2027 Work Plan: Deputy Interior Minister Urges Synchronisation of Central and Regional Programmes
He conveyed this during his role as keynote speaker and providing guidance at the Central Development Coordination Meeting (Rakorbangpus) for the preparation of the 2027 National Work Plan. The event took place in the Djunaedi Hadisumarto Meeting Room at the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Jakarta, today.
According to him, synchronisation currently holds a highly crucial context in Indonesia’s development journey. This is because local leaders now face challenges that are far different from previous generations.
“The challenges now are very different,” said Bima Arya in a written statement on Thursday (7/5/2026).
Bima mentioned that there are at least three main challenges faced by current local leaders. These include global geopolitical challenges, escorting national priority programmes, and political promises and public expectations at the local level.
Nevertheless, he emphasised that the most fundamental requirement is the implementation of Minimum Service Standards (SPM), covering education, health, public works, public housing, public tranquillity and order, and community protection (Trantibumlinmas), as well as social services.
“Well, in Law Number 23 of 2014, this is clear; we have guidelines for carrying out that synchronisation. The Interior Ministry, together with the Ministry of Planning, ensures that synchronisation occurs,” he explained.
He continued that if those six SPMs are not yet running optimally, then synchronising central and regional programmes will be difficult to achieve. The reason is that all SPMs must be included in planning documents, budgeted through programmes, and have clear performance targets. Therefore, the Interior Ministry continues to evaluate local governments that still face obstacles in implementing those programmes.
“We ensure whether they are able or not to (meet) the most minimal Minimum Service Standards. This is our homework. That means, before we talk about national priority programmes, how about these (SPM),” he stated.
Bima emphasised that good implementation of national strategic programmes in the regions can serve as a lever for development progress. He exemplified the good practices carried out by the Jambi City Government in escorting various national priority programmes, thereby able to support regional development financing.
At the end of his presentation, to support the success of national development, Bima urged local governments to maintain consistency in planning and budgeting documents. In addition, he also emphasised the importance of alignment with the eight national priority clusters, compliance with mandatory spending, fiscal innovation and investment facilitation, as well as strengthening regional development synergy.
“Coincidentally, last week we visited there, Jambi City; after calculating, this is because the mayor is quite agile too; support for development financing from various sources, the amount is almost equal to its own regional budget, two trillion,” he concluded.
As additional information, this Rakorbangpus was also attended by the Minister of PPN/Head of Bappenas Rachmat Pambudy, Head of BPS Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Deputy Minister of Finance Juda Agung, and representatives of Regional Development Planning Agencies (Bappeda) from all over Indonesia.