CESSI - Institute for Comparative Social Research

CESSI (Institute for comparative social research) is leading marketing, public opinion and survey research organization in post Soviet region. We work in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, other Central Asia and Transcaucasian countries. With extensive network of well-trained and experienced interviewers in all these countries, CESSI offers field services in different survey modes (PAPI, CAPI, CATI, CAWI) and different samples (general population - national, regional, municipal samples, special groups of population – customers, stakeholders, government, media, business clients and providers, in hall testing). Our qualitative department offers the expertise in conducting focus-groups, IDIs, on-line focus groups, online and offline diaries, ethnographic surveys relying on high quality facilities in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Kyiv and over places, providing high quality online streaming and simultaneous translations into different languages, effective recruiting and professional moderators. CESSI is a team of professionals working in the research field for more than 25 years with good knowledge of the region, high professional skills and innovative approach to surveys. Our services include questionnaire design for online and offline surveys, translations and linguistic verification into different languages of post Soviet region, data processing and analysis, programming and supporting web-based surveys, management of cross-national surveys.