PODES 2018 – Utilization of village potential data (Podes) is very important for village development which is currently being intensively implemented by the government. This became a common thread in the "National Instructor Training (INNAS) 2018 Podes Data Collection" event held in Bandung, Tuesday (10/4)

Speaking as a resource person at the event, Head of the Public Relations and Cooperation Bureau, Secretariat General of the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) Bonivasius Prasetya Ichtiarto said the Ministry of Villages PDTT in 2018 will conduct a joint survey with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to knowing the impact of the 2015-2017 Village Fund Implementation.

Strictly speaking, the government has made villages the focus of national development, as stated in the third Nawacita to Build Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening regions and villages within the framework of a unitary state.(*)