Village development should be a priority in national development because it is closely related to the effort to build Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening the regions and villages within the framework of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). The village development movement is aimed at supporting the implementation of the Village Law and guarding the achievement of the targets of the Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM) 2015-2019.
Podes data is the only spatial data (spatial) owned by BPS that emphasizes the potential of the territory situation.
As mandated by Law No. 6 of 2014, Village Development is an effort to improve the quality of life and life for the greatest welfare of the village community. The way is by encouraging the development of self-sustaining and self-sustaining villages that have social, economic, and environmental resilience. Such village conditions can narrow the gap between rural and urban. In addition, building economic linkages between rural and urban areas through the development of rural areas.
Implementation of national and regional development policies and programs needs to be supported by the availability of locally based data and information (spatial) complementing other existing sectoral data. Data and information on the specific potentials held by all regions to the smallest level are important materials for planning, implementation, control and evaluation of regional development in general or even in specific areas.
Data on Potential Village (Podes) data collection to date is the only region-based thematic data source capable of describing the potential of a region at village, sub-district and district / city levels throughout Indonesia. Podes data can be used by various parties in need. For example, Podes data are used for the identification of regional typologies such as urban-rural, non-coastal, non-abandoned, and so on. In line with the development of the era, the need for regional data and information to the smallest area is felt increasingly diverse and urgent to be fulfilled.
Podes has been implemented since 1980. Podes data collection is done 3 (three) times over a 10 year period, as part of the 10th anniversary cycle of census activities conducted by BPS. Podes were conducted 2 years before the implementation of the census to support the smooth implementation of the census. In the year ending '1', Podes data collection is carried out to support the Agricultural Census that is the identification of the concentration areas of agricultural enterprises by sector and subsector. In the year ending '4', Podes was implemented to support the Economic Census in order to identify business by sector and subsector. In the year ending '8', Podes were implemented to support the Population Census to identify new settlement areas.
Accuracy of information on the publication of Podes results is strongly influenced by the quality and accuracy of data collected by field officers, the accuracy and consistency of data processing, and the accuracy of tabulation and presentation of data. To ensure the accuracy and accuracy of the data collected by the enumerators it is necessary to properly supervise and inspect the enumeration documents.
