

  • Studies Prove Correlation Between Climatic Variation and Disease

    August 23, 2007 - David Joa, doctor at the Centro de Enfermedades Tropicales (Tropical Disease Center), offered this diagnosis when referring to climate change effects in dengue fever and malaria in a dissertation that began with a study developed in Dominican soil.   “This study’s results prove a clear non-linear relationship between changes in climatic variations and changes in... Continue Reading >

  • Antonio Cocco Quezada Stresses Importance of Creating ClimateResources Subsecretary

    August 23, 2007 - The president of CODIA’s Disasters chapter was the first one to intervene in the debate session last Thursday at the “Second conference on Climate Change: Evidence of global warming in the Dominican Republic”   Last Thursday Antonio Cocco Quezada, president of the Disasters chapter at the “Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros y Agrimensores” (CODIA), took up... Continue Reading >

  • Given the Reality of Global Warming, Mitigation Costs are Politically Feasible

    August 23, 2007 - The environmental economist Jaime Echeverría, from the Tropical Science Center, brought the issue for discussion at the FUNGLODE auditorium in the opening of the two-day conference about evidence of global warming in the Dominican Republic.   With the certainty that global warming presents a serious risk to society, the environmental economist Jaime Echeverría states that... Continue Reading >

  • Workshop on the Dominican Republic’s Capacity to Combat Climate Change

    August 20, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the Dominican Ministry of Environmental Management will present the workshop “Workshop Consultation on the Nation’s Capacity to Combat Climate Change,” August 24, 2007, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm.   The objective of the event is to unite key climate change experts... Continue Reading >

  • Global Media Arts Institute and the DR Chapter of NALIP Will Present Workshop on Project Development

    August 16, 2007 - GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Global Media Arts Institute, in collaboration with the Dominican Chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), will present: “Project-a-Thon,” a three day workshop on project development, August 23-25, 2007, 9:30 am – 6:30 pm, at FUNGLODE Headquarters in Santo Domingo.   The workshop is designed to equip participants with... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Present Second Conference on Climate Change

    August 15, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will be organizing the Second Conference on Climate Change: “Evidence of Global Warming in the Dominican Republic.” The conference will take place August 22-23, 2007 at the FUNGLODE Auditorium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The conference seeks to: increase public awareness... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Global Media Arts Institute Web Page

    August 14, 2007 - In response to the Global Media Arts Institute’s (GMAI) rapidly expanding programs, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) have created  a bilingual Portal (in English and Spanish)  in order to better inform the public of the opportunities available through the Institute and create a virtual community of... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Students Complete Internships with Dominican Organizations

    August 13, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo organized a ceremony to honor the 2007 InteRDom summer interns’ successful completion of their internships and academic studies. The ceremony was held at FUNGLODE, Thursday, August 9, 2007.   Over the course of twelve weeks, InteRDom program participants carried-out internships in the fields... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Offer Course on Macromedia Flash MX

    August 13, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Microsoft’s Partners in Learning offered an introductory course in Macromedia Flash MX to educators, students and professionals outside of the field of education, August 13-17, 2007 at FUNGLODE Headquarters in Santo Domingo. Participants had the option of attending either morning or... Continue Reading >

  • Dominican Week in the US 2007

    August 10, 2007 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with the Semanadom Committee, Grupo Profesionales Dominicanos (GPD) of Washington DC, Goldman Sachs and Universidad APEC (UNAPEC), will be organizing Dominican Week in the United States. The week-long series of events will take place in Washington DC, Monday... Continue Reading >

  • Closing Ceremony for InteRDom Students

    August 3, 2007 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), together with its sister organization in the Dominican Republic Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will host the InteRDom Closing Ceremony August 9, 2007. The event will see an end to the academic study and internship summer program which has given international students the opportunity to intern with... Continue Reading >

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