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GFDD Participates in 5th International Forum on Sustainable Development Goals for Local Communities: Inter-Institutional Approach
The Coordinating Council for the Dominicans Living Abroad Inc., (DORENEX), the UNIVA universities of Mexico, and UCO Colombia carried out the 5th International Forum on Sustainable Development (SDGs) for Local Communities: Inter-Institutional Approach, which took place in Yonkers, New York from the 16th to the 22nd of February, 2020. The forum is represented by the […]

GFDD Joined Stakeholders in New York City to Protect Oceans and Seas
GFDD, together with multiple stakeholders from all around the world, discussed several ideas to preserve the oceans at the special meeting ‘Building Support for Our Ocean’, held in New York City this week. The event was co-sponsored by partner organizations as the Permanent Missions of Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Vanuatu to the United Nations, as […]

DREFF and UNIBE close Environment Week with the documentary Revolution
Santo Domingo – Last Friday, June 7, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) presented a screening of the documentary Revolution to observe World Environment Day. The event, held together with the Ibero-American University (UNIBE) to close its Environment Week, was hosted by DREFF’s Environmental Film Screenings, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and […]

GFDD and FUNGLODE Host a UN Film Screening of Harmony, Focused on Climate Change, with Director Stuart Sender
On June 26, 2014, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations held a screening of the film Harmony at the United Nations.

GFDD and FUNGLODE celebrate Earth Day at the United Nations
On April 23, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, in collaboration with the Dominican Mission to the UN, and with the support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Committee on NGO’s (CoNGO), and the Earth Day Network, hosted the New York Film Premiere of Jon Bowermaster’s latest film: On the Edge, Antarctica.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Collaborate with the United Nations to Screen Documentary “On the Edge, Antarctica” in Honor of Earth Day Celebrations
GFDD/FUNGLODE in collaboration with the Earth Day Network, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Committee on NGO’s (CoNGO), and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, will host a special Earth Day screening of the newly released documentary film, On the Edge, Antarctica.

Maldives Ambassador Discusses Climate Change Challenges for Small Island Developing States in the GFDD Global Roundtables
For the low lying island nation of the Maldives, climate change represents a growing threat to its population, as rising sea levels destroy the local biodiversity, reduce freshwater reserves and encroach on land.

Maldives Ambassador to Focus on Importance of the World’s Oceans
In March, the GFDD Global Roundtable will be hosting His Excellency Ambassador Sareer of the Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations to discuss the importance of oceans within the framework of the Sustainable Development.

GFDD/FUNGLODE and Dominican Mission to the UN to partner with Propagas Foundation on Environmental Education Presentation at UNHQ
GFDD and FUNGLODE are delighted to announce that a presentation and panel discussion on Environmental Education entitled Pedagogy of the Earth will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday February 6, 2014 from 1.15 to 2.45PM.

GFDD and FUNGLODE celebrate Earth Day at the OAS HQ, and in DC Schools
For first time the Organization of American States (OAS) has institutionally celebrated Earth day, and GFDD and FUNGLODE , were proud to join them on this momentous occasion to give proceedings a creative and somewhat youthful touch.