JAKARTA. The government has agreed to expand the function of The National Development Agency (Bappenas), from merely planning development projects to devising budgets to allow better coordination of state expenditure allocation. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo urged all ministries and institutions to increase their quality of planning and budgeting into a more detailed and integrated process. It has to integrate the development among sectors, among regions and between central and local government, according to Jokowi. "There will be no more of the so-called sectoral ego. Focus on programs that benefit people and the extent it could encourage a multiplier effect," he said in a limited cabinet meeting at the State Palace on Wednesday.
Govt expands Bappenas' function
JAKARTA. The government has agreed to expand the function of The National Development Agency (Bappenas), from merely planning development projects to devising budgets to allow better coordination of state expenditure allocation. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo urged all ministries and institutions to increase their quality of planning and budgeting into a more detailed and integrated process. It has to integrate the development among sectors, among regions and between central and local government, according to Jokowi. "There will be no more of the so-called sectoral ego. Focus on programs that benefit people and the extent it could encourage a multiplier effect," he said in a limited cabinet meeting at the State Palace on Wednesday.