The Ministry of National Development Planning Indonesia, or National Development Planning Agency (Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional/BAPPENAS), formulates and determines the Government of Indonesia’s development policies and builds synergy between planning, budgeting, regulations, and institutions at central and regional level. It is the leading institution in the formulation of the medium-term national development plan document, translating every elected President’s visions and missions into development priority programs and targets). Functioning as well as a think-tank institution, BAPPENAS builds policies based on evidences and knowledge, through participatory and forward-oriented approaches.