The Division for Energy Efficiency Improvement, Sustainable Development and Climate Change in Energy Industry carries out the activities related to the: creating regulatory and stimulating conditions for the rational use of energy and energy-generating products and increasing energy efficiency; preparation and implementation of programs and other strategic documents in the field of energy efficiency and monitoring the effects of measures to increase efficiency in energy production, distribution and consumption; implementation of projects and measures aimed at increasing energy efficiency; preparation and implementation of the activities of the Budget Fund for Improving Energy Efficiency (hereinafter: the Budget Fund); design and implementation of promotional and educational activities in the field of energy efficiency; activities on the establishment, implementation and monitoring of energy management systems; participation in the realization of international cooperation and harmonization of national policy with the regulations of the European Union and creation of conditions for achieving internationally set goals in the field of promoting the increase of energy efficiency; normative-legal and administrative tasks for the needs of the Division; development of environmental protection strategies and plans in the field of energy for the purpose of sustainable development; implementation and monitoring of the implementation of environmental protection measures in the field of energy, particularly from the aspect of reducing the impact of the energy sector on climate change; monitoring the application of prescribed environmental and climate protection conditions in the field of energy; identification and proposal of national and international environmental protection and climate change projects in the field of energy; development of investment plans and plans for environmental rehabilitation in the field of energy, as well as monitoring the implementation of these plans; participation in activities for the purpose of accession, ratification and implementation of international conventions, bilateral agreements and their respective protocols, amendments and decisions, related to sustainable development and climate change in the field of energy; preparation for the meetings of the Working Group for Environmental Protection set up by the Treaty Establishing the Energy Community; monitoring the implementation of international programs and projects related to sustainable development in the field of energy based on flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol, as well as activities arising from the European Union directives on greenhouse gas emissions trading, as well as other activities within the scope of activity of the Division.