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Panel at United Nations Headquarters Makes the Case for Integration of Mental Health Servicing within Public Health Paradigms
Yesterday, April 11, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Domincan Republic to the United Nations, the Columbia University School of Social Work and the International Association of Schools of Social Work, organized the panel discussion “Mainstreaming Mental Health within Public Health Paradigms: A Global Look at Advances and Challenges”

HOT Summer Seminars Conclude with Second Part of Civil Rights Series
InteRDom’s HOT Summer Seminar series concluded on Wednesday, July 22 with the second installation of the seminar “Civil Rights in the Dominican Republic,” with the participation of Henry Molina, Director of Escuela Nacional de Judicatura and Coordinator of the E-justice Program.

InteRDom Interns Tour the National Congress
On June 24, 2009 the InteRDom interns got to experience the politics of the Dominican Republic first-hand when they went on a tour of the National Congress building in Santo Domingo.

HOT Summer Seminar “Civil Rights in the Dominican Republic”
As part of its 2009 Academic Summer Program, the internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, will present the two-day seminar “Civil Rights in the Dominican Republic.”

InteRDom Promotes Internship Models with Transnational Impact
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote international internship models, InteRDom recently organized a conference entitled, “Internships to Increase Competitiveness,” led by Gizem Eren-Baig, Coordinator of the World Bank’s at Voice Secondment Program at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo.

UNA-DR, GFDD and FUNGLODE Will Host Seventh Annual Model United Nations in NYC
More than 400 Dominican students will participate in the 2009 New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN), which will take place April 2 – 3 at the Millennium Plaza Hotel and April 4 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Over 1,500 Dominican and International Students Attend CILA 2008
More than 1,500 young people from the Dominican Republic, Latin America and other countries around the world participated in the IV International Conference of the Americas (CILA) organized by the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), which concluded on October 19.

Inauguration of Sixth Annual Dominican Republic Model United Nations
Today, March 13, 2008, over 500 high school and college students, as well as teachers and professors, from the Dominican Republic, the United States and the region assembled at Fordham University in New York City to celebrate the inauguration of the Sixth Annual Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN), organized by the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), in collaboration with Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación
Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE).

Over 500 Dominican and International Students Will Represent UN Member States at NYDRMUN 2008
Around 500 young people from the Dominican Republic and other countries and regions around the world will be in session at Fordham University carrying out the duties of Ambassadors from the United Nations. On the last day of their work, they will receive Lecture Conferences from actual UN ambassadors at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development Launches 2007 Annual Report
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) has just published its 2007 Annual Report, which features all the projects, initiatives and achievements realized by the institution, sister foundation of Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) in the United States, during the past year.