Whether or not the system will be published under an open source licence has not yet been decided. The Navarra government is considering several options for sharing the software.
Justice Management was presented to Spain's Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, when he met with the regional government in Pamplona in March.
"The offer is not politically motivated, our goal is solidarity between administrations", said Roberto Jimenez, Navarara's vice president, in a statement.
"Navarra has developed this system, tested it and improved it to perfection. Using it resulted in quantifiable savings", the region's ministry for the President, Public Administration and Home Affairs added. The ministry hopes that by sharing Justice Management, eventually all Spanish courts and legal offices will embrace the system, which would be "a breakthrough in their IT management."
The regional government says that Navarra and Cantabria gradually began using Justice Management in 2009. They now use it to manage more than 138,000 court documents and more than 1.5 million annexes a year. It is being used by 49 courts, totalling 650 users including judges, magistrates and prosecutors. The DMS has helped realise savings up to 350,000 euro a year on paper, envelopes, copies and secure delivery. "It is also saving our judicial officers some 38,000 hours per year, increasing their productivity and further reducing costs."
More information:
Statement on Avantius (in Spanish)
Navarra's open government roadmap
Innovaticias news item (in Spanish)
20 Minutos news item (in Spanish)
Avantius Justice Department Information Systems