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Investors Support and Information Center - ISIC
The Investors Support and Information Center - ISIC is designed to become a center of excellence in serving as a “front-office” gateway to IDAL, providing comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date information to prospective investors, and in facilitating their decision-making, through a highly qualified professional staff, client-based attitudes and procedures, and the application of advanced information technologies.
The ISIC represents the core tool for attracting investors, it provides a client-driven mechanism using investor’s needs and interests as a focal point for design, updating and continual operation.
ISIC Role and Activities
The ISIC mission is carried out through the following substantive roles and activities:
- Collecting information related to investments;
- Drafting promotional materials;
- Disseminating information to investors;
- Providing pre-investment support;
- Establishing good ties with other organizations and governmental agencies;
- Acting as central point for investor information;
- IDAL Front Office;
ISIC Potential Users
ISIC is most beneficial and targets mainly:
- Lebanese and foreign investors;
- Public and private entities;
- Researchers;
- Academics and students;
- Others;
Disseminated Data through ISIC
The availability of accurate information is a challenge in Lebanon, but is improving.
The categories of the published information are:
- Macroeconomic, fiscal, monetary and external balances;
- Socio-demographic and population data;
- Regulatory environment and business costs;
- The labor, real estate and financial markets;
- The tourism, agriculture, manufacturing and technology sectors;
- Sector studies and business opportunities;
The ISIC main sources of information are:
- Ministries
- Public Institutions
- Chambers of Commerce
- NGO’s
- Syndicates
- Associations
- Private Sector
- Media
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