Blogs
Here you'll find stories from session hosts, attendees and our partners in the lead up to the Festival.
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![Tolulope at the Festival de Datos. Photo credit: Pablo Kreimbuhl](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-06/FD%231-0380.jpg?itok=dilFP8PZ)
Unveiling the power of inclusive and accountable data processes at the 2023 Festival de Datos
![Yazid Salahudeen Mikail at the Festival de Datos. Photo by Pablo Kreimbuhl](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-04/FD%231-0127.jpg?itok=Ujwscht1)
From inspiration to action: A Data Values Advocate’s journey at Festival de Datos
![Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team at the Festival de Datos workshop on open mapping in Latin America and the Caribbean](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-02/202311_Festival%20Datos%20Uruguay_pannel%20Statistic%20institutes%20and%20open%20mapping09-2000x1333_0.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=lAWgGoRJ)
Cartografía abierta para el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe
![Workshop at Festival de Datos featuring Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, the Global Partnership, and National Statistics Institutes from Latin America and the Caribbean](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-02/202311_Festival%20Datos%20Uruguay_panel%20Statistic%20institutes%20and%20open%20mapping03_2000x1333.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=o-rbC2b4)
Open mapping for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
![Festival de Datos workshop featuring Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, the Global Partnership, and national statistics institutes from Latin America and the Caribbean](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-02/202311_Festival%20Datos%20Uruguay_Panel%20statistic%20institute%20and%20open%20mapping%2004-2000x1172.jpg?h=e862777e&itok=7a5M93SK)
Cartografia aberta para o desenvolvimento sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe
![The Datalat team at Festival de Datos](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2024-02/Datalat-team-at-Festival-de-Datos.jpeg?h=cd2a7045&itok=Y_zdEgdZ)
Catalyzing change: The Datalat team at Festival de Datos
![Francisco Benavides, UNICEF Uruguay country representative, on stage at the Youth Takeover Plenary at Festival de Datos. Photo by Nicolás Donatte](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2023-11/_K2C2326.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=AbOkYE15)
Meeting children where they are: Perspectives on data re-use from the Youth Solutions Labs
![Person sitting at a laptop on a desk. Photo by Desola Lanre-Ologun, via Unsplash](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_page/public/2023-11/desola-lanre-ologun-7d4LREDSPyQ-unsplash-1280x853.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=E-8PyIta)
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