ROOTED CONFLICT PREVENTION & STRATEGIC CONCILIATION
BASED IN SABAH, SERVING MALAYSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

Experienced in Diagnostic Analysis, Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes, Community (Indigenous, local and worker) Engagement

What We Do

Conflict Prevention Platform

We facilitate direct engagement between communities (indigenous, local and worker groups) and companies through fixing foundational/rooted issues of unsustainable development. Early intervention before conflicts escalate due to human rights violations.

Self-Determination Protocols

We partner with indigenous communities to develop bio-community protocols.

FPIC

Training on implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent processes that meet international standards in a grounded and realistic space.

Ethical Research / Investigation / HRDD

Independent third-party ethical surveys that include diagnostic analysis and rooted solutions taking cognitive dissonance into consideration. Ground Investigation of foundational issues causing unsustainable practices.

Who We Work With

Since 2011, we have worked with a wide range of clients ranging from state and federal government agencies to companies to international NGOs.

Our work spans Sabah's interior and coastal regions, from extractive industries to protected areas, Indigenous territories to worker settlements. We operate as independent third-party facilitators, working across stakeholder groups without institutional bias but with strong independent and internal processes.

Whether you are managing land conflicts, conducting FPIC processes, developing community engagement frameworks, or resolving worker grievances, we provide ground-level expertise that understands both regulatory requirements and local realities. We work with local governance systems and community structures to go beyond minimum compliance, ensuring outcomes meet international human rights standards rather than just satisfying audit checklists.

Why BCI

BCI partners with local civil society organisations and experienced practitioners who have deep knowledge of ground realities across Sabah. We have implemented successful outreach programmes for Indigenous communities, worker groups, and smallholders throughout the state.

Due to our strong ground presence and relationships built over more than a decade, we work from the ground up, connecting grassroots communities directly to policy frameworks and decision-making processes. Top-down approaches create disconnects between what policies say and what happens in practice. We close that gap by starting where people actually are.

BCI and our partners operate conflict prevention platforms for Indigenous and worker communities in Malaysia's oil palm industry through our CPP Community Task Force Panel and our CPP Labour Task Force Panel. These platforms provide accessible grievance mechanisms and early intervention before conflicts escalate.

We understand the gap between policy documents and ground realities. Our FPIC processes account for linguistic diversity and power dynamics. Our facilitation and conciliation strategies recognise that most conflicts involve unequal parties with vastly different levels of legal literacy and institutional access.

We operate where the work actually happens. Not from hotel conference rooms.