In line with the ongoing democratization process in Indonesia, at least there are three demands that must be satisfactorily answered by the stakeholders, namely: 1) good understanding about the political process that affects the policy; 2) the necessity to create a participative policy formulation system; and 3) that the result of the policy formulation must be able to answer the real problem in the society. These three challenges surely need an understanding about comprehensive process of policy formulation, policy agenda formulation, legitimacy, budgeting up to implementation and evaluation toward formulated policy. The policy formulation cycle should be understood not only on the theoretical level but also in terms of its relevance with respect to public policy processes