«Ekspert fikri»
	Center for Socio-economical and Marketing Research
«Ekspert fikri» was founded in1991
English		Русский
Executive director – Arustan Joldasov

Office address: 97a, Khurshid Street, Tashkent 100128, Uzbekistan Mailing address: 97a, Khurshid Street, Tashkent 700128, Uzbekistan Tel: (+99871) 2410930, 2415005, 2417726, 2410402 Fax: (+99871) 2410488 E-mail: arslan@expert-center.uz Principal activities in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Socio-economical surveys Marketing surveys Public opinion polls Press monitoring and content analysis since 1993 Consultations, training and workshops More than 1000 surveys devoted to the following topics: marketing; communication and mass-media; business environment; reforms in agriculture; environment; energy consumption; ethnic identity and religiousness; living standards; social stratification; nets and capital; conflicts, migration, ethnic minorities; education and health; infrastructure; gender issues; drugs and HIV/AIDS issues; and many others. Staff and facilities •  20 permanent employees; •  150 interviewers and line supervisors recruited on a part time contract basis; •  regular certification of interviewers and supervisors; •  network of local branches in 12 regions; •  providing supervision over at least 10 interviewers; •  own data entry division; •  35 computerized workplaces linked into a network; •  office of 200 square meters, with a hall for training and workshops, and a room with one-way mirror for focus group discussions; •  2 publishing desktops, 2 copiers; •  video and audio recording equipment for qualitative research; •  SPSS PC software, databases either in SPSS and DBF formats. Skills and qualification •  Summer School on Statistics, Essex University •  School on Statistics, Michigan University •  Faculty of Sociology, Moscow State University •  Faculty of Sociology, Tashkent State University •  Faculty of Mathematics, Tashkent State University •  Faculty of Biology, Tashkent State University •  Faculty of Chemistry, Tashkent State University and others Research methods used •  quantitative method (door-to-door, face-to-face interviews, etc.); •  qualitative research (focus groups, in-depth interviews, PRA and PPA, case studies, etc.); •  CATI - Computer Assisted Telephone Interview.

Provided stages of surveys •  sample design and implementation; (up to 7,000 households) •  questionnaire design, adaptation and translation into local languages; •  questionnaire pretest; •  training of interviewers and supervisors; (using test exam) •  fieldwork; •  quality control; (with re-visits of 10-20% of interviewed respondents/households) •  data encoding, entry, and cleaning; •  data analysis; •  preparation of analytical reports; •  preparation of reports on field works and sample implementations; •  presentations and workshops. Clients and Partners: •  ABA/CEELI. •  ABT – Zdraw-plus. •  Afkor (Tajikistan) •  Asian Development Bank. •  BAT – British American Tobacco. •  BAS Program (EBRD). •  BBC World. Media Audience Survey. •  BRIF (Kazakhstan). •  Cambridge University. •  Center for Economical Research (Uzbekistan). •  CESSI (Russia and Kazakhstan). •  Counterpart Consortium. •  El – Pikir (Кyrgyzstan) •  ELLE. •  Eurasia Group (US). •  European University Institute, Florence. •  GTZ (Germany). •  Inter-media Survey Institute. •  Internet company. •  International Foundation for Election Systems. •  Japan International Cooperation Agency. •  Johns Hopkins University. •  John Snow, Inc/World Bank. •  Michigan University. •  Ministry of Health Protection, Republic of Uzbekistan. •  Medicines san Frontiers. •  Mercy Corp. •  National Bank, Uzbekistan. •  Natural Resources Management Project/USAID. •  Open Society Institute. •  OSCE. • Osteuropa Institute (Germany). •  Panorama (Tajikistan) •  PIAR/SIAR.Turkey. •  Public Service International. •  Reynolds Tobacco (RJR). •  ROMIR (RUSSIA). •  State Department of Statistics, Republic of Uzbekistan. •  State Committee for Nature Protection, Republic of Uzbekistan. •  Stone and Webster, Inc/World Bank. •  The Futures Group. •  Unilever Export. •  UNDP. •  UNESCO. •  UNFPA. •  UNHCR •  UNICEF. •  UN International Organization for Migration •  UNIFEM. •  U.S. Institute of Peace. •  World Bank. And many others since 1990.