The 5th CEFIA (Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN) Forum was held on 25 August 2023 in Bali, Indonesia as part of the ASEAN Energy Business Forum (AEBF) 2023 which is the annual energy conference & exhibition which is held in conjunction with the ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM).

CEFIA Forum is the Government-private Forum which is held on annual basis, serving as a platform to facilitate collaboration between public and private sectors for accelerating the development of cleaner energy and decarbonisation technologies in ASEAN region.

The 5th CEFIA Forum was hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, in co-operation with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Government of Japan, with the support from the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE).

At the 5th CEFIA Forum, ASEAN+3 government officials, international organisations, universities, and private companies gathered on site to share progress on activities and discuss future activities aimed at energy transition towards a decarbonised energy system in the ASEAN region. A mini Business Matching Event was also conducted under arrangement with the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

For decades, a wide variety of cooperative activities have been carried out in the energy field among ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and Korea) countries. Such activities have resulted in making significant contributions to enhancing energy efficiency and facilitating energy transitions. To further promote such efforts broadly in the ASEAN region, it is becoming increasingly important to deepen the knowledge, facilitate information exchange, and develop projects and programmes with policy design among ASEAN+3 countries through various activities, such as capacity-building programs, international conferences and workshops, and joint feasibility studies and demonstration projects.

To achieve this, a new initiative named “Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN” or “CEFIA” was proposed by Japan and welcomed by the ASEAN+3 Ministers on Energy at the 16th ASEAN+3 Meeting of Energy Ministers in Bangkok, Thailand on 5th September 2019. CEFIA serves as a platform to facilitate collaboration between public and private sectors in deployment of cleaner energy and decarbonisation technologies in the ASEAN region.

The CEFIA Forum was established under the ASEAN+3 New and Renewable Energy (NRE) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Forum.

1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th CEFIA Government-Private Forum

The 1st CEFIA Forum was hosted by the Department of Energy, Government of the Philippines on 27th November 2019 (held in Manila, Philippines). The forum held discussions on CEFIA’s future action policies and its cooperation fields and explained specific cooperation projects. The 2nd CEFIA Forum was hosted by the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Thailand on 2nd February 2021 (web conference). The 3rd CEFIA Forum was hosted by the Energy Commission of the government of Malaysia on 21st February 2022 (web conference).The 4th CEFIA Foryum was hosted by the Department of Energy, Government of the Philippines on 16th February 2023 (onsite and online) .

Friday, 25 August 2023

8:00-17:00 Bali Time, GMT+8

(Business Matching Event co-organised by JETRO may be held until 18:00)

Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, Indonesia

Website: baliconventioncenter.com

(CEFIA 5th Forum will be held as a side event of ASEAN Energy Business Forum (AEBF) 2023)

AEBF 2023 Overview (web)

AEBF 2023 Sponsorship and Exhibition Proposal (pdf)

Pre-registration required.

Please register for both the 5th CEFIA Forum and AEBF 2023 via following link.

1. Participation registration to the 5th CEFIA Forum

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2. Participation registration to the AEBF 2023:

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Agenda can be downloaded here: Agenda

Read the 5th CEFIA Forum report (Please click here)