Client case

Municipality of Almelo

The town Almelo recently went through a reorganisation under the name GOAL. The purpose of GOAL was a greater customer orientation by developing a more professional, flat organization with a decentralisation of responsibilities. In addition, the municipality also wanted to better meet the stringent government requirements for legality and effectiveness. To achieve these goals, the Municipality of Almelo started working with Stratech–SBA.

"With Stratech-SBA the municipality of Almelo can easily meet the legitimacy and effectiveness" says Joop Kuiper (information consultant for the departments of Society, Social and Economic Affairs and Public Affairs).

Before GOAL the municipality mainly managed its subsidy applications by using spreadsheets. Kuiper: "This was not a real solution. Because the overview was missing it could hardly be determined how much budget was still available and what agencies had applied. It was also cumbersome and inefficient to justify finances. Furthermore, it was difficult to monitor terms.”

"With Stratech-SBA the workflow ensures that no task can be skipped. The term monitoring prompts the timely handling of an application and you can see what organisations have and what have not applied.” The transparency of the subsidy processes is good, thanks to the relational database. "You can print overviews per funding source and agency, so it becomes instantly clear how much is already available. You do not have to walk over to the financial departments every time with questions about the available budget.