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CILA 2015 Closes with Awards to Delegations
October 24, 2015 - The overflowing enthusiasm of the students and teachers at the closing ceremony of CILA 2015 on Sunday, October 25, organized by UNA-DR, showed the quality of the meeting. (Santo Domingo October 25, 2015) - The presentation of awards to outstanding delegations by Committees and educational institutions on Sunday, October 25, crowned the International Conference of... Continue Reading >
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UN Delegates Confirm the Need for Enhanced Civil Society Participation in the 2030 Development Agenda during 2nd Committee Meetings on Sustainable Development
October 24, 2015 - GFDD/Funglode was present at the United Nations for the annual meetings of the UN General Assembly’s Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) from Monday October 19 to Friday October 22nd. During the meetings, UN delegates and civil society representatives emphasized the need for an effective global response to climate change and jointly called for further... Continue Reading >
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DREFF Present at 16th Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival in Toronto
October 23, 2015 - The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), a GFDD initiative, was represented last night at the opening of the Planet in Focus Film Festival, which takes place in Toronto until Sunday, October 25th. The festival is Canada’s leading environmental film festival, and the first of its kind in the world. This year marks its 16th... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Says Latin America Must Get Involved via Technological Innovations
October 23, 2015 - In a roundtable discussion entitled “Migration, Diaspora, and Communities in Transit” the president of GFDD/Funglode said that in recent years, Latin America has had tremendous economic growth, mainly attributable to the region’s connection to China through the export of raw materials. Dr. Leonel Fernández, president of the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and Global... Continue Reading >
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Over One Thousand Students Participate in Conferencia Internacional de las Américas 2015
October 22, 2015 - Thirty-eight schools were involved in the largest model United Nations meeting, organized annually in the Dominican Republic. The UNA-DR, an initiative of Funglode, organized the meeting, which ended on Sunday October 25th. (Santo Domingo, October 22, 2015) - The Dominican Association of the United Nations (UNA-DR), an initiative of the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo... Continue Reading >
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The Dominican Production Código Paz to be Screened in NYC as Part of the Dominican Film Showcase Program
October 22, 2015 - The upcoming Dominican Film Showcase (DFS) will feature a screening of Código Paz on Friday, November 6th, 2015 at 6 p.m. at the Symphony Space on Broadway in New York. Código Paz,an action film by Pedro Urrutia, follows Pedro Ruiz, a Dominican real estate broker by day and a savvy but out-of-luck thief by night.... Continue Reading >
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Lo Dominicano | All Things Dominican Now Available for Sale Online
October 21, 2015 - One of the latest GFDD publications, in a bilingual Spanish-English version, is now available for purchase. (Washington DC, October 21, 2015) Lo Dominicano | All Things Dominican, which was launched in September as part of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), explores the multi-faceted lives of those who live in the Dominican Republic. The... Continue Reading >
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Yuan Li: “Chinese influence in the Dominican Republic is significant”
October 21, 2015 - Under the series “Research and Ideas”, GFDD launched the book "Dominican Republic and P.R. China: Exchange, Trade, and Investment", in which researcher Yuan Li demonstrates through data and analysis the extent of Chinese economic influence in the Dominican Republic, including trade relationships, economic activity of the Chinese diaspora in the country, foreign direct investment, and... Continue Reading >
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UAPA University Students Learn About Pressing Problems Causing Climate Change
October 19, 2015 - A screening of Lago Enriquillo: Prelude to Climate Change was held as part of GFDD/Funglode’s yearlong Environmental Film Screening Series, a sub-initiative of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival. (Santo Domingo, October 19, 2015) Last Wednesday, October 14, students and staff of the University for Adults (Universidad Abierta Para Adultos –UAPA) participated in a screening... Continue Reading >
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Warm Welcome for Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience at 18th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
October 19, 2015 - The audience at the 18th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) learned about recycling and ways to use garbage as a raw material to create art and new products and a source of income. The GFDD film, “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” was chosen to be screened at the festival held in California... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode’s ReCrearte Program, other Environmental Initiatives Join “Going Green Together” Project
October 15, 2015 - GFDD/Funglode is pleased to announce its participation in the “Going Green Together” (Juntos Somos Verde) initiative, being held in the Ágora Mall through the entire month of October, with the aim of raising awareness on environmental protection. The project activities are being held in the shopping center’s central atrium, with a program featuring talks, documentaries,... Continue Reading >
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International Leaders and Civil Society Urge Action on Climate Change
October 13, 2015 - GFDD attended 2015 Annual Meetings of The World Bank Group and the IMF in Peru The Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the World Bank Group meet once a year to discuss the work of their respective institutions. This year, these Annual Meetings were held in Lima, Peru, the week... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Representatives Connect with Dozens of Students at Baruch College Work Abroad Fair
October 13, 2015 - InteRDom participated in the eighth annual Baruch College Work Abroad Fair on October 13th, 2015, where representatives met with students from all backgrounds and academic interests looking to gain experience abroad. The fair attracted the participation of more than 80 students hailing from Baruch’s three schools: the Zicklin School of Business, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,... Continue Reading >
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Specialists Discuss Insertion of Individuals with Different Needs into Labor Market
October 13, 2015 - José B. Esposito, Yvette Bermúdez, and Gissell Eusebio talked about society’s commitment to fostering employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities at a roundtable discussion organized by GFDD/Funglode. Miosotti Matos, Director of the National Employment Service, joined the discussion. (Santo Domingo, October 13, 2015) – The government, companies, families, and society in general must assume the... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom to Participate in 8th Annual Baruch College Work Abroad Fair
October 9, 2015 - For the fourth year in a row, InteRDom representatives will be participating in the eighth annual Work Abroad Fair at Baruch College in New York City on October 13, 2015. The fair is hosted by the Baruch College Weissman Center for International Business, and is located at the Information and Technology Building on the 7th... Continue Reading >
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“Rise of Algae in Coral Reefs is the Result of Pollution and Lack of Herbivorous Fish” States Rubén Torres, President of Reef Check DR During GFDD/Funglode Publication Launch
October 8, 2015 - (Santo Domingo, October 9, 2015) –The problem confronting coral reefs in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean is due to “a lack of herbivorous fish and pollution,” said Rubén Torres, president and Executive Director of Reef Check Dominican Republic, during a panel discussion at the launch of “Climate Change in the Dominican Republic: Impact on... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Night at CinemAmbiente 2015 in Turin
October 5, 2015 - Executive Director of GFDD and DREFF, Natasha Despotovic, presents films and serves on festival jury. Three Dominican-made films were screened at the CinemAmbiente film festival in Turin, Italy this October. The GFDD productions Value of Life and Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience, both directed by Natasha Despotovic, and 7 Gramos, directed by Jonatán... Continue Reading >
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“The Key to Resilience is Adaptive Capacity” States GFDD Fellow Hilary Lohmann
October 1, 2015 - Seeking to highlight the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States such as the Dominican Republic to the impacts of climate change on its coastal communities and resources, GFDD/Funglode put together a special UN side event on Thursday October 1 that joined policy experts with one of the authors of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic:... Continue Reading >
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More than a Thousand Young People to Participate in CILA 2015 in Santo Domingo
September 30, 2015 - The “Conferencia Internacional de Las Américas” (CILA) is the most important student event on global issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. The 11th edition of CILA will be held from Thursday October 22 through Sunday October 25, 2015, at the Crown Plaza Hotel Convention Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The working languages of... Continue Reading >
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New GFDD Advisory Committee
September 29, 2015 - Various personalities from the world of academia, medicine, communication, entertainment, sports, and design, among other sectors, are now part of the new Advisory Committee of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), which took shape yesterday at a meeting in New York that was presided over by GFDD President, Dr. Leonel Fernández and its... Continue Reading >
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