Leonel Fernández Enters into an Agreement with the Intent to Achieve Greater Levels of Educational Activity

Leonel Fernández (RIGHT), president of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and Mr. Kent Sharples, president of Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida, enter into an inter-institutional cooperation agreement, which places emphasis on training of personnel, education, and technologies, and other relevant areas.

On January 23, the president of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) executed a five-year agreement, which among others, seeks to achieve greater levels of educational activity in the institution.

Such an agreement provides for technical cooperation in a wide range of topics in the field of education, including, without limitation, fellowships, grants, training courses, course organization, visiting programs, and internships. Further, expert exchange in the area of cooperation, joint publications of mutual interest, document and information exchange, research and investigation on subjects of mutual interest.

The document's execution took place at the Florida-based Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach. Signing for the institution was Mr. Kent Sharples, president of the Daytona Beach Community College.

Such an agreement falls within the educational program of FUNGLODE intended to train individuals in various areas of human knowledge, with the intent to contribute to the nation's social and economic development.

In addition to the above-mentioned, other areas, include:

- Engineering and computer technology

- Small business management

- Hospital Management, and

- Education, particularly educational technology and initial education.

FUNGLODE and Daytona Community College Beach, an entity with a high rate of Hispanic students, will hold alternate meetings at the headquarters, respectively, on the basis of the established collaboration development needs.

Present during the agreement's signing were, for FUNGLODE, Natasha Despotovich, International Relations Director, Frederic Emam-Zade, and Edy Martínez, Science and Technology Director, and; for Daytona Beach Community College, Donald Mathews, Director of International Affairs; Nancee Bailey, University Vice President, and Mr. Sharples' wife.

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JANUARY 23, 2003.

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