PROGRAMME AREAS
Following the above objectives and providing continuity with the 1995-1999 medium-term programme of action on energy, the ASEAN Plan of Action on Energy Cooperation 1999-2004 is focused on six (6) programme areas, as follows:
As adopted by the Special Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Official's Meeting on Energy on 26 November, 1998 the number of programme areas have been reduced to six (6) from the original eight (8). This was made possible by combining two programme areas into Programme Area No.6: Regional Energy Outlook, Energy Policy and Environmental Analysis as recommended by the Experts Group Meeting on the Integrated Implementation Programme on ASEAN Energy Cooperation (1999-2004), 24-25 November, 1998. The proposed programme area on Energy Security and Oil was removed since the Expert's Group noted that the issue of energy security had been incorporated in all the other programme areas such as the TAGP, APG, NRSE, EE&C and Coal; while the issue on oil sharing had been properly taken care of under the ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement (APSA) under the aegis of ASCOPE.