1) EAEF

The EC-ASEAN Energy Facility (EAEF) is a programme of cooperation between the European Communities (EC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to facilitate partnerships between ASEAN and European organisations in developing specific joint projects in the energy sector. The objectives are: 1) to increase the security of energy supply of ASEAN countries and indirectly of Europe; 2) to increase economic cooperation between European Union and ASEAN countries; 3) to improve environment of local and global levels; and 4) to facilitate the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation 1999-2004, and obviously its continuation for 2004-2009. EAEF was launched in March 2002 with duration of five years until February 2007.

The programme will stimulate regional energy projects and initiatives proposed by the energy industry, either public or private, from the European Union and from ASEAN.

The programme will co-finance groups of EU and ASEAN energy actors for the implementation of consistent projects which have a regional ASEAN dimension and which also clearly have a real European "added value", i.e. featuring the diversity of the European experience in terms of institutional or technological options.

Four different categories of projects called "facility" are available. This includes: market awareness; institutional frameworks; feasibility studies and demonstration projects. Consistent with the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation, the Programme focuses on electricity interconnection, gas pipeline interconnection, clean coal technology, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.