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

USD 214 million is the recorded net profit of Solidere in 2008 marking an 18% increase from 2007.

USD 881 million is the total amount reached for Insurance premiums in 2008.

LBP 5,065 billion is the estimated cost of allotments, salaries and wages in the 2009 draft public budget, forming 31% of total expenditures. Meanwhile, public debt service forms 39% of budget spending.

LBP 135 billion is the sum paid for public servants and workers for their children’s education. Most of the employees enroll their children in private schools leading to an indirect government support of private schools.

LBP 19.5 billion is the sum paid by the government as rent allowances for estates used by UNIFIL peacekeepers in the South of Lebanon.

LBP 30 billion is sum allocated by the government in the 2009 draft budget to provide financial aid for attending students in public schools. The government allocated LBP 750 for primary education and LBP 1,000 for intermediate education for each attending student per day.

Last Updated September 2009