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  • 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.

  • InteRDom Will Participate in Part-Time Job & Internship Fair

    The internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will participate in the “Part-Time Job & Internship Fair” at Dowling College on October 22, 2008.

  • InteRDom Announces Start of Spring Semester Enrollment

    The internship program, InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), announces the start of the Spring Semester (January 5 – April 24, 2009) enrollment period, August 1, 2008. The deadline to submit applications is November 7, 2008.

  • GFDD, FUNGLODE and ANU-RD Will Offer Seminar-Workshop for Journalists on the UN and Global Issues

    The United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), have united with officials from the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), and in particular, with the United Nations Information Center, representing Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, to design the First Regional Seminar-Workshop for Journalists on the United Nations and Global
    Issues.

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Partake in ECOSOC Innovation Fair

    As members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with consultative status, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) were invited to participate in the ECOSOC Innovation Fair, June 30 -July 3, 2008, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm at UN Headquarters in New York City.

  • InteRDom Program Organizes Cultural Trip to Salcedo and Santiago

    On Saturday, June 28, 2008, the InteRDom program organized its second major excursion of the summer, a cultural trip to visit the Mirabal Sisters Museum in Salcedo and the Centro Leon in Santiago. During the three-hour bus ride to the interior, tour guide, Tirso Cabra, recounted the story of the Mirabal Sisters. Among the most famous female protagonists throughout Dominican history, the sisters where ordered to be killed by former dictator, Rafael Trujillo.

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Invited to Participate in ECOSOC Innovation Fair

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) were invited to participate in the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Innovation Fair, taking place, June 30 -July 3, 2008, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm at UN Headquarters in New York City.

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