Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) was founded in 1976 by a decision of the Ministers of Industry in the Arab Gulf states, for the purpose of achieving industrial cooperation and coordination among member states. It includes in its membership: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The Republic of Yemen joined later in 2009.

GOIC works as a knowledge-based consulting hub for the development of industry in the region. This is achieved through the provision of data, information and specialized researches, consulting and technical services to the public and private sectors, and through the identification and introduction of new industries in the region. It has been considered as a pioneering house for industrial consultancies, and industrial integration and industrial coordination among member states. Its presence has been an essential link ensuring the momentum of industrial development in the region. GOIC has pivotal contributions in the formation of the industrial policy in the region, particularly with regard to the unified industrial strategy which has been adopted by all GCC states.

GOIC’s technical activities include many diversified and specialized programs, such as: industrial and economic studies, the Manufacturing Investment Opportunities Program (MIOP), Economic and Industrial Information (EII), Industrial Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (SPX) Program, Industrial Technical Assistance (ITA) Program for Small and Medium Size Industries, Industrial Market Information (IMI), the Training and Capacity Development (TCD) program, and others. GOIC has various databases, namely among others: the Foreign Trade Database, the Petrochemicals database, the Cement database, and the Plastic Industries database. It has become an essential source of market information in the region, and a thrilling tributary to scientific and economic research, in addition to promoting knowledge networking with experts, researchers, and economists interested in industrial development in the region.

Within the framework of its alliances and cooperation agreements, GOIC has been linked to a local, regional and global group of organizations and institutions from both the public and private sectors, in order to diversify knowledge and exchange experience, and to achieve the necessary coordination. Strategic alliances were made with prominent global and regional organizations in various disciplines, in favor of industrial development in the region. A range of partnerships and cooperation contracts with leading research centers and houses of long experience in various industrial fields have been developed.

Since its inception, GOIC has held several coordination meetings among similar industries, as well as specialized meetings and seminars, in addition to twelve conferences of Gulf Industrialists with the participation of their Excellencies the Ministers of Industry. It actively participated in the specialized exhibitions concurrently held with conferences and seminars, where latest industrial innovations, technologies and services were displayed. Training courses and workshops were organized to provide specialized knowledge to national youth.

GOIC also played an active role as an industrial publishing house, where industrial technical terms have been arabized and published in its different publications, which exceeded, for more than three decades, more than 500 publications of periodicals, newsletters, bulletins, books, directories, reports, brochures, and CDs. Industrial series were issued including: series of features of the industrial economy in the Arab Gulf States, basic industries in the Arab Gulf States, industrial directories, Gulf statistical Profile, and others.

P. O. Box: 5114 - Doha, Qatar Tel: (+974) 44858888
Fax: (+974) 44831465
E-mail: goic@goic.org.qa | Web site: www.goic.org.qa