Permanent Local Content Committee Trinidad and Tobago

The Permanent Local Content Committee (PLCC) was reconstituted by Cabinet , with a mandate to oversee and report on the implementation of the Local Content and Participation Policy Framework. The Committee is multi-sectoral and is led by Ms. Nicole Olivierre as Chairperson, with Representatives from Government Ministries, Business Associations, and Civil Society. Terms of Reference (TOR)alists a) To Review the policy document on local content and local participation with specific recommendations on the desired levels of local content to be contained in energy sector projects b) To devise strategies to increase local content and local participation in all energy sector projects c) To liaise with all stakeholders to promote local content d) To prepare a list of activities involved in projects that ought to have specified levels of local content over the short, medium and long term e) To review definitions and terms to determine a benchmark for local content, for example, local company f) To liaise with the Work Permit Committee of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries to ascertain the national requirements for the recruitment, training and development of local staff and the transfer of knowledge and the transfer of technology to the services sector g) To investigate projects in which imported technology could be unbundled and devise mechanisms to ensure local companies are contracted h) To monitor the infrastructure needs (gas, water and electricity) to facilitate and improve the local content capability, for example, fabrication yards, industrial estates i) To establish an appropriate methodology for monitoring the achievement of local content targets j) To compare the cost of goods and services offered and contracted by the international companies in relation to local businesses k) To undertake all other activities that could assist the Committee in carrying out its mandate