Empowering Local Growth Through Strategic Audits
- Impact
We help you make a meaningful impact by aligning your operations with local development goals, creating value beyond compliance.
- Clarity
Our team simplifies the ICV requirements, guiding you through each step with transparent and actionable insights that facilitate sustainable economic contributions.
- Accountability
With a rigorous and impartial ICV audits in Dubai, we provide the accountability needed to reinforce trust with stakeholders and enhance your ICV contributions.
We provide strategic, transformational, and technical offerings in risk and compliance
- Our Capabilities
ICV Strategy Development
We work with you to design strategies that maximize local value creation, helping your organization actively contribute to local employment, supply chain integration, and skill development.
Comprehensive ICV Reporting
Our auditors deliver clear, detailed reports that outline your ICV contributions, ensuring your stakeholders have complete visibility and confidence in your impact on local communities.
Supplier Localization & Support
We assist in assessing and developing local suppliers, enabling your organization to build a robust local supply chain that meets quality and compliance standards.
Internal Control Optimization
Through professional ICV audits in Dubai, we assess and enhance your internal controls related to ICV initiatives, identifying risks and optimizing operational efficiency to improve compliance and impact.
- Client success in Risk Management and Compliance
Local Procurement Growth
We assisted a major energy client in increasing local procurement by 30%, boosting local supplier engagement and fostering sustainable supply chain relationships.
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Employment Uplift
For a regional manufacturer, we implemented strategies that increased local employment by 20%, supporting community development and skill building.
Local Partnerships
We have enabled over 50 successful partnerships between global organizations and local suppliers, helping clients reduce import reliance and support domestic industries.
Client results
Discover how our ICV audits have empowered businesses to make a positive, measurable impact in their communities, contributing to long-term sustainable growth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An ICV audit is an assessment of a company’s financial and operational information to determine and verify its contribution to the UAE’s In-Country Value (ICV) program and support accurate ICV reporting.
An ICV audit helps businesses accurately demonstrate their contribution to the local economy, strengthen their ICV reporting, and identify opportunities to improve local procurement, employment, and supply-chain participation.
Companies participating in relevant UAE procurement and contracting programs may need an ICV certificate to demonstrate their In-Country Value contribution. Specific requirements depend on the applicable program and contracting entity.
The process can involve reviewing financial statements, procurement information, supplier data, employee-related information, and other supporting documentation relevant to the company’s ICV calculation.
An audit can identify areas where a business may strengthen local procurement, supplier development, employment, investment, or other applicable ICV-related activities, helping it make more informed improvements.
Depending on the company’s circumstances, supporting documents may include audited financial statements, purchase records, supplier information, payroll or employee records, and other financial and operational documentation required for ICV verification.
Yes. Cloudberry can help businesses assess their supply chains, identify suitable local suppliers, and develop strategies to increase local procurement and strengthen domestic supply-chain participation.
The ICV program encourages businesses to increase their contribution to the UAE economy through areas such as local procurement, employment, investment, and development of domestic capabilities.
Businesses should monitor their ICV-related performance regularly, particularly before certification or major procurement opportunities, to ensure their records and supporting documentation remain accurate and up to date.
Cloudberry Group provides ICV audit and advisory support, including ICV strategy development, reporting, supplier localization, and internal control optimization to help businesses strengthen their local economic contribution.
