Under the Decree of the Minister for Labor of the Republic of Indonesia No. 25 of 2021, the Indonesian National Work Competency Standard (SKKNI) for Development Facilitation is prepared to be the national standard as part of the development facilitation reinforcement system. As mandated by the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020–2024, the standard is expected to be followed by efforts to (i) equalize the level of development facilitation qualification and (ii) devise a development facilitation certification scheme. To support these efforts, a well-built database is needed to maintain the effectiveness of the planning and implementation of development programs.

In the initial phase, it is necessary to conduct a study to estimate the need for facilitators in accordance with development goals and regional characteristics as well as the community they will facilitate, both at the regional and village levels, in the form of a Study on the Mapping of Development Facilitation Needs. For this purpose, we need experts to (i) develop the methodology for mapping the needs for development facilitators, (ii) manage knowledge, and (iii) develop a facilitation system to help the Strategic Coordination Team for Development Facilitation Reinforcement (TKSP3) conduct the Study on the Mapping of Development Facilitation Needs.