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Globo Verde Dominicano Lab: Free Workshop from March 13 to 17 in Santo Domingo
February 23, 2017 - The Dominican Environmental Film Festival and Globo Verde Dominicano Award are organizing a free film workshop from March 13 to 17, to be held at Funglode’s headquarters, with the title: “From Idea to Screen: How to Make Environmental Documentaries.” The instructor, director of documentaries and professor, Gabriel will work personally with each participant to help... Continue Reading >
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The Newly Appointed Executives of ASOVEUSA Meet with GFDD Team in New York
February 23, 2017 - The Asociación de Veganos en los Estados Unidos (ASOVEUSA – Association of La Vega Residents in the US) visited GFDD’s New York Office yesterday, to acknowledge the sustained support of the foundation and reaffirm the commitment to continue the collaboration between the institutions. The new executives of ASOVEUSA, who took office in February, were welcomed... Continue Reading >
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The Winner of the 2016 Globo Verde Dominicano Begins His Journey around International Film Festivals
February 21, 2017 - Globo Verde Dominicano Award gets you one step closer to becoming an environmental filmmaker and achieving the goal of travelling around the world with your movies. In fact, the winner in the Short Films category, in addition to a $2000 gift certificate, receives a unique prize: the director gets to travel with his/her film to... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Calls for a New Social Paradigm with Sustainable Tourism Playing a Key Role during the 55th Session of the Commission for Social Development
February 17, 2017 - GFDD/FUNGLODE participated in the 55th Session of the Commission for Social Development which was convened from 1-10 February 2017, in New York, US. The Commission which opened on Wednesday February 1, under the priority theme “strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all”, held its last day of negotiations on Friday February 10,... Continue Reading >
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DREFF Celebrates World Anthropology Day with the Science Academy of the Dominican Republic!
February 17, 2017 - February 16 is the World Anthropology Day and DREFF celebrated it with the screening of The Anthropologist in Santo Domingo. The event was co-hosted by the Science Academy of the Dominican Republic. The screening took place within the framework of DREFF’s program Year-Round Environmental Film Screenings Program, which seeks to foster and inspire dialogue, raise... Continue Reading >
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Celebrating Love for the Environment on Valentine’s Day with DREFF
February 15, 2017 - Hundreds of students of the Nazaret Community School (Centro Educativo Nazaret) in Hoyo de Friusa, near Bávaro in the East coast of the Dominican Republic, had a very different and fun Valentine’s Day this year. In collaboration with BeachCorps, EcoServices Dominicana, and FECOTUR, GFDD/DREFF co-hosted an environmental awareness activity, entitled “A Valentine’s Card to the... Continue Reading >
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The Sixth Edition of Globo Verde Dominicano is Already Open for Submissions!
February 15, 2017 - The Dominican Film Festival (DREFF) is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the first audiovisual competition in the area of environment and sustainable development in the Dominican Republic, the Globo Verde Dominicano Award. This year’s competition will include 4 categories: Globo Verde Junior, Public Service Announcement, Short Film and Photography. In the categorie of... Continue Reading >
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PUCMM Students Discuss Who Really Pays the Price of Our Clothes
February 13, 2017 - Business students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santo Domingo enjoyed a screening of the film The True Cost on Friday, February 10th, within the framework of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF)’s Year Round program. Professor Luis Jansen gave the welcoming remarks and mentioned the importance of the strategic partnership with... Continue Reading >
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Salomé Ureña School Hosts the Screening of Nana to Celebrate Dominican Month
February 13, 2017 - In its mission to promote the knowledge and appreciation of Dominican culture as well as to inspire the enrichment of the film culture of the Dominican Republic and bring its unique brand of cinema to a wider audience, Gloal Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) partners with diverse institutions. Last Wednesday, February 8, Salome Ureña... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode Announces 2016 Awards Winners
February 13, 2017 - The announcement of the winners was made by Marco Herrera, Executive Director of Funglode and Catherine Florentino, Director of GFDD/Funglode Award. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development Global (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), announced, Tuesday, February 7, the results of the tenth edition of its Annual Awards for Photography, Novel, Essay, Poetry... Continue Reading >
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Steve McCurry in Santo Domingo: “Photography Is Not a Matter of Luck; It’s Training, Work and a Lot of Practice”
February 10, 2017 - Organized by the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, an overflowing auditorium welcomed one of the most iconic representatives of modern photography, for the first time in the country Master of contemporary photography, Steve McCurry is raising great expectations and passions during his visit to the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, hundreds of people queued from the early... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Night to Come Again to Washington In March as Part of DCEFF
February 9, 2017 - As part of the long-term partnership between the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF), Dominican Night, featuring screenings of documentaries produced on the island, comes once again to the United States capital. On March 23, as part of the long-running Washingtonian festival, this year in... Continue Reading >
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“The Financial Oligarchy in the Age of Trump”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
February 7, 2017 - In response to the global financial crisis of 2007/8, which would become the Great Recession, the administration of president Barack Obama submitted a bill to Congress aimed at regulating the US financial system. This bill – known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – passed in 2010. With the implementation of this legislation... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode to Support the 2017 Edition of the New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations
February 6, 2017 - On Wednesday April 12, the New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN 2017) will accommodate 400 students in New York City as part of one of the largest model UN conferences open to youth in the western hemisphere. The event, which is co-organized by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and Fundación Global... Continue Reading >
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GFDD / Funglode Opens Its Doors to the Geography Week 2017
February 6, 2017 - As part of the preparatory events for the annual Geography Week, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Foundation Global democracy and development (Funglode), in collaboration the Plan Lean, organized a conference in Santo Domingo, in the Auditorium of Funglode, directed to technicians and directors of the Ministry of Education of the Dominican... Continue Reading >
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Photographer Steve McCurry to Give a Masterclass in Santo Domingo on His First Visit to the Country
February 1, 2017 - The famous photographer Steve McCurry, known worldwide by, among others, his work "The Afghan Girl ", will visit the country in February, as part of the filming of a movie on his own life, directed by the French Denis Delestrac. Within a tight agenda in the Dominican Republic, McCurry will teach a master class in... Continue Reading >
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The Curtain Goes Up at The Dominican Global Film Festival to Celebrate Its Tenth Anniversary
January 26, 2017 - Dr. Leonel Fernández and GFDD and DREFF Director, Natasha Despotovic, received special recognitions The inauguration of the tenth edition of the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD, for its acronym in Spanish), in the National Theater, became a great celebration of the seventh art, in which outstanding national and international figures in the field received tribute... Continue Reading >
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Funglode/GFDD Ascends to the 40th Position in the Ranking of the Best Think Tanks of Latin America
January 26, 2017 - For the third consecutive year, the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode)/Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) was selected as one of the best think tanks in Latin America in the 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, University of Pennsylvania. In the report, Thursday, January 26 at a meeting organized in Washington... Continue Reading >
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“The Legacy of Obama”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
January 16, 2017 - In a few days, on January 20, President Barack Obama will leave the White House and make way for the new administration of president-elect Donald Trump. Eight years ago, when Obama was first elected in 2008, an atmosphere of joy and optimism pervaded not just the United States but the rest of the world, too.... Continue Reading >
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GFDD to Host Publication Launch at the United Nations on Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development
January 13, 2017 - GFDD in partnership with the NGO Committee for Social Development and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, will hold a publication launch and panel discussion during the 55th session of the Commission for Social Development entitled "Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development". The event is being held as part of the official... Continue Reading >
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