FOSS Backstage 2025

Nicholas Gates

Nicholas (Nick‘) Gates is a Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe (OFE), where he leads OFE’s work on the NGI Commons initiative and supports its research, policy, and advocacy efforts. Nick has significant experience in digital government policy and research globally, particularly around open source, public goods, public financial management, and digital service delivery. He enjoys supporting development partners, governments, and international organisations to deliver on their research, advocacy and convening agendas by using applied research to support policy development around best practices in the use of technology for public good, particularly in the public sector. In his spare time, Nick is a film enthusiast, performs improv comedy, and enjoys travelling the world as much as possible.


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Session

03-10
12:10
40min
OSPOs for Good! Achieving the UN SDGs with Open Source
Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, Nicholas Gates, Jutta Horstmann ‏‏‎ ‎, Omar Mohsine, Sachiko Muto

Through the establishment of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) and other collaboration mechanisms around the world, new opportunities abound for the UN to support the open source community in supercharging innovations and enabling governments to achieve the 2030 agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Governance & Community
Auditorium