The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) was founded in 1976 by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The organization was conceptualized by the GCC Member States as a knowledge-hub and industrial investment promotion catalyst, for the purpose of industrial diversification and development within the GCC countries. It targets developing industries throughout the region by means of providing the public and the private industrial and economic sector with distinctive knowledge, through a complete set of specialized research, information, consultancy, training and technical services.

Where we Started

Since inception, the organization's advisory role was fundamental in the industrial development of the region. Decision makers depended on the comprehensive socio-economic data gathered and warehoused by GOIC covering all industrial activities within the GCC member states. The organization has been playing an influential part in identifying and introducing new industries to the region as well as determining synergies for the existing ones. GOIC's recommendations shaped public policy across the region, particularly the unified common industrial strategy that was adopted by all GCC member states.

Where we are Now

At the turn of the century, global economic and social need for a greater integration between the public and private sector took a new momentum. The need to revisit the organization's institutional framework became an imperative in order to ascertain the continued growth of a competitive industrial sector in the GCC region.

The organization adopted a new direction, where considerable relevance was to be allotted to the private sector. GOIC slanted towards a more dynamic, market-oriented, public-private sector partnership. It now seeks to promote its know-how and expertise gathered throughout the last three decades to a broader array of audience and a vaster client base, thus actively promoting industrial diversification and development within the region.

GOIC grew to be the unrivalled source of market intelligence and knowledge of the industrial environment within the GCC, and the advisory institution by excellence for GCC governments, chambers of industry, private investors and financiers across the GCC region.