OpenEconomics launches Civiqa, the digital platform for public expenditure governance. The solution is built on a unique dataset with highly granular territorial coverage, supporting an intuitive expenditure management system fully aligned with regulatory requirements. It enables public decision-makers to make more informed decisions, spend more effectively, achieve greater impact and reduce risk.
Generate, measure and communicate public value
Doing more with less is the daily challenge facing public administrations today. It is an increasingly complex task that affects every level of government, from small municipalities to central ministries.
Civiqa has been designed to make public expenditure management simpler, more effective and less risky by placing data and analysis at the centre of every decision throughout the entire public value creation cycle-from identifying local needs, to evaluating solutions, to communicating outcomes across the territory.
At the heart of Civiqa is a rich and comprehensive information asset, including social, economic and environmental data with municipality-level granularity, enabling immediate and meaningful comparisons across territories.
A software solution that simplifies regulatory complexity
This is why OpenEconomics developed Civiqa: the platform that brings to the heart of the public administration — at every level — the tools and resources to generate, measure, and communicate the value produced by every public resource, putting data and analysis at the service of every decision, across the entire value cycle.
Civiqa's features
The platform’s tools are designed to support the real public expenditure management process while ensuring compliance with current regulations. These include functionalities for analysing and interpreting territorial needs, supporting strategic planning (DUP, PIAO), and helping evaluate alternative project options (DOCFAP). The platform also provides robust yet easy-to-use tools for ex ante and ex post investment evaluation (cost-benefit analysis, impact assessment and ESG analysis), as well as for identifying funding opportunities, managing resources and supporting financial reporting.
Benefits for policymakers and public administration officials
The conceptual approach remains the same at every level of government; the only difference is the territorial scope being analysed. With Civiqa, you can:
• Understand your territory > analyse your area's needs and identify intervention priorities.
• Make informed decisions > compare alternative scenarios through objective analysis and invest in projects that maximise value for the territory.
• Secure more funding > identify the most suitable funding opportunities and submit applications with a higher likelihood of success.
• Simplify reporting while reducing risk > reduce the time, costs and errors associated with financial reporting that can delay or jeopardise funding.
• Communicate more effectively > demonstrate the value of public policies through clear, transparent and verifiable data, fostering informed dialogue with citizens and institutions while strengthening trust in public decisions.
Civiqa does not eliminate the complexity of public governance; it makes it understandable, manageable, measurable, and communicable.
Who is Civiqa for?
From municipalities to central government institutions, Civiqa has been designed for those who make decisions, develop projects, and manage public resources and expenditure procedures:
• For mayors, presidents, secretaries and directors-general: clear, evidence-based information to support investment decisions and communicate them confidently to citizens and oversight bodies.
• For technical office staff: high-quality technical documentation that can be produced independently, helping bridge skills gaps and relieve pressure on overstretched teams.
• For planning, procurement and administrative offices, including RUPs (Project Managers): guided workflows and checklists that reduce manual reporting activities and help safeguard public funding.
Where to start: Data Room
The first Civiqa tool already available is Data Room, the diagnostic system designed to assess a territory's current position, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and support strategic planning. It is based on continuously updated public socio-demographic, economic and environmental data at municipal, provincial and regional level. For the time being, you can experience Data Room free of charge (register here). Data Room and Scenario mark the beginning of a phased rollout that will progressively unlock the full platform.
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