INTRODUCTION

ACE Establishment Agreement [download]

On the 4th of January 1999, the commitments, responsibilities, liabilities, and assets of the 10-year long ASEAN-EC Energy Management Training and research Centre (AEEMTRC) were handed over to the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) in a simple ceremony held at the new ACE Headquarters in Kuningan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

ACE is an intergovernmental organization established by Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. It is guided by Governing Council composed of the Senior Officials on energy of the ASEAN countries and a representative from the ASEAN Secretariat. Core funding is provided by an Energy Endowment Fund established from equal contributions of the ten member countries and managed by a private fund manager.

As host country, Indonesia provides Headquarter facilities and other amenities at the ACE building in the compound of the Directorate-General for Electricity and Energy Development of the Indonesia Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

The Centre is envisioned to be a catalyst for the economic growth and development of the ASEAN region by initiating, coordinating and facilitating regional as well as joint and collective activities on energy. To realize this vision, the Centre will accelerate the integration of energy strategies within ASEAN by providing relevant information state-of-the-art technology and expertise to ensure that over the long term, necessary energy development policies and programmes are in harmony with the economic growth and the environmental sustainability of the region.

Since its establishment, ACE has been instrumental in preparing the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation 1999-2004, a plan that is assiduously implemented by ASEAN's specialist organizations in the field of energy. ACE facilitates and coordinates the work of these specialist organizations, including the Forum of Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities/Authorities (HAPUA), the ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE), the ASEAN Forum on Coal (AFOC), the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sub-sector Network (EE&C-SSN) and the New and Renewable Sources of Energy Subsector Network (NRSE-SSN). The major programmes under this plan are:

1. ASEAN Power Grid;
2. Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline;
3. Coal and Clean Coal Technology Promotion;
4. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Promotion;
5. New and renewable Energy Development; and
6. Energy Policy and environmental Analysis..
 

VISION

The Centre as a catalyst for the economic growth and development of the ASEAN region by initiating, coordinating and facilitating regional as well as joint and collective activities on energy.
 

MISSION

The ASEAN Centre for Energy will accelerate the integration of energy strategies within ASEAN by providing relevant information state-of-the-art technology and expertise to ensure that over the long term, necessary energy development policies and programs are in harmony wilth the economic growth and the environmental sustainability of the region.
 

GOALS

1. To establish the Centre as a regional institution of excellence in the initiation, coordination and facilitation of ASEAN programmes in energy.
    
2. To strengthen the region's capability in addressing global and regional issues in energy by enhancing the coordination of energy strategies of the ASEAN Member Countries.
    
3. To facilitate intra-regional trade in energy through the establishment of interconnecting arrangements for electricity and natural gas within ASEAN such as the proposed Power Grid and Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline.
    
4. To promote ASEAN cooperation in energy efficiency and conservation as effective mechanisms for demand-side management.
    
5. To promote the development of new and renewable energy resources in the ASEAN as an instrument towards sustainable energy development in the ASEAN Member Countries over the long term.
    
6. To serve as an energy information network and exchange centre at both regional and global scales.
    
7. To enhance the development of ASEAN expertise in energy development and management.
    
8. To promote private sector investment and participation in energy activities of the region.

STRATEGIES

• Maintain a competent human resource complement 
• Establish an effective and efficient organisation 
• Ensure sound fiscal management of the Centre 
• Pursue externally funded projects 
• Facilitate regular high-level policy dialogues 
• Establish nodal networking 
• Institutionalize information networking 
• Pursue energy interconnection 
• Pursue sustainable energy development