20 Articles

Latin America

Posted byby Carol Matos
December 11, 2023

The South at the world’s centre: OKFN dive into Uruguay’s data marathon

At the beginning of November, I visited Uruguay in the capacity of Open Knowledge Foundation’s Partnerships Lead to take part in #MaratónDeDatos, a pool of various events focused on the…

Posted byby Patricio Del Boca
November 3, 2023

How a Public Digital Infrastructure for Electoral Processes is Helping Argentina Combat Disinformation

The National Electoral Directorate of Argentina has taken a significant step, and we are pleased to see, once again, how access to open knowledge helps different governments strengthen their democratic processes.

Posted byby Patricio Del Boca
October 26, 2023

Debriefing the 1st round table for a Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes [Latin America]

The main objective of the panel was to listen to and learn about the local perspectives of each participant, in hopes of identifying common ground and possibilities for collaboration. Access the video and summary.

Posted byby OKFN
August 3, 2023

Data-driven Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Recap of the CKAN Workshop at Code4Dev

Watch the workshop recording and learn the basics about an open data portal implementation using CKAN. This training was offered by Open Knowledge in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank.

Posted byby Andrés Vázquez
May 10, 2023

Legislative transparency: How the Parliament of Córdoba became the most transparent in Latin America

The Open Knowledge Foundation team closely followed this process and shares the experience in this short text.

Posted byby Oscar Montiel
October 12, 2017

AbreLatam / Condatos: after the first 5 years

This is a somewhat belated entry about the Abrelatam and Condatos, the regional open data conference of Latin America. It comes more than a month after the conference took place…

Posted byby Oscar Montiel
August 16, 2017

Using the Global Open Data Index to strengthen open data policies: Best practices from Mexico

This is a blog post coauthored with Enrique Zapata, of the Mexican National Digital Strategy. As part of the last Global Open Data Index (GODI), Open Knowledge International (OKI) decided…

Posted byby Datos Abiertos Medellin
April 19, 2017

Open Data for Clean Air in Medellin – ODD2017

This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate,…

Posted byby Oscar Montiel
November 21, 2016

What’s next for the open data community in Latin America: How to take Abrelatam 2016 discussion forward

Work that strives to make a lasting social impact is a lot like a marathon. You need to learn how to go through long distances in spite of the exhaustion…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 20, 2015

Open Data Day report #3: Data Fiesta in Latin America and the Caribbean

(This post was co-written by Open Knowledge and Fabrizio Scrollini from ILDA) In our follow-up series about Open Data Day 2015, which took place on February 21 across the world,…

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