{"id":1812,"date":"2007-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2007-09-21T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T11:59:54","slug":"noti489","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti489\/","title":{"rendered":"President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Receives Global Leadership Award from Counterpart International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><br \/>\n<TABLE class=texto width=\"90%\" border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top width=70><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"Leonel Countepart\" src=\"\/Portal\/noticias\/leonel_countepart_65.jpg\" width=65 height=65><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top width=7><BR><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD class=texto vAlign=top><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Receives Global Leadership Award from Counterpart International<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Dominican President and Honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, received a Global Leadership Award in recognition of his leadership, political goodwill and work benefiting disadvantaged populations in the Dominican Republic and abroad.<\/P><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>At a gala event on September 19th at New York restaurant Gustavino\u2019s, President Fern\u00e1ndez was presented the award by Counterpart International President and CEO, Lelei LeLaulu, who praised the President for his legacy of work furthering democracy and sustainable development, both as Chief of State and as Founder and Honorary President of GFDD and FUNGLODE.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Upon accepting the award, President Fern\u00e1ndez spoke of the Dominican Republic\u2019s integration within the global economy, development and modernization initiatives that have been realized, as well as the fundamental role of democracy in processes of national advancement.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Other prominent figures recognized during the event include: David Finn, Founder and Chairman of Ruder Finn; Michael J. Conway, President and CEO of Air Jamaica; Allen Chastanet, Minister of Tourism and Aviation, Saint Lucia; and Paxton Baker, Vice President and General Manager of BET J and BET Digital Networks and President of BET Event Production.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>First Lady of the Dominican Republic, Margarita Cede\u00f1o de Fern\u00e1ndez; Secretary of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic, Salvador Ch\u00edo Jim\u00e9nez; Secretary of State of the Dominican Republic, Eduardo Selm\u00e1n; and GFDD Executive Director and FUNGLODE Vice President, Natasha Despotovic, were also present at the event.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>the auction that took place following the awards ceremony: paintings by Dominican Painter, Fernando Ure\u00f1a Rib, a special edition of Arturo Fuente Opus Cigars, an amber jewelry set from Taller Ambor\u00edgena, a week for two at Hotel Villa Serena in Saman\u00e1, Dominican Republic, and a baseball bat signed by baseball player Sammy Sosa.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Counterpart International, established in 1965, provides social, economic and environmental development support to people throughout the developing world.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>GFDD Executive Director and FUNGLODE Vice-President, Natasha Despotovic, is a Counterpart International Board Member. GFDD, FUNGLODE and Counterpart International implement collaborative environmental and community development projects in the Dominican Republic.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Related link:<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpart.org\" target=_blank>www.counterpart.org<\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"Leonel Countepart\" src=\"\/Portal\/noticias\/leonel_countepart_2_500.jpg\" width=500><BR>El Presidente Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, junto la primera dama, Margarita Cede\u00f1o de Fern\u00e1ndez;la directora ejecutiva de GFDD y miembros de Counterpart International.<BR><BR><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"Leonel Countepart\" src=\"\/Portal\/noticias\/leonel_countepart_1_500.jpg\" width=500><BR>La directora ejectutiva de GFDD, Natasha Despotovic, Eduardo Selma, su esposa, y el responsable de la oficina en NY del CEI-RD, Jorge Selman<br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD class=texto vAlign=top align=right>Date of Publication : September 21, 2007<\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Receives Global Leadership Award from Counterpart International Dominican President and Honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, received a Global Leadership Award in recognition of his leadership, political goodwill and work benefiting disadvantaged populations in the Dominican Republic and abroad. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti489\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Receives Global Leadership Award from Counterpart International&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}