The case study tells the story of how collaboration between an energy firm, civil society actors, and local government helped strengthen inclusive and conflict-sensitive strategies to guide new investments and plans for promoting renewable and non-renewable energy production, management, and distribution across Mindanao.

The Davao Multi-Stakeholder Group on Energy Concerns (DMGENCO) is a dialogue group established in 2013 through a partnership between International Alert and Aboitiz Power Corporation, one of the biggest energy companies in the Philippines.