Within the joint cooperation and coordination between Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) and Bahrain Center for Studies & Research (BSCR), “Agreement for Information Systems Development Project – phase no 4” was signed by and between both parties on Monday 14th of September 2009 at the office of his H.E. Shaikh Salman Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, Head of SLRB.

 

The Agreement was signed by H.E. Shaikh Salman Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, Head of SLRB on behalf of the Bureau and H.E. Dr. Mohammad bin Jassim Al-Ghatam, the Chairman of BSCR’s Board of Trustees representing BSCR.

On this occasion, HE Head of SLRB declared: “It is to our pleasure to gather in this session today to sign Phase 4 of the Agreement of Information Systems Development Project after accomplishing phases 1-3 of this project which is considered as one of leading and unique projects that the Bureau is always keen to develop in order to keep track with the latest developments in cadastral systems along the lines of other Bureau’s complementary projects. The outcome of this development will positively reflect on all services offered by the Bureau to citizens, investors and residence of Bahrain wishing all involved in the implementation, particularly  SLRB’s Technical Affairs Directorate and BSCR’s Geomatec (the contractor), all success. On the other hand, H.E. Dr. Mohammad bin Jassim Al-Ghatam, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of BSCR declared that this project is part of the ongoing cooperation between BSCR represented in Geomatec –a commercial subsidiary - and SLRB.

 

The project aims at developing the existing cadastral Information System to cope with the latest developments in the area of cadastral  IS to develop and expedite transactions of land registrations and providing processed and Clean cadastral Parcels data through GIS which constitutes an important step to achieving the Bureau’s future vision and interpret it into sophisticated digital environment. Dr. Jasim expressed his gratitude for H.E. Shaikh Salman Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, Head of SLRB for his continuous support  for BCSR programs and projects.

 

In the meantime, Dr. Abul Jalil Zainul, Chief Executive of Geomatec declared that the project is divided into three sub-projects with focus on the development of GIS services and programs which are offered and used by SLRB through developing:

 

1.Cadasral Information System Project with the objective to combine all existing geographical applications at Land Registration Directorate through a single interface adding new advanced programs related to multi-storey buildings and ownerships in order to facilitate swift and easy accessibility to ownerships information for SLRB officials through digital maps.

2.New satellite images which are associated and compacted to cadastral maps to provide required high quality details on the ground for the Technical Affairs Directorate.

3.Cadastral Information Section: this sub-project aims at conducting rigorous analytical research on the requirements of establishing Cadastral information section that provides all cadastral information swiftly, accurately and on a daily basis for reviewers.

 

The project implementation is projected to completed in 4 months, namely form 1st of October 20009 up to the 30th of January 2010. The project will be executed by a specialized team from Geomatec headed by Mr. Fathi Bu Rashid, Director of Maps and Satellite images Projects, in cooperation with specialists from SLRB’s Technical Affairs Directorate.

 

The signing session was attended, from SLRB side, by HE Shaikh Mohammad Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Director General of HR and Information Systems, Mr. Yousif Abdulla Al Ammari, Property Consultant and Mr. Ammar Rashid Al Khashram, Director of Technical Affairs. From Bahrain Center for Studies & Research (BCSR), Dr. Abdulla Sadiq, Secretary General of BSCR, Dr. Jalil Zainul Chief Executive of Geomatec and Mr. Fathi Bu Rasheed, Space images and Maps Project Manager at Geomatec.

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