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GFDD at UN DPI/NGO Section Briefing on Monterrey Consensus
March 23, 2006 - lobal Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), represented by Maria Victoria Abreu, participated in the weekly briefing meeting of the United Nations Department of Public Information, NGO Section (UN DPI/NGO), which focused on The Monterrey Consensus and the United Nations Development Agenda. More than one hundred NGOs and CSOs representatives from all around the world... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Sign Agreement with Canadian Foundation for the Americas
March 22, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), signed a 5-year agreement on technical cooperation, diplomatic and international matters, and professional trainings and research projects, with the Canadian Foundation for the Americas, FOCAL. The agreement, aimed to improve cooperation in the Canada-Dominican... Continue Reading >
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UN Panel Discussion on Free Software, eGovernment and Democracy
March 20, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), represented by Yamile Eusebio, GFDD/FUNGLODE Internships and Educational Projects Coordinator, and Paul Goris, IT and Education Coordinator for FUNGLODE, participated in a panel discussion on 'How free software and eGovernment are changing developing countries', held... Continue Reading >
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Lecture on Education and Development Presented by Jeffrey Sachs
March 14, 2006 - The economist Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on the Millennium Development Goals, was the guest of the XI Lecture Series of the Americas. In his presentation, "New Approaches to Economic Directions in Latin... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Hold OAS Lecture on the Present and Future of the Hemisphere
March 6, 2006 - OAS representatives addressed a wide audience on the Present and Future of the Hemisphere, on a discussion panel held at FUNGLODE auditorium on March 6, 2006. Mrs. Irene Kingler, OAS External Relations Director, made a presentation on the New Priorities of the OAS, while Mrs. Bertha Santoscoy, OAS Representative in the Dominican Republic, talked on... Continue Reading >
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Entrepreneurial Commitment to Education to be Debated at Virtual Educa Caribe 2006
March 6, 2006 - Virtual Educa Caribe 2006, will present the experiences of private corporations all across America under the Inter-American Forum on New Technologies, showing how the use of technologies can create jobs and enhance the country's development. During the event to take place in Santo Domingo, April 24-27, 2006, at FUNGLODE, corporate initiatives from Mexico, Brazil, Chile,... Continue Reading >
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XXIII Model of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States opened in Santo Domingo
March 5, 2006 - Dominican Republic hosted the XXIII Model of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, an event in which more than 300 college students from the hemisphere simulated the work of the OAS General Assembly Annual Meeting, this year to be celebrated in early June at La Romana, Dominican Republic. During the opening event... Continue Reading >
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Forty Professors and Officials Gain Access to Free Training on Digital Libraries
February 28, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), represented by Maria Victoria Abreu, participated in the annual Orientation Program of the United Nations Department of Public Information, NGO Section (UN DPI/NGO). More than one hundred NGOs and CSOs representatives from all around the world gathered these two days at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, UN Headquarters... Continue Reading >
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GFDD at Annual UN DPI/NGO Orientation Program
February 22, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), represented by Maria Victoria Abreu, participated in the annual Orientation Program of the United Nations Department of Public Information, NGO Section (UN DPI/NGO). More than one hundred NGOs and CSOs representatives from all around the world gathered these two days at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, UN Headquarters... Continue Reading >
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Seminar on Importance of Certification in Education
February 21, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (SEE for its Spanish acronyms) and Microsoft, hosted a one-day seminar on the importance of certifications in education. This seminar is part of the "Partners in Learning", a Microsoft program, in... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Virtual Educa
February 17, 2006 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, and Virtual Educa signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The purpose of this MOU is to expand the existing agreement of collaboration signed in November 2002, allowing the introduction of GFDD into the larger Agreement existing among Virtual Educa, the Spanish-American General Secretariat for Development (SECIB for its initials... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch International Week on Distance Education
February 13, 2006 - Throughout the course of a week workshops and lectures will be offered in which educators from different countries share their experiences on distance education and their insights into the different ways of developing such educational programs. Some of the key aspects covered at the "International Week on Distance Education" opening event, sponsored by Fundación Global... Continue Reading >
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International Seminar on Evaluation and Certification of Distance Education Institutions
January 25, 2006 - The seminar will take place in the Open University for Adults (Universidad Abierta para Adultos, UAPA), Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic , January 23-25, 2006. With the support of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), the Inter-American Association for Distance Education (Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia, AIESAD), Santillana Publishing... Continue Reading >
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Agreement of Cooperation in Support of Social Corporate Responsibility
January 24, 2006 - An agreement of cooperation was signed in Santo Domingo on January 24 among the main organizations and associations representing Dominican civil society, private sector, public sector and international organizations, including Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE, and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, to coordinate, support, and strengthen a national social corporate responsibility strategy.... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Teachers Trained in Quality Teaching
January 23, 2006 - A total of 278 Dominican teachers and professors will be awarded with a diploma for the satisfactory completion of an Organization of the American States (Educational Portal of the Americas) course on line sponsored by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE in collaboration with the ministries of... Continue Reading >
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More than 200 Teachers Trained in Introductory Computer Usage
January 23, 2006 - "Partners in Learning", a Microsoft program supported by FUNGLODE/GFDD, has been conducting a series of trainings to more than 200 teachers of the Ministry of Basic Education (SEE for its Spanish initials) in order to qualify them in theto effective use of technology in the classroom. The main objective of these courses is to enhance... Continue Reading >
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XXIII Model General Assembly of the OAS
December 7, 2005 - The Organization of American States (OAS), the Ministry of Higher Education, (SEESCyT for its acronym in Spanish), the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (ANURD,) Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE,) and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) launched the "XXIII Model of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States for... Continue Reading >
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FUNGLODE Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
November 29, 2005 - A gala dinner with almost 1,000 people marked the celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE that took place at Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo . The President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of FUNGLODE, His Excellency Dr. Leonel Fernández led the select list of guests that also... Continue Reading >
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Launch of Dominicanaonline.org
November 29, 2005 - Dominicanaonline.org, the new portal of the Dominican Republic , was launched in Santo Domingo at the Vth anniversary celebration of Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE. www.Dominicanaonline.org was created by FUNGLODE and its sister organization in the U.S., Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, with the objective of gathering all the information on the... Continue Reading >
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Regulation and Legislation of Distance Education: The Brazilian Experience
November 7, 2005 - 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. This activity is the... Continue Reading >
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