SMSL co-designed and managed a prototype community-based intermediary organization. The prototype is now used by several other communities. The result has been improved consultation and a series of agreements signed between the communities and energy companies. We have had the privilege of managing a highly motivated and committed team comprised of consultants and community members that reviewed several environmental and socio-economic impact assessments. These reviews provided the community with an enhanced understanding of the impacts and benefits associated with the related developments, and led to the signing of several environmental and socio-economic agreements between the community and several energy companies. We have served multi-sector design team comprised of federal and provincial government representatives, aboriginal representatives and energy company representatives who worked together to successfully negotiate a multi-party, tri-sector agreement. This agreement is a capacity- and relationship-building partnership involving three levels of governments, 19 energy companies and 5 First Nations.