Indonesia And International Energy Agency Extend Cooperation Until 2023

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif. (Photo: Doc. Setkab)

JAKARTA - The Government of Indonesia and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will continue their cooperation program until 2023 as an effort to accelerate the achievement of Net-Zero Emissions (NZE) through Joint Work Programs in various energy sectors.

Along with the continued collaboration with IEA as a Key Strategic Partner, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is committed to continuing to build cooperation in maximizing the achievement of NZE.

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif explained that this collaboration is a form of ongoing commitment to achieve our common ground to accelerate the achievement of Indonesia's energy transition and NZE targets.

"IEA's support will strengthen our collaboration in Energy Data and Statistics, Energy Security, Emergency Response and Policy, Energy Sector Improvement, Bioenergy, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy and Technology, Energy Policy Evaluation Framework, and Global Energy Leadership," said the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in a statement. official statement quoted Wednesday 6 April.

In recent years, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has worked closely with the IEA as a strategic partner. The Joint Work Program for 2022-2023 has gone through a long and thoughtful process.

"Indonesia and the IEA are developing a comprehensive NZE roadmap, which will help guide Indonesia's energy transition over the coming years and decades," concluded Arifin.

For information, on the agenda of the Berlin Energy Transitions Dialogue (BETD), Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif signed the JWP of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources-IEA 2022-2023 at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany on March 29, 2022.

From the IEA side, the signing was carried out by the IEA Executive Director, Fatih Birol.