Welcome to Civiqa.

Today, public administrations are expected to do more than ever: generate public value from every public resource—and demonstrate it. It is a demanding challenge in an increasingly complex environment, marked by growing responsibilities, shrinking resources, and the need to account for decisions and their impact.

Civiqa, OpenEconomics' new solution for Public Administration, was created in response to this complexity. It is a platform designed to simplify and improve the work of policymakers and public administrators. It enables them to generate greater value for their territories by placing data and analysis at the centre of every decision throughout the entire decision-making cycle, ensuring that every choice is evidence-based and can be communicated with confidence.

Not All Territories Are the Same - And That Changes Policy Priorities

Every territory has its own story. Two municipalities with the same population can face completely different challenges: in one, the most urgent issue may be an ageing population; in another, employment. These differences rarely emerge from generic averages built on fragmented and non-comparable data sources.

Data becomes valuable when it helps identify gaps, strengths and critical issues within the appropriate context, not by comparing everyone with everyone else, but by comparing territories that are genuinely comparable.

This is exactly what Data Room, the first module of Civiqa, provides. It is free, open to everyone and already available - simply register here.

Data Room: The First Available Module

Data Room aggregates a comprehensive set of public socio-demographic, economic and environmental data—with granularity down to individual municipalities—and transforms it into ready-to-use indicators at municipal, provincial and regional level.

The result is an integrated dashboard containing analyses, indicators and terminology already familiar to professionals working in Public Administration.

Unlike traditional open data aggregators, Civiqa does more than collect data: it harmonises information, organises it to enable meaningful comparisons over time and across similar public authorities, and structures it to provide practical support for professionals working on DUP, PIAO, DOCFAP and public investment planning.

The platform also includes original metrics, such as the Socioeconomic Footprint, a unique indicator not available in other public observatories.

Data Room plays a fundamental role during the planning phase. It is a diagnostic tool that enables policymakers and public administration officials to benchmark their territory against comparable authorities, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and guide strategic planning with greater precision.

In Scenari, Data Finds Its Voice

You are currently in Scenari, the editorial section where the evidence generated by Data Room is transformed into guided insights, interpretative frameworks and practical questions for those working in Public Administration.

Scenari is not a news outlet, nor does it provide political commentary. Instead, it always starts from data and territorial analysis to develop in-depth articles and reports. The first publication explores the impact of the energy shock on local territories.

Every article begins with a real demographic, economic or environmental phenomenon described through the indicators available within the platform. The purpose of this blog is not to prescribe what should be done, but to explain what is happening and what the implications may be for a specific territory.

Articles are organised into seven thematic categories—Benefits, Subsidies and Incentives; Data, Indicators and Analysis; Digital, Innovation and AI; Health, Welfare and Ageing; Energy and Mobility; Employment, Economy and Business; Community and Territorial Safety—and can also be explored through keywords that make content easier to discover.

OpenEconomics and Civiqa: From Research to Local Governance

Data Room and Scenari are the starting point, not the destination.

Civiqa is a platform designed to support public decision-makers throughout the entire public value creation cycle: from understanding territorial needs to planning and designing investments, through to fund reporting and communicating outcomes to citizens and oversight bodies.

We will announce each new release here and on LinkedIn.