BPN, Spain's CIMSA sign $22m contract

BPN, Spain's CIMSA sign $22m contract

JAKARTA: The National Land Affairs Body (BPN) and Spanish
company CIMSA have signed a commercial contract for the third
phase of a land office computerization project that started in
1996, according to a release sent by the Embassy of Spain in
Jakarta on Tuesday.

BPN chairman Lutfi Nasoetion, Ambassador of Spain to Indonesia
Damaso de Lario and CIMSA chief executive officer Javier Ollero
witnessed the signing during a ceremony that took place on
Tuesday at BPN headquarters in Jakarta.

The project, which amounts to US$22 million, will be financed
with Spanish funds pledged during the last Consultative Group for
Indonesia (CGI) meeting held in Jakarta, according to the
embassy.

The project will introduce all graphical and textual data from
the archives at BPN offices in Jakarta into a computerized
system.

CIMSA will also transfer the technology that enables BPN
technical experts to replicate the system in any other area
across the country.

In 2002, the embassy said, Spain disbursed $7.31 million to
finance three projects in Indonesia related to education, health
and institutional building. -- JP