Nicholas Gates
Nicholas (Nick‘) Gates is a Senior Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe (OFE), where he leads OFE’s policy advocacy work on the EU-funded NGI Commons and OSAwards.eu projects, as well as coordinates OFE's research work and organise the annual OpenForum Academy Symposium. He works primarily on open source software, particularly adoption and use in the public sector, funding and sustainability challenges, and the use of open source for social good. Nick has significant experience in digital government and tech policy research and advocacy, particularly around open source, public goods, public financial management, and digital service delivery.
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Discover how European local governments successfully collaborate on open source solutions. Based on 5 in-depth case studies including Consul Democracy, Digitransit, and Golemio, learn proven governance models, collaboration archetypes, and actionable strategies for scaling sustainable cross-border digital public services.
We have conducted an in-depth study into the political, legal and economic feasibility of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF), a fund for the maintenance of open source infrastructure, building on the successful example of the German Sovereign Tech Agency. Learn about our findings and how you can help us make the EU-STF a reality.