Software Development Success Story
Fundació Privada Acció Solidària Contra l’Atur
Founding objective: Promotion and assistance for the creation of decent employment.
Date of incorporation: 29.09.1981
Activity: Providing interest-free loans to achieve the founding objective.
Some quantitative data on the Foundation’s activity (31.12.2019):
- Collaborators: 51 people (4 with employment contract, 47 volunteers)
- Number of donors: 286
- Loan files: 726
- Number of friends and supporters: 2,700
- Since the constitution:
- Amount of loans granted: 19 million Euros
- Jobs created: 16,291
Since its creation, the Foundation has considered it a priority to keep its fixed structural costs to a minimum, so that the financial resources it receives from its donors can be largely applied to its founding objective.
This is achieved thanks to the large number of volunteers and the availability of computer applications that allow for efficient management of project analysis, loan repayment, donation monitoring and fundraising campaigns.
What need did you have when you hired us?
At the beginning of 2015, the Foundation decided to open a request for proposals for the design, development and implementation of a computer application to replace the existing one for managing loans and donations developed on the Access 2000 Database platform, which had limitations for assuming the growth and complexity of the Foundation’s tasks.
The new application also had to ensure integration with accounting and remote access.
Also relationship management for marketing campaigns.
The specific application developed by Gesisa to respond to the Foundation’s requirements is structured in Hyperfile Client/Server Databases and WinDev 18 programming language.
The application is configured in four modules: File Management, Donations Management, Relationship Management and Accounting.
A feature of the application is that it will include the export of lists in the form of Excel files for personalized use of the information.
SOLUTION provided by GESISA
Degree of satisfaction with the implemented solution
Thanks to the involvement of Gesisa consultants, with the direct supervision of the General Management, the development and implementation phases of the application and the transfer of information from the old system were carried out correctly and in compliance with the planned plan, leaving the new application operational on the planned date of 1 January 2016.
After more than 4 years of its implementation, it has been possible to verify that the developed application has achieved the desired functionality objectives and the expected efficiency in management, allowing a reduction in the dedication of labour resources that could have taken on other tasks necessary for the Foundation.
