Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting
Government | |
Founded | (1976 | )
Headquarters | Doha, Qatar |
Area served | GCC |
Key people |
Secretary General : H.E. Abdulaziz bin Hamad Al-Ageel[1] |
Number of employees | 100 |
Website |
www |
The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC)[4] is a market research organization headquartered in Doha, Qatar whose activities involve preparing economic feasibility studies, researching socio-economic statistics, and promoting regional co-ordination between industrial institutions.[5]
Founding
The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC)[6] was founded in 1976 by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states:[7] The United Arab Emirates,[8] Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar[9][10] and Kuwait, and in 2009,[11][12] Yemen joined the Organization is headquartered at Doha Qatar. The organization chart of GOIC includes the Board members and the General Secretariat. The Board is formed by member state representatives appointed by their governments.
List of member states
Flag |
Common name |
Official name (English) | Official name (Arabic) | Board of Directors[13] |
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Bahrain | Kingdom of Bahrain | Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn | H.E. AbdulKareem Ahmed Al Rashid | |
Kuwait | State of Kuwait | Dawlat al-Kuwayt | H.E. Mohammad Fahad Al-Ajmi(Chairman) | |
Oman | Sultanate of Oman | Salṭanat ʻUmān | H.E Eng. Ahmed Bin Hassan Al Dheeb | |
Qatar | State of Qatar | Dawlat Qaṭar | H.E Eng. Saeed Mobarak Al Kuwari | |
Saudi Arabia | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya | H.E. Eng. Saleh bin Shabbab Al Solami | |
United Arab Emirates | State of the United Arab Emirates | Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah | H.E. Mr. Abdullah Sultan Alfan Alshamsi | |
Yemen | Republic of Yemen | al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah | Abdul- Ilah Yahiay Shiban |
Abdullah bin Juma Al – Shibli from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the current observer from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Objectives
GOIC’s main mission[14] is the identification, evaluation and promotion of joint industrial projects in member states. In addition the GOIC publishes studies[15][16] of the state of industries within the GCC, periodicals and maintains a number of useful databases.[17][18] It also runs a number of training programs and conferences in various industrial subjects.Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre (GIKC) will provide a unique set of GOIC’s outputs from various industrial studies and industrial investment opportunities,new reports about several industrial sectors.[19]The Sultanate of Oman hosted the 14th GCC Industrialists' Conference under the theme of "Industrial Exports: Opportunities & Challenges" on 2014 March 30 and 31.[20][21][22] The 15th Industrialists’ Conference on "FDI in GCC and its impact on industry" will be held in Kuwait for two days from Nov. 25, with the support of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait, and the participation of GCC ministers of industry[23]
Trust fund agreement between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Gulf Organization for industrial consulting regarding the implementation of a project entitled "Assistance in strengthening the Gulf Organization for industrial Consulting, Phase 2:Industiral subcontracting and partnership exchange[24]" signed on 17 February 2006.[25]
Based on the above agreement between United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO),[26] The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) is responsible for executing the subcontracting and partnership exchange program within GCC countries.[27][28][29]
References
- ↑ Secretary General at GCC swiss forum
- ↑ GCC industrial sector offers $1b investment opportunities
- ↑
- ↑ Beyond Regionalism?: Regional Cooperation, Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East
- ↑ Aparna Shivpuri Arya (21 November 2013). "Cooperation across border". Private Sector Qatar. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ - GOIC in news
- ↑ Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
- ↑ Dubai Exports
- ↑ General Secretariat for Development Planning Qatar
- ↑ Signing an Agreement between QC and “GOIC”
- ↑ Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf wikipedia
- ↑ Yemen joined GOIC in 2009
- ↑ Board of Directors
- ↑ Beyond Regionalism?: Regional Cooperation, Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East
- ↑ Privatization and Structural Adjustment in the Arab Countries
- ↑ Global Environment Outlook 3: Past, Present and Future Perspectives-United Nations Environment Programme
- ↑ goic-launches-industrial-market-portal.html - Industrial Market Intelligence Database
- ↑ IMI Plus
- ↑ Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre
- ↑ Industrial Exports: Opportunities & Challenges
- ↑ GCC conference to address foreign investment issues
- ↑ 13th Gulf Industrialists' Conference
- ↑ 15th Gulf Industrialists' Conference
- ↑ GSPX - GCC Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange
- ↑ United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- ↑ United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- ↑ EDC launches Dubai Subcontracting and Partnership eXchange programme
- ↑ Dubai-SPX brings boost for subcontractors
- ↑ GOIC and UNIDO Conclude Workshop on Montreal Convention