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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.