CCCS assists the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC) in its Indigenous Peoples development and stakeholder engagement planning since 2005, when we were contracted to design the Sakhalin Indigenous Minorities Development Plan (SIMDP). The SIMDP is currently in its third iterations, and is built on integrated planning to comply with IFC’s Performance Standards and Russian Federation legislation. The SIMDP, for which CCCS continues to serve as External Monitor, was designed through extensive public consultation with Sakhalin’s indigenous minorities, and was the first successful private sector application of the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The Sakhalin Model has been hailed by the U.N., the IFC and the World Bank as a model for private sector projects to follow when their operations affect Indigenous Peoples and minorities.