AIM-DOE Collaborates to Improve the Energy Sector

The Department of Energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) at a ceremony held on May 13, 2009 at the Lopez Gallery of the AIM Campus in Makati. The MOU signatories were Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes, AIM President Francis Estrada, and AIM Policy Center Executive Director Prof. Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Mr. Ray Goco of USAID-Energy and Clean Air Project, Mr. Klaus Preschle of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), and Ms. Rima Laurel of AIM SRF, signed as witnesses.

The MOU aims to formalize and further strengthen the partnership between the DOE and AIM in activities such as:

1. Management training and other capacity building exercisest; 2. Analysis and formulation of energy policies and plans; 3. Complementation of resources in undertaking mutually rational endeavors; and 4. Formation of strategic linkages with the public and private sectors, civil society, international community and the media in recommending policies to benefit the energy sector.

The AIM Policy Center (APC) was established in 1996 as the public policy think-tank of AIM. It looks into issues affecting national competitiveness, such as the state of the energy sector. Since 2001, APC has been producing policy recommendations for the energy sector and, since 2007, has participated in enhancing the strategic planning processes of the DOE. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Energy and Clean Air Project (ECAP) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) have been supporting these endeavors.

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