Objectives and scope
Background to the project 
To combat the economic crises and achieve sustainable economic growth, the government of Indonesia has started to implement social, political and economic reforms. A key component of these reforms is the decentralization and regional autonomy policies which were implemented in January 2001. Regional governments are now responsible for defining the regional energy policy objectives and for formulating and implementing strategies to achieve them. This means that new institutions have to be created to enable the region government to duly execute this new responsibility in the energy sector.
Objective and scope
The overall goal of the CAREPI project is to develop institutional and technical capacity in the regions West Nusa Tenggara, Central Java, Yogyakarta and North Sumatra for conducting energy policy analysis and providing improved energy services to poor communities. CAREPI comprises three sections of activities: strengthening institutional and technical capacity on regional energy policy formulation, identifying energy related needs and priorities of poor people and identifying and developing concrete mini-hydro projects in the target regions.