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InteRDom Intern Expands Program Horizons with Partner Organization
February 6, 2012 - Monday, February 6, 2012 is an historic day for the InteRDom program, as spring intern Anna Groesser begins her internship with the InteRDom-certified organization Grupo Punta Cana in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Groesser, who is participating in the 32-week Graduate and Gap Year Program will be working on two community development projects with Punta Cana... Continue Reading >
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Poverty Eradication and Youth Unemployment Top the Agenda at United Nations Commission for Social Development (UNCSD)
February 5, 2012 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) have been invited to attend the 50th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (UNCSD) which launched February 1st at the UN Headquarters in New York. The ten-day Commission will focus on one of the greatest challenges to... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Will Represent Virtual Educa Caribe at Virtual Educa 2012 in Suriname
February 4, 2012 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will attend Virtual Educa 2012 to be celebrated in Suriname, February 29-March 2, 2012. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development will be representing Virtual Educa Caribe’s six years of experience in education, training and innovation. The 2012 edition of Virtual Educa will allow non-Spanish speaking members of the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Participate in UNU Forum on Ranking World Think Tanks
February 1, 2012 - On January 18, 2012, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) partook in the discussion forum organized by the United Nations University, “World Ranking of Think Tanks,” at the UN Headquarters in New York. The presentation was given by Dr. James McGann, Director of Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program and Assistant Director of the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD will Present Conference “The Dominican Republic 50 Years After Trujillo,” with Dr. Howard Wiarda
February 1, 2012 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is pleased to present the conference “The Dominican Republic 50 Years After Trujillo,” with Dr. Howard Wiarda, Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations at the University of Georgia, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The event,... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Screens Environmental Documentary “Play Again” and Launches School Vegetable Garden Initiative
February 1, 2012 - As part of its follow up to the I Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), which took place last September, GFDD organized initiatives aimed at encouraging Dominicans to forge a deeper connection with the environment. On Tuesday, January 31, GFDD hosted a special screening of the environmental documentary Play Again at FUNGLODE Headquarters. The film... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE to Screen Environment-themed Film
January 31, 2012 - As part of its follow up to the very successful I DR Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), which took place last September, GFDD and FUNGLODE will host a special screening of environmental documentary Play Again at FUNGLODE auditorium on January 31, 2012 at 6pm. The movie, about the consequences of a childhood removed from nature, is... Continue Reading >
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City College and InteRDom Partner Expand Summer Service-Learning Program
January 30, 2012 - InteRDom Internships in the Dominican Republic and the Study Abroad Department of the City College of New York are excited to announce the continuation in the summer 2012 of the Caribbean culture & service-learning program successfully launched by the two entities in 2011. Applications are now open for students to participate in the 4-week program... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE to be joined by the United Nations Economic and Financial Committee Chairman at the Global Roundtable
January 26, 2012 - In February, GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Global Roundtable will discuss the United Nations Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee), which is currently chaired by His Excellency, Mr. Abdul Momen. Ambassador Momen was the first Global Roundtable guest to join us for discussions at FUNGLODE in Santo Domingo in his joint capacity as Permanent Representative of Bangladesh... Continue Reading >
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DR Environmental Film Festival, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, Collaborates with Whale Festival in Samaná
January 24, 2012 - Samaná’s Whale Festival is a great success thanks to the support of over fifteen NGO’s, governmental organizations and private corporations, including GFDD and FUNGLODE. As a way of promoting the Samaná Peninsula’s impressive natural and cultural heritage, as well as commemorating the start of the 2012 annual whale watching season, the first-ever Whale Festival was... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE host Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations
January 23, 2012 - On Monday, January 23, 2012, GFDD was honored to host Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, as the guest speaker for GFDD’s first Global Roundtable of 2012. Ambassador Mansour has devoted his career to finding a solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis and seeking recognition of the state of Palestine.... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom-URI Winter Program Concludes with Dialogue on Access to Public Health Services in the Dominican Republic
January 20, 2012 - The 2012 InteRDom-URI Winter Program concluded on Friday, January 20 in Santo Domingo with a cumulative activity that brought together all of the topics included on the intense agenda of tours and events: the forum “Initiatives and Programs that Promote Access to Public Health in the Dominican Republic.” The University of Rhode Island students participating... Continue Reading >
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Palestinian Representative to the United Nations Confirms Attendance to GFDD’s and FUNGLODE’s Eighth Global Roundtable
January 18, 2012 - On January 23, GFDD and FUNGLODE will be hosting the Ambassador and Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Riyad H. Mansour, at its eighth Global Roundtable. The Global Roundtable series is part of GFDD’s goal to organize regular meetings with UN Ambassadors and other prominent figures in the international community in... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Organizes Dialogue on Public Health Services in the Dominican Republic
January 18, 2012 - As part of an agenda of activities elaborated by InteRDom Internships in the Dominican Republic to complement the service activities of a group of 15 nursing and pre-medical students from the University of Rhode Island, the program is pleased to announce an open dialogue titled “Initiatives and Programs that Promote Access to Public Health in... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom to Host University of Rhode Island Nursing Students
January 16, 2012 - The InteRDom program will continue its strong relationship with the University of Rhode Island this January, providing an education program exploring cultural, political and social elements of Dominican society for a group of nursing students during a 2-week service learning trip. The 14 participants will travel to Santo Domingo on January 17, 2012 during the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Deliver Intervention during Fifth High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development
January 10, 2012 - On December 8, 2011, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) were amongst five civil society organizations invited by the NGO Committee on Financing for Development to participate in the informal dialogue, “The Link between Financing for Development and Achieving the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, including the Millennium... Continue Reading >
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VIRTUAL EDUCA CARIBE Announces Dates for March 2012 Meeting
December 14, 2011 - March 7-9, 2012 have been announced as the meeting dates for Virtual Educa Caribe (VEC), the Regional Chapter of the Ibero-American Virtual Educa, an initiative that is affiliated with the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government. VEC, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, is an annual forum that promotes knowledge transfer and the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Acknowledges its Supporters at Special Christmas Dinner
December 12, 2011 - On Monday, December 12, 2011, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development hosted its annual Holiday Dinner Party & Celebration at the stylish and lively Victo’s Cafe on Manhattan’s West Side. The staff of GFDD was honored to have as their guests prominent and distinguished members from the United Nations, the Diplomatic and Press corps,... Continue Reading >
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GFDD supports the promotion of innovative thinking in education in the rest of the Caribbean through the Virtual Educa and the Multilateral Initiative of Educ@ation for Human Development (IMEDH) programs
December 6, 2011 - In preparing the celebration of the first Virtual Educa in a non-Spanish speaking program in Suriname taking place at the time of the Organization of American States ministerial and high authorities meeting in early March 2012, GFDD’s Washington office director, Asunción Sanz, joined the rest of partners with the Ministry of Education of Suriname in... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Builds on Old Relationships and Establishes New Ones at Career Forum
December 2, 2011 - The InteRDom program, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, met undergraduate as well as graduate students from University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), New York University (NYU) and George Washington University (GW) interested in the non-profit industry at the NGO, Non-Profit and Government Career Forum held on the Washington D.C. campus of GW. This was the first... Continue Reading >
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