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About Us



Our Mission

Information International is an independent regional research & consultancy firm based in Beirut. Through modern and effective research methodologies, the firm responds to the challenges facing both the public and private sectors in the Middle East.
In a rapidly changing global environment (social, political, financial & economic), accuracy, consumer-driven quality and strict client's confidentiality are our motto.



Who Are We?

- Information International is a leading Beirut-based research consultancy firm, founded with the awareness that a vacuum exists in the field of survey research, database collection and analysis in the Arab World and particularly the Near East and Arabian Peninsula.

- Information International is serving the regional market since 1995. It has conducted major feasibility studies and research projects, including development and needs assessment in health, education, agriculture, infrastructure facilities, demographic and socio-economic studies, including projects evaluation and impact assessment. We have also established a department specialized in planning and organizing training programs, including workshops, seminars and conferences.

- Information International has during the past three years provided International American and European firms (commissioned by the Ministry of Commerce and Standards Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) with experts in the regulations of the World Trade Organization and particularly the agreements on technical barriers to trade, pre-shipment inspection, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and customs valuation. Consultancy was provided in the procedures and structural changes required to comply with the provisions of these agreements. In addition, our experts participated in the negotiation, or accession of Saudi Arabia to the WTO.



Our Departments

  • Market and Consumer Research Department.
  • Policy and Strategic Studies Department.
  • Opinion Polling Research Department.
  • Training and Workshops Department.
  • Socio-Economic Research Department.
  • Management Consultancy Department.
  • Environmental Studies Department.



Our Quality Policy

Information International is committed to constant improvement through the application and maintenance of a Quality System Management System that complies with ISO 9001:2000. Every opportunity to improve its products and services ensuring accuracy, consumer-driven quality and strict respondent and customer confidentiality is embraced. Information International seeks to be the largest and best agency of its kind in the Middle East.


Memberships

Information International is proud to be a member of:

- ICC/ESOMAR: The “International Chamber of Commerce/European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research” since 2003.

- MRA: The "Market Research Association".



Current Statistics

1,159 is the number of foreign companies registered in Lebanon in June 2008, 534 of which were registered before 1990, 265 registered between 1995 and 1999, and 360 registered between 2000 and 2008.

28,021 housing loans have been approved by the Lebanese Housing Institute through contracting Lebanese banks since its establishment. The value of these loans amounted to LBP785 billion which means an average of LBP28 million per loan. Noteworthy the maximum amount allocated per loan has risen from LBP120 million to LBP180 million.

USD94 million is the cost of building bridges, tunnels and road intersections currently under way in Beirut and its direct suburbs (Chiyah-Dora). The World Bank and Arab Fund covers 70-90% of the overall amount as loans under the Urban Transportation Development Project, the remainder will be financed by the Lebanese government.

LBP30 million is the cost of establishing a building for traffic control and installing traffic signals in the city of Beirut.

Last Updated December 2008

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