Market & Supplier Development

We support host countries in designing, assessing, and implementing local content policies that strengthen institutions, develop local suppliers, and maximize long-term economic value from extractive industries.

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Local Content Policy & Strategy

The Challenge

Countries rich in oil, gas, mining, or coal resources often face challenges in ensuring that these projects translate into sustainable local economic development. Local institutions, suppliers, and workforces may lack the experience, skills, or regulatory clarity needed to engage effectively across the entire value chain. In many cases, existing policies may unintentionally promote or inhibit local participation. Countries rich in oil, gas, mining, or coal resources often face challenges in ensuring that these projects translate into sustainable local economic development.

What We Do

What We Do

Colibrí supports governments and stakeholders in developing and strengthening local content frameworks by:

  • Drafting new local content policies and regulations
  • Assessing existing policies and identifying gaps or unintended impacts
  • Supporting implementation across institutions, suppliers, and operators
  • Aligning standards, supplier development, and workforce strategies
  • Ensuring a holistic, ecosystem-wide approach

How This Helps

Effective local content strategies help countries to:

  • Build local skills and technical capacity
  • Increase participation of domestic suppliers
  • Strengthen institutions and regulatory oversight
  • Ensure extractive projects deliver long-term national value
  • Create clarity and alignment for operators and investors
How This Helps

Why Colibrí

With more than 20 years of experience working with suppliers and operators in the oil and gas sector, Colibrí brings deep practical insight into how local content policies work in real-world project environments. Our approach connects policy design with on-the-ground realities across suppliers, institutions, and industry standards.

Deep Industry Experience

Over 20 years of hands-on experience working with suppliers and operators across oil, gas, mining, and extractive industries.

Policy Meets Practice

We bridge policy design with real-world implementation, ensuring strategies work across institutions, suppliers, and industry standards.

Ecosystem Perspective

Our work takes a holistic view of the entire ecosystem—institutions, markets, suppliers, and workforce—rather than isolated interventions.

Stakeholder Alignment

We bring governments, industry, suppliers, and partners to the table to create aligned, workable, and sustainable solutions.

Implementation-Focused Advisory

Our support goes beyond recommendations, focusing on practical execution, capacity-building, and long-term impact.