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  • FUNGLODE Awards: Photography Submissions to Be Judged by the Public

    October 2, 2007 - The FUNGLODE Art Gallery in Santo Domingo will be showcasing the photography of FUNGLODE Award participants until Sunday, October 7, 2007.   The public is invited to view the artwork and vote for their entry of choice. The submission that receives the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Award.   FUNGLODE Awards will be... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Participate in CITICED 2007

    October 2, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) are participating in the V International Congress on Information, Communication and Long Distance Education Technologies (CITICED), “Development and Capacity Building in Distance Education,” October 3-5, 2007 at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). GFDD and FUNGLODE are represented by Educational... Continue Reading >

  • Panel Discussion on Constitutional Reform Featuring President Leonel Fernández

    September 25, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) organized a panel discussion on constitutional reform on September 18, 2007, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.   The panel featured Dominican President and GFDD and FUNGLODE Honorary... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Host Panel on DR-CAFTA in New York

    September 25, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) organized a panel on the US, Dominican Republic and Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on September 20, 2007 at the City University of New York (CUNY) as part of Dominican Week in the United States. Ellis Pérez, Dominican Week in... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE and Ibermedia Award Scholarships to Study Film in Cuba

    September 25, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Ibermedia have awarded three Dominican students scholarships to study film at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (International School for Film and Television – EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. The Ibermedia Program promotes the creation of Ibero-American... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE, Microsoft and Dominican Ministry of Education Present Seminar on Virtual Education

    September 25, 2007 - On September 20, 2007, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), the Dominican Ministry of Education and Microsoft organized the seminar: “Virtual Education: Initiatives in Process and Lessons Learned.”   Opening remarks were delivered by FUNGLODE Technology & Education Coordinator, Paúl Goris, and General Director of Information and Communication... Continue Reading >

  • Present Latin American Context and Perspectives

    September 20, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) in association with Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service organized a presentation and discussion session with Dominican President, Leonel Fernández, Tuesday, September 18, 2007, from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, at... Continue Reading >

  • Presentation with President Fernández at Georgetown University

    September 17, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) are pleased to announce that they are organizing a presentation and discussion session with Dominican President, Leonel Fernández, in association with Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.   The program, “Present... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE, CSIS and Inter-American Dialogue Present: Panel Discussion on Constitutional Reform

    September 17, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), the Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-American Dialogue will present a panel discussion on constitutional reform featuring keynote speaker, Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of GFDD and FUNGLODE. The President’s address: “Constitutional Reform: Democracy and Rule of... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE and UNA-RD Participate in 60th DPI/ NGO Conference

    September 11, 2007 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR) participated in the 60th Annual United Nations Department of Public Information and Non-Governmental Organizations Conference that took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 5-7, 2007.   Over 2,000... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Will Organize Two Events for Small and Medium-Sized Business Owners

    September 11, 2007 - InteRDom, GFDD and FUNGLODE’s internship program in the Dominican Republic, will organize two events for small business owners in collaboration with the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE).   Both events will be presented by Charlie Poticher and Eric Miller of Empowered United People (EPU), an organization that seeks to help small and medium-sized businesses and organizations achieve... Continue Reading >

  • 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 >

  • 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, 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 >

  • 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 >

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