The Department of Energy (Department) within the Ministry
of Economy (Ministry) is charged with creating a framework for sustainable
development of the energy sector in Macedonia. The Energy Agency of the
Republic of Macedonia (EARM) is an agency under the Ministry which focuses on
the promotion of indigenous energy sources and energy efficiency. The Ministry
asked the World Bank for advice on what functions it should fulfill in the energy
sector; how well it is fulfilling these functions; and how to better perform those
functions it is not carrying out as well as it could. The Ministry specifically wanted
advice on how to best organize and build capacity in the Department and EARM
in order to better prepare them to undertake these functions.