Gatis is working in the digital government field since 2005. Currently, together with a team, he is responsible for government service digitization strategy and service delivery modernization initiatives. In the last couple of years, his team was the author of a national regulation for basic requirements for public service digitization, regulation of government to citizen communication platform Latvija.lv, and regulation and coordination of implementation of the Official Digital Mailbox for citizens and businesses. Gatis and his team have developed and are coordinating the National eGovernment Benchmark for government institutions - Latvia's E-index - and currently are exploring co-creation and co-design practices for better public services design. He is a passionate promoter of benefits provided by open, collaborative, and digitally enabled government. He is open to partnerships with government and non-government organizations in Latvia and across borders. Gatis holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor degree in Communication Science. He is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).
Appointments
- Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV (Portugal)
- Head of Electronic Services Unit, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (Latvia)
- Former Head of Project Implementation Unit / ICT Projects Manager, Ministry of Regional Development (Latvia)
- Former Policy Planning Consultant, Secretariat of Special Assignments, Ministry for Electronic Government Affairs (Latvia)
- Former Deputy Chairman of the Telecom Working Party (ICT matters), EU Council