Information International: About Us

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

LBP 425 million is the expense that the Lebanese government will incur in order to evacuate the Arabs and foreigners arrested by the General Directorate of Public Security and the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces. These are people who had illegally entered Lebanon or committed crimes and infractions, and their countries refuse to pay for their evacuation and return after they had been incarcerated.

EURO 30 million (around USD 40 million) is the amount donated by the European Union to Lebanon last April (2008). The aim behind this donation is to endorse the financial empowerment efforts seeking to reduce public debts to sustainable levels, aware that public debt had reached around USD 47.2 billion by the beginning of 2009. This donation constitutes 0.084% of the public debt.

LBP 1.5 billion is the expense that Lebanon will incur for hosting the 26th session of the Arab Ministers of Interior held in Beirut at the end of March.

LBP 22 billion is the financial advance set aside by the Lebanese government for the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to ensure the expenses of the preparation and proceeding of the June 2, 2009 parliamentary elections.

Last Updated May 2009