ReadSoft delivers census software to Ecuador

ReadSoft has been trusted to deliver software to compile information
about 1.65 million households in Ecuador. The project is run by the
National Statistic and Censuses Institute of Ecuador (INEC), together
with ReadSoft's local partner Ecuasistemas. This is the first time
computers are used to scan and interpret information about the
country's population. The project is aimed to poll 13.8 million
Ecuadorians in order to evaluate the needs for future government
programs.

The prestigious project was won by ReadSoft's partner Ecuasistemas, a
local Ecuador IT-company and a selected supplier to INEC. Ecuador
uses a system called SELBEN to identify the needs for social
programs. Through different surveys, SELBEN establishes the possible
beneficiaries for the social programs and also measures the impact of
the investments made. Valid information is crucial in order to
provide a fair distribution of the resources assigned by the
government. To gather this information, SELBEN relies on the National
Statistic and Censuses Institute of Ecuador (INEC) the government
department with responsibility for collection, analysis and
publication of socio-economic data in Ecuador.

The collected information will be a single registration of
beneficiaries that will enable government's social programs
approval. It is a task of great magnitude that embraces the most
vulnerable families in Ecuador. This activity began in June and it
will last six months. The information collected is the data of each
family and its members, their life conditions, and will also update
the country's database The Social Registration."Using Document Automation software to put together a large-scale
census project like this one means modernizing the process of
producing basic data for statistics in a fast and reliable way. The
solution we provide together with ReadSoft will enable INEC to
capture and identify the demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics in Ecuador and in the long run make sure that help
reaches the neediest in the country," says Ovidio Morla, President of
Ecuasistemas S.A..

By upgrading the database in SELBEN, INEC won't have to deal with the
monotonous, slow, and expensive task of manually keying in
information into computers. By automating the process, INEC can
compile the necessary statistics very quickly and accurately. At the
same time, resources are freed up for more important tasks.

For additional information, contact;
ReadSoft
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Jan Andersson, CEO, ReadSoft

Phone: +46 708 - 37 66 00
Jonna Opitz, Vice President, Corporate
Communications
Phone: +46 733 - 37 86 68
jonna.opitz@readsoft.com


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