Francesco Calabrese Vallino
Editorial Director
View profileWhat is TAXpedia?
TAXpedia is an independent observatory on European public finances. We explain how public resources are collected and spent – including taxes, budgets, funds, calls for proposals, and programs – using clear language, official data, and interactive tools.
Our goal is to make topics that are usually covered in the technical documents of ministries, local authorities, and European institutions understandable to everyone. Public spending is not a distant concept, but rather one of the cornerstones of democracy, and understanding how local, state, and European finances are used should be part of normal participation in political life.
This is how TAXpedia was born, a space for dissemination and analysis that focuses on transparent sources and simple explanations. Through articles, infographics, glossaries, and social media content, we help citizens, students, journalists, administrators, and professionals navigate public finances, better understand the numbers, and understand the concrete impact of spending choices on the local community.
Team
The TAXpedia team
The TAXpedia editorial team collects, analyses, and publishes data on European public finance. It is primarily based in Milan, with additional editorial teams in Zagreb and Edinburgh.
Leadership and founders
The founding group behind TAXpedia, responsible for its editorial identity, development and research method.
Coordination and areas
The people who steadily contribute to editorial growth, research and content development.
Editorial team
The editorial network working on articles, source gathering, review, explainers and new formats.
Lorenzo Oliva
Editorial team
Area: Articles and content
Profile coming soon
