ABOUT COUNTRY TEAM

About country team

ABOUT COUNTRY TEAM


ICSC is a Philippine-based non-governmental organisation that advances climate, energy, and low-carbon solutions to enable fair and climate-resilient development at the national and international levels. ICSC has established itself as an expert in the field of climate policy and finance, energy policy, urban development, and community resilience through a combination of strategies. The organisation thus has great outreach and flexibility in a broad array of arenas, including international climate negotiations, climate diplomacy, legislative engagements, and local empowerment. It is a regular participant in and convener of high-level discussions on key energy and climate issues with stakeholders from the government, academia, CSOs, and the private sector in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Together with GIZ Philippines, ICSC is the local expert organization responsible for the implementation of CASE activities. Its role is to engage with key stakeholders to encourage high-level exchange on the energy transition and to provide technical and political support during the implementation of the activities.

Vision and Mission

Vision

Building a world that is better, more sustainable, low-carbon oriented, and able to provide clean, sustainable energy for future generations.

Mission

Encouraging the acceleration of Indonesia’s energy transition towards a just, clean, and low-carbon energy system.

POLITICAL PARTNER

Department of Energy (DOE)

The Department of Energy (DOE) is mandated by Republic Act 7638 (Department of Energy Act of 1992) to prepare, integrate, coordinate, supervise, and control all plans, programs, projects, and activities of the Philippine Government relative to energy exploration, development, utilisation, distribution, and conservation.

The DOE, in partnership with its stakeholders, shall improve the quality of life of the Filipinos by formulating policies and implementing policies and programs to ensure sustainable, stable, secure, sufficient, accessible, and reasonably-priced energy.

The Department is the official political partner of the project CASE in the Philippines. The partnership contributes evidence-based narratives on accelerating the country’s transition to clean energy scenarios for an inclusive and sustainable development.