Wayland, Mass. – June 17, 2008 – Softscape, a market leader in Web-based human capital management software products, today announced that The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria selected Softscape’s people management platform to enhance its employee performance and development processes while preparing for future growth worldwide.
With active programs in 136 countries, The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to dramatically increasing resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, directing those resources to areas of greatest need. With approved grants of U.S. $10.1 billion, The Global Fund already provides more than 20 percent of international funding to fight AIDS, as well as two-thirds of international funding to fight malaria and tuberculosis. Because The Global Fund's ability to support the expansion of proven interventions will depend entirely on its ability to raise additional funding in the future, it relies greatly on its skilled team of financiers.
“Our staff’s dedication and determination are key to the growth of The Global Fund, so recognition and encouragement need to be ongoing rather than once a year via a standard performance review,” said Anne Duke, human resources manager at The Global Fund. “Softscape was selected through an open, competitive process. Its people management solution gives us the flexibility we need to incent and reward our hard working staff around performance initiatives throughout the year.”
The Global Fund employs 350 individuals, all of them at its office in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of its long-term integrated human resources vision, the Global Fund will deploy Softscape’s Web-based performance management solution as the first step to managing talent in a more timely, strategic manner. Not only will the new solution eliminate the long and tedious administration of the previous paper-based solution, but it will also give management a top-down view of the organization. Softscape will make it easier for the executive team to align individual performance goals with the organization’s objectives.
“The Global Fund has implemented a performance-driven culture across its entire organization and holds its own staff to the same high standards of performance it requires of the organizations it funds,” said Dave Watkins, chief executive officer, Softscape. “Choosing Softscape’s integrated human capital management platform demonstrates how much forethought The Global Fund has put into its human resources vision. As the fund grows, so too will its need for strategic human capital processes and technology that align people management and development initiatives with positive financial outcomes.”
For more information about Softscape’s human capital management solutions, please visit http://www.softscape.com.
About The Global Fund (www.theglobalfund.org)
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.
The Global Fund provides more than 20 percent of international funding to fight AIDS, as well as two-thirds of international funding to fight malaria and tuberculosis.
About Softscape (www.softscape.com)
Softscape is a market leader in web-based human capital management (HCM) software products, helping companies of all sizes effectively execute business strategy to gain competitive advantages. Recognised by industry analysts as one of the broadest and most mature strategic HCM platforms, Softscape’s solution manages the entire employee life cycle and the impact on business performance. Softscape’s comprehensive, integrated products are designed to enable companies in all industries and geographies to more effectively enhance workforce productivity and effectiveness, create predictable analysis, facilitate long-term planning, and reduce operational costs. Softscape’s customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Barclays, AstraZeneca, Seagate, GKN, Edcon, LandAmerica, and the US Department of Homeland Security. Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Hartford, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, and Sydney.