APRUE is a reference center for energy management.

As part of its missions, the agency:

• Proposes guidelines for the long-term development of energy management, as well as a medium-term program for its development in terms of objectives to be achieved and means to be implemented;

• Produces energy balances and energy forecasting studies, and assesses the medium- and long-term potential of energy management through its “Observatoire de la Maîtrise de l’Energie” (Energy Management Observatory);

• Organizes and disseminates the information required for the development of energy management, and develops communication and awareness-raising activities in this field;

• Organizes training programs for energy management professionals, in partnership with the relevant sectors;

• Promotes the development of energy management through:

• Setting up programs and projects with energy management stakeholders (industry, transport, housing, tertiary sector, development of renewable energies, local authorities), in particular to prepare their access to the National Energy Management Program;

• Drawing up legislative or regulatory proposals relating to energy management, as well as proposals concerning the financial, fiscal and customs incentives that could be granted to energy management projects within the framework of current legislation and regulations;

• Seeking funding for energy management actions from financial backers;

• The study of ways to remove barriers to the promotion of energy efficiency;

• Contributing to international cooperation projects in the field of energy management.

• Manage and monitor energy audits;

• Contributes, in coordination with the relevant bodies, to monitoring energy efficiency in the various sectors.

The national Energy Management strategy is fully in line with the national strategic vision which consists, in the medium and long term, of:

• Establishing an Algerian energy system that is simultaneously sustainable, efficient and inclusive, benefiting the environment, the economy and the improvement of quality.