What Comune di Bentivoglio does

Comune di Bentivoglio is an Italian public municipality (ente pubblico) located in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, serving the residents, businesses, and visitors of its municipal territory. It operates as a statutory local government entity under Italian municipal law, governed by an elected Sindaco and Consiglio Comunale, and is a member municipality of the Unione Reno Galliera administrative union which pools shared services across multiple comuni. Core service delivery covers civil status management, urban planning and edilizia, environmental services, cultural programming, social services, education, and local economic development.

The municipality's technology platform is centered on a citizen-facing digital services ecosystem built around the Servizi Online portal (so.comune.bentivoglio.bo.it), an Albo Pretorio Online for legal public notices, and an authenticated Area Riservata for private citizen interactions. Authentication is handled through SPID (Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale), CIE (Carta d'Identità Elettronica), and the regional Lepida ID single sign-on, integrated with the Emilia-Romagna Rete Civica network and the national ANPR registry. Supplementary digital products include an online appointment booking system, a citizen issue-reporting tool (Segnalazione Disservizi), and a cultural heritage portal (Bentivoglio e dintorni) documenting local artistic and natural assets. The municipality is GDPR-compliant via an external DPO (Slalom Consulting srl) and operates an active website performance improvement plan targeting Core Web Vitals, with optimizations scheduled for Q2 2026.

Comune di Bentivoglio is publicly funded through local taxation, state and regional transfers, and regulated administrative fees; it is participating in Italy's PNRR (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza) with Next Generation EU funding for digital transformation and infrastructure projects. Physical service delivery occurs at the municipal headquarters in Piazza dei Martiri per la Libertà 2, the Biblioteca Comunale Remo Dotti library (housing approximately 12,000 volumes) in Palazzo Rosso, and the Centro Culturale tE:Ze. Cultural and community programming is delivered through partnerships with Unione Reno Galliera member municipalities and external organizations including Arci Ueiss, Cooperativa Sociale Campo d'Arte, and BIBEST, plus commercial partners such as Wanda Circus for theater and festival programming.

Name

Comune di Bentivoglio

Legal name

Comune di Bentivoglio

Website

https://comune.bentivoglio.bo.it

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Comune di Bentivoglio is an Italian public municipality in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, delivering statutory local government services (civil registry, urban planning, cultural programming, social services) to its residents and businesses via a SPID/CIE-authenticated digital portal and shared services through the Unione Reno Galliera union.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Public Finance Activities (921130), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ), Government & Municipal Event Venues (THAHAAAE), City Squares, Old Towns & Landmark Districts (THAJACAJ), Cross-District Consortia & Shared Services Authorities (EDADABAN)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Civil registry services
• Local government administration
• Citizen digital services
• Urban planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bentivoglio

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Comune di Bentivoglio is the municipal government of Bentivoglio, a town in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy, that delivers public administration services to residents and local businesses. Its core offering includes civil status and demographic registry services, urban planning and building permits, environmental and waste management services, social and family support, cultural programming, public library services, and tax administration. Services are delivered through physical municipal offices and a digital services portal (Servizi Online) accessible via SPID/CIE digital identity authentication.

Product overview

Comune di Bentivoglio operates a municipal government digital platform providing citizen-facing administrative services. The core offering consists of the Servizi Online portal for digital administrative services, the Albo Pretorio Online for legal public notices, and an authenticated Area Riservata for private citizen interactions. Supplementary services include appointment booking, issue reporting, and thematic portals like Bentivoglio e dintorni for cultural heritage documentation. The municipality also participates in Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) with Next Generation EU funding. The platform uses SPID and CIE for secure citizen authentication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servizi Online (Online Services Portal) Digital portal providing citizens with access to online administrative services including document requests, appointment scheduling, and fee payments, accessible via SPID/CIE authentication.
• Albo Pretorio Online Official digital public notice board displaying legal announcements, public notices, and administrative documents as required by Italian transparency law.
• Area Riservata (Reserved Area) Authenticated personal area where citizens can access private services, monitor their application status, and manage interactions with the municipality.
• Segnalazione Disservizi (Issue Reporting) Citizen reporting channel for flagging public service issues, infrastructure problems, and maintenance needs within the municipal territory.
• Bentivoglio e dintorni Photographic and historical portal dedicated to documenting the artistic and natural heritage of the Bentivoglio territory, including Castello, Palazzo Rosso, and Oasi La Rizza.
• Biblioteca Comunale Remo Dotti Public library located in Palazzo Rosso housing approximately 12,000 catalogued volumes and offering interlibrary loan services through the BIBEST network.
• Centro Culturale tE:Ze Cultural center hosting theater performances and recreational activities, available by reservation for community cultural programming.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unione Reno GallieracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBentivoglio is a member municipality of Unione Reno Galliera, an administrative union that provides shared services including social services, cultural programming, administrative functions, and environmental services. The union enables smaller municipalities to pool resources and deliver coordinated services across member municipalities including Bentivoglio, Castel Maggiore, Castel d'Argile, San Giorgio di Piano, and others.
• Regione Emilia-RomagnacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government authority providing policy framework, funding (including PNRR/Next Generation EU resources), and coordination for municipal activities. The municipality operates within the regional digital infrastructure and participates in regional programs including the Rete Civica network.
• Lepida S.p.A.coreTechnology or IntegrationRegional digital services company providing the Rete Civica platform and Lepida ID authentication infrastructure enabling citizens to access municipal and regional services through single sign-on. The CAS (Central Authentication Service) platform is managed by Lepida for the regional network.
• ANPI (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal branch of the National Partisan Association collaborating with the municipality on commemorative events including Giornata della Memoria (Holocaust Remembrance) and Giornata della Liberazione (Liberation Day) celebrations.
• Slalom Consulting srlcoreTechnology or IntegrationExternal Data Protection Officer (DPO) provider designated as required under GDPR. Slalom Consulting, based in Telese Terme (BN), provides DPO services with Dott.ssa Alessandra Gaetano as the designated contact.
• Wanda CircusminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCircus and theater company providing family entertainment programming for the municipality's Domeniche a Teatro theater series. The company also manages online reservations for municipal theater events.
• Cometa CircusminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCircus company participating in the rESTATE tra Circo e Stelle summer festival organized jointly by municipalities of Unione Reno Galliera, including Bentivoglio.
• Il Circo Sotto SopraminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContemporary circus company participating in the rESTATE tra Circo e Stelle summer festival organized by Unione Reno Galliera.
• Arci UeissminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal cultural association (Circolo Arci Ueiss) in San Marino di Bentivoglio, managed by young people, hosting multicultural events such as Il Nostro Natale dinner. The association collaborates with the municipality on community integration and cultural events.
• Cooperativa Sociale Campo d'ArteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial cooperative providing youth support services including the Spazi di Ascolto listening spaces program for adolescents aged 11-17, in collaboration with Centro per le Famiglie and Pianodizona project.
• BIBEST (Biblioteche Bologna Est)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional library network enabling interlibrary loan services (PIC), allowing Bentivoglio library users to request books from any library in Bologna and Province for free delivery.
• Manicomics TeatrominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTheater company providing Sebastian Burrasca performance as part of the Parola d'Attore 2026 festival within the rESTATE tra Circo e Stelle summer program.
• MomomminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArtist/performer providing I racconti della scatola rossa storytelling performance as part of the Parola d'Attore 2026 festival.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Maggioli S.p.A. Major Italian public-administration software vendor serving municipalities with back-office, protocol, contabilità, and demographic services; an adjacent enabler comparable on what Bentivoglio's Servizi Online stack functionally delivers.
• Lepida S.p.A. In-house regional company that provides the Rete Civica platform, Lepida ID federation, and CAS endpoint (cas.retecivica.lepida.it) Bentivoglio depends on; not a competitor but a critical enabling infrastructure peer.
• ANCI – Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani: National association representing all Italian comuni; defines shared standards, PNRR guidance, and digital transformation benchmarks that small comuni like Bentivoglio align to.

Broad incumbents

• Comune di Bologna: Large metropolitan counterpart in the same province operating the same Rete Civica/SPID/CIE infrastructure at substantially larger scale; useful for benchmarking digital service maturity and Consip/Anci procurement patterns.
• Comune di Modena: Mid-to-large Emilia-Romagna municipal authority with overlapping regional digital ecosystem, PNRR program exposure, and similar area-amministrative service taxonomy.
• Regione Emilia-Romagna: The regional authority that funds and operates the Rete Civica network Bentivoglio runs on, sets PNRR coordination, and administers cross-municipal programs; an upstream broad incumbent in the same government service stack.

Direct peers

• Comune di San Giorgio di Piano: Another member of Unione Reno Galliera with a similar population scale, Bologna hinterland service mix, and shared SPID/CIE digital platform footprint.
• Comune di Castel d'Argile: Direct peer in Unione Reno Galliera with comparable workforce size, civic services, and Unione-coordinated cultural programs (e.g., rESTATE tra Circo e Stelle).
• Comune di Castel Maggiore: Sister municipality within Unione Reno Galliera; shares the identical Rete Civica/Lepida digital services stack, member-municipality status, and small-comune operating profile, making it the closest apples-to-apples peer.
• Unione Reno Galliera: The administrative union of which Bentivoglio is a member; operates the shared back-office, social services, and cultural programming Bentivoglio channels, and is the structural reference point for pooled-services operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCj9TbeT6MC4vJllod5UD5i1w
• Facebookfacebook.com/ComunediBentivoglio
• Instagraminstagram.com/comunedibentivoglio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comune-di-bentivoglio

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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