Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2004
Effective Start Year: 
2004
Effective End Year: 
2010
Scope: 
Multilateral
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy, Programme
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
All, Coal, Power, Gas, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
ASEAN Member States
Overall Summary: 
The Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) is the successor to the HPA, to be implemented for the period 2004-2010, as an instrument to unify and cross-link the strategies and goals of the three pillars of the ASEAN Community and as an integral part of the action plans and programmes building up to the realisation of the goals of ASEAN Vision 2020. The Plan focuses on two dimensions, the first being the broader integration of the ten Member Countries into one cohesive ASEAN Community, and the second being the identification of new strategies for narrowing the development gap to quicken the pace of integration, and working closely among ourselves, with our Dialogue Partners and others, to mobilise political will and generate the required resources for the effective implementation of the VAP. Energy forms part of the Strategic Thrusts and is linked to the ASEAN Investment Area.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
Enhancing sustainable energy development through the expanding markets for [...] energy-efficient products.
Cooperation in EE: 
Pursue sustainable energy development through the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation for 2004-2009, based primarily on individual sectoral plans of action and roadmaps, including [...] Energy Efficiency and Conservation, [...].
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Enhancing sustainable energy development through the expanding markets for renewable energy technologies [...].
RE targets: 
Increase the share of renewable energy in power generation in ASEAN region to at least ten per cent.
Cooperation in RE: 
Pursue sustainable energy development through the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation for 2004-2009, based primarily on individual sectoral plans of action and roadmaps, including [...]Renewable Energy, [...].
Environment
Cooperation in env.: 
Pursue sustainable energy development through the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation for 2004-2009, based primarily on individual sectoral plans of action and roadmaps, [...] focusing on cooperation activities, including with the ASEAN Dialogue Partners, to[...] preserve the sustainability of environment.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Cross-border energy infrastructure: 
Significant implementation of the ASEAN Power Grid Project with an established policy framework and modalities for power inter-connection and trade.
Regional integration priorities: 
Enhanced energy infrastructure facilities in ASEAN with the commissioning of three gas pipelines under the TAGP Project and five power inter-connections under the ASEAN Power Grid.---[T]o enhance the integration of the regional energy infrastructures, promote energy security, create responsive policies to progressively enhance market reforms and liberalisation, [...].
Cooperation in connectivity: 
Pursue sustainable energy development through the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation for 2004-2009, based primarily on individual sectoral plans of action and roadmaps, including but not limited to the ASEAN Power Grid, the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP), [...], to enhance the integration of the regional energy infrastructures, promote energy security, create responsive policies to progressively enhance market reforms and liberalisation, [...].
Governance
Energy institutional structures: 
Comprehensive institutional arrangement for enhanced security and stability of energy supply in ASEAN.
Coordination with regional energy associations: 
Operationalisation of the ASEAN Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) Project with a fully functional ASEAN Gas Consultative Council and ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE) Gas Centre in place.