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Year Round Environmental Film Screenings begin 2016 with the projection of “Cotton Road” in the ITSC San Luis
January 25, 2016 - The program Year Round Environmental Film Screenings of the Dominican Republic Environmenral Film Festival began this year on January 25, with the presentation of the documentary “Cotton Road” in the ITSC San Luis in Santo Domingo. About 60 students participated in the activity that is part of the Film Forum program of the school and... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Participates in 70th Anniversary Celebrations of UN Economic and Social Council
January 22, 2016 - GFDD, in its capacity as an accredited non-profit organization with special consultative status to United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), participated in the Commemoration of ECOSOC’s 70th Anniversary on Friday, January 22, 2016. The special event brought together former and present Bureau Members of the Council and other stakeholders that have and continue to... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom to Participate in the Rutgers University 2016 Internship & Summer Jobs Fair
January 21, 2016 - As a continuation of their outreach to tri state-area universities, InteRDom is excited to be participating for the first time ever in the 17th Annual Rutgers-Newark Internship & Summer Jobs Fair at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey on January 27, 2016 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. The fair is hosted by Rutgers-Newark Career Development... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode to Host UN Panel Discussion on Financing Tools for Reducing Social Inequalities during CSocD54
January 20, 2016 - To advance the commitments made during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, to reduce inequalities in the global social development and to care for the future of our planet GFDD/Funglode along with the NGO Committee on Social Development and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development will host an interactive debate on... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Film Showcase Presents Quarterly Program in Collaboration with DR Embassy in Washington, DC
January 20, 2016 - The Dominican Film Showcase in Washington, D.C. presents this year a new initiative with the support of the Dominican Republic Embassy. During 2016, GFDD’s Dominican Film Showcase will be screening a wonderful selection of Dominican films in collaboration with the Dominican Republic Embassy in the United States. The quarterly program will start with the first... Continue Reading >
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More than 200 professor of Social and Natural Sciences attend workshop in leadup to 23rd Geography Week
January 19, 2016 - As part of the preparatory events for the 23rd annual Geography Week, the auditorium of the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) hosted more than 200 social and natural sciences teachers, who received information on the significance of the slogan for this year’s event: “Let’s Explore! The Power of the Island’s Geography.” The Global Foundation... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Says Multilateral Organizations Need to Undergo a Process of Profound Change
January 19, 2016 - In his lecture, Fernández also made reference to Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs publications, which predicted that oil prices could reach $20 a barrel this year, due to falling demand in China as well as the appreciation of US currency, the result of devaluation among such currencies as the Chinese Yuan, the Brazilian Real, and... Continue Reading >
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“There is no Statelessness in the Dominican Republic”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
January 19, 2016 - The Haitian constitution provides for birthright citizenship via jus sanguinis. In a recent Amnesty International report entitled “Without Papers, I Am No One: Stateless People in the Dominican Republic,” the authors charge that in our country there is a situation of statelessness. In accordance with prevailing international legislation, a person is considered stateless when no... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Attends Debate on the Outcome of the Paris Climate Conference with New York Times Environment Correspondent
January 19, 2016 - The Paris agreement made history as the universal climate change agreement, binding every country on earth to take action to reduce their carbon emissions. Unfortunately, the action pledged so far by countries will only cut emissions by about half as much as required to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. GFDD/Funglode attended a briefing... Continue Reading >
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75 Students Climb Highest Mountain in the Caribbean with RDescubre
January 19, 2016 - The 15th Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte, part of the initiatives of the RDescubre program, was successfully held when 75 students from Liceo Escuela Hermano Miguel from Santiago, Liceo Profesora Mercedes Muñoz, Fe y Alegría from Cambita el Pueblecito (San Cristobal), and Politécnico Ann and Ted Kheel from Veron (Punta Cana), had the opportunity to... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode 2015 Award Winners Announced
January 18, 2016 - 180 entries were submitted in the categories of Short Story, Poetry, Journalism and Documentary Global Foundation for Democracy and Development Global (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), through its Cultural Studies Center, announced today the results of the ninth edition of its Annual Awards for Short Story, Poetry, and Documentary for the year... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Offers URI Students a 360° Experience in Dominican Republic
January 15, 2016 - In the words of Jody Lisbergerer, Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies of the University of Rhode Island (URI), the InteRDom winter program, which concluded this past Friday, was “a superb trip” characterized by the “hard work and marvelous stewardship of the organizers”. This year’s participants in the InteRDom winter program were 8 political sciences... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Appointed Chair of UNA USA Sub-committee Promoting Sustainable Environmental Ecosystems
January 13, 2016 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), represented by its UN Programs & Outreach Manager, Marc Jourdan, was today appointed Chair of a new sub-committee by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA USA) Council of Organizations entitled “Support and Promote a Sustainable Environmental Ecosystem.” The sub-committee will be constituted of UNA... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Schools Prepare for “Semana de la Geografía”
January 11, 2016 - A workshop will be hosted on January 19th 2016, at the GFDD/Funglode headquarters, as part of a series of activities preceding the “Semana de la Geografía” (Geography Week), where directors of both public and private educational institutions, natural and social sciences professors, and technicians from the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic will receive... Continue Reading >
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“Dominicans in the U.S.,” an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
January 5, 2016 - It’s estimated that there are currently 1.8 million people of Dominican origin residing in the United States, according to an analysis from the Pew Research Center, a social research fact tank. This analysis considers Dominicans to be those born in the Dominican Republic and classed as immigrants in the United States, or those born on... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Hosts University of Rhode Island Students in Dominican Republic for Winter Program
January 4, 2016 - The InteRDom program began its winter session with a political science group from the University of Rhode Island (URI) today. Students arrived this morning and had an orientation session of the program, which runs from January 4 – 15 in the Dominican Republic. The group this year consists of eight students and one professor. During... Continue Reading >
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“The Future of the PLD ”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
December 21, 2015 - Few people within the ranks of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) were harboring great expectations with respect to the Gladys Gutiérrez Electoral Congress, held on December 13. The agreement made by the Political Committee, with the aim of amending the constitution to permit presidential reelection, had resolved that all senators and deputies would be renominated... Continue Reading >
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“This is the moment to strengthen relations between China and the Dominican Republic and to take them to the next level,” GFDD Fellow Yuan Li says
December 11, 2015 - As part of the release of the latest publication in the series, Research and Ideas, entitled, “Dominican Republic and P.R. China: Exchange, Trade, and Investment,” the Fellows Program of the GFDD/Funglode invited GFDD Fellow Yuan Li to give a special presentation of her research findings at Funglode headquarters in Santo Domingo on Friday December 11,... Continue Reading >
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Global Roundtables Welcomes Margaret Myers, Discussion on Chinese-Latin America Relations
December 8, 2015 - For this December edition of the GFDD Global Roundtables, GFDD Executive Director, Natasha Despotovic welcomed Margaret Myers, Program Director of the China and Latin America at the Inter-American Dialogue, a reputed D.C- based think tank. The session focused on the work of the organization analyzing the trade relations between China and the Latin American Caribbean... Continue Reading >
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Paris, A Push to Save the Planet, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
December 8, 2015 - Despite the multiple terrorist attacks that have recently shaken Paris, the global capital of art and culture, more than 40,000 people have gathered since Monday, November 30, for one of the most important diplomatic summits in history. In the words of host president François Hollande, the reason for this massive gathering is the urgent need... Continue Reading >
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