The extension of this cooperation can serve as a good momentum
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the Ministry of Finance have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning cooperation in utilizing and implementing technology for the management of state finances and wealth.



"The extension of this cooperation can serve as a good momentum," BRIN Chief Laksana Tri Handoko noted in a written statement posted on the agency's website on Friday.



"It is an honor for us to continue the cooperation that we have carried out thus far, and we are very happy to be able to help the Ministry of Finance in designing digital transformation," he remarked.


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The four-year agreement signed by Handoko and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati encompasses research, development, review, and implementation of inventions and innovations in the management of state finance and wealth as well as the utilization of the results of research and innovation.



The cooperation will also involve the collective utilization of facilities and infrastructure, exchange and usage of data and/or information, as well as improvement and development of human resource competence.



BRIN is also assisting in the designing of an electronic certificate road map along with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN).


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It is expected that BSSN will oversee the management while BRIN will provide support in terms of technology and research development, including the system's typology, to make it more efficient.



The ministry and BRIN have also signed a cooperation agreement concerning the utilization of electronic certifications on electronic systems in the ministry's environment.



The cooperation agreement was signed by the ministry's secretary general, Heru Pambudi, and BRIN's acting main secretary, Nur Tri Aries Suestiningtyas.


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