promoting initiatives for and encouraging investment in subregional energy connectivity including those focused on crossborder infrastructure development and considering possible ways to develop a subregional power network and supply system to strengthen subregional cooperation and interdependence working together to create joint information resources and knowledge sharing systems on legal and regulatory frameworks public participation financial mechanisms publicprivate partnerships and successful projects aimed at promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy development in the subregion encouraging the development and implementation of joint hydropower projects for electricity generation to facilitate grid connectivity and trade in energy strengthening subregional and intersubregional cooperation towards developing harmonized crossborder energy infrastructure for example within the electric power council of the commonwealth of independent states and the casa project and supporting the continuation of bilateral and regional consultations on this matter