Example: Warszawa is at 71% (Silver tier).
Of the 7 published proposals for Warszawa in April 2026, the city admin acknowledged 5 within the first week. Score visible on every city profile + atlas.
In 5 minutes β the open atlas, the Pulse score, the Agora citizen forum, the Sister Cities Hub, the Listening Score, and what that means for citizens, cities, and institutions.
Citizens use the public Atlas free, forever. Municipalities pay an admin SaaS that funds the platform. Institutions partner β UN agencies, academic centres, civic-tech NGOs.
Browse 30+ cities. Compare your home with anywhere else. Read the data your city doesn't put on a billboard. Post a constructive idea on the Agora and watch your municipality respond.
Run your city dashboard. Find sister-city peers via AI matchmaking. Manage your Agora inbox, hit your Listening Score targets, and publish your civic footprint to the world.
UN agencies, academic centres, civic-tech NGOs, open-data alliances. We share methodology, co-author research, integrate your indicators, and align with frameworks like Local2030.
Cittopia doesn't generate data. We ingest it from the bodies that already publish it β and stamp every metric with a confidence percentage so a 5-year-old number is never dressed up as a fresh one.
| Region | Primary source | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| EU + EFTA | Eurostat Urban Audit | 1,000+ cities, 220+ indicators |
| UAE | Dubai Pulse | Dubai & Abu Dhabi |
| USA | NYC OpenData & municipal portals | NYC, expanding |
| S. Korea | Seoul Open Data Plaza | Seoul & metro |
| Singapore | data.gov.sg | Nationwide |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires Datos | Buenos Aires |
| S. Africa | Cape Town Open Data Portal | Cape Town |
| Worldwide | OpenStreetMap (live infrastructure) | Real-time, contributor-verified |
Data confidence is a three-component score: freshness (how recent β 50% weight), completeness (how many indicators present β 30%), and provenance (which source β 20%). A 95%-confident number is shown in full saturation; a 60%-confident one is muted; below 50% we hide the value and link to the city's open-data request channel. Read the full methodology β
A single 0β100 number that compresses a city's civic health into one comparable signal. Open arithmetic, citable formula, confidence-stamped.
The medals: π₯ Gold β₯ 85 Β· π₯ Silver 70β84 Β· π₯ Bronze 55β69 Β· π Tracked 40β54 Β· π Listed < 40. Full Pulse Engine doc β
Borrowed in name from the ancient Greek public assembly. A wall of citizen proposals. Voted by neighbours. Answered by municipalities β publicly.
Title, body, district, category (transport / environment / education / living / tourism / culture / economy). Anonymous if you wish. Spam & political-propaganda filter is applied at submit.
Top-voted proposals trend. Heavily downvoted ones (β€ β5 net) auto-fade. The community moderates itself before any human moderator gets involved.
Status flow: π¨ Acknowledge β π Reviewing β π οΈ In progress β β Implemented (or π« Won't, with a public reason). Each status update flows back to the public proposal.
The percentage of proposals acknowledged within 7 days. Published openly on every city profile. Cities are graded β by citizens β on whether they actually listen.
Most twinning agreements live on a plaque. Cittopia turns each pair into a living shared workspace β joint programs, exchange staff, comparative metrics, and the public Listening Score.
Our lighthouse pair: Warszawa β Δ°stanbul β twinned since 1991 under the Polish-Turkish Treaty of Friendship. Both cities run live on Cittopia. The Hub surfaces:
The strategic genius of the Agora isn't the forum β it's the score that grades the municipality on how it engages.
Of the 7 published proposals for Warszawa in April 2026, the city admin acknowledged 5 within the first week. Score visible on every city profile + atlas.
Tiers: π₯ Gold (β₯ 85%) Β· π₯ Silver (70β84%) Β· π₯ Bronze (55β69%) Β· π Needs improvement (< 55%). Saying "Won't implement, here's why" counts the same as saying yes β what's penalised is silence.
Pilot cities are currently free. ~12 working days from first email to a live, themed dashboard.
60-minute call with your CIO + open-data lead. We map your data, your team, your priorities.
We pull from your open-data portal (or Eurostat for EU cities). Build your city profile. Compute initial Pulse. Run data-confidence checks.
Brand the admin chrome with your municipality's coat of arms, primary colours, and official designation.
Issue handles + authentication keys to named staff. 90-min training covering dashboard, matchmaking, sister cities, the Agora Inbox.
Start with the public Atlas, or apply to bring your own city onto the platform β currently free during the pilot phase.