Access to country overviews improved
A resource offering a global snapshot
You may not know about them but a few years ago, ESOMAR's Associations Executive Committee initiated a project to collate essential information from associations, your national representatives, and legal experts from the ESOMAR community.
ESOMAR would like to take this opportunity to thank your peers, and associations partners who are making this service possible and available to you for free.
What are the country overviews?
This collated information allows you to get an at-a-glimpse understanding of essential operational and compliance requirements you need to be aware of when operating in specific markets.
This essential crowd-sourced information is boosted with additional insight gleamed from our industry reports and also provide you with trusted partners from the ESOMAR Directory should you be looking to operate in a new market.
Improvements going live today
ESOMAR is delighted to inform you that we've improved access to this information, you can now access it from our Local Networks page and from our Resources section and we've also improved the look and feel of the country pages to make the information easier to read.
Kim Smouter
ESOMAR Committee Member, Chair of ESOMAR's Legal Affairs Committee at ENARKim L. Smouter Umans is currently ESOMAR's Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee. Kim L. Smouter Umans is also Director General of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), having joined the organisation in March 2022. Kim previously worked as ESOMAR’s Head of Public Affairs and Professional Standards, where he led ESOMAR's efforts championing the value of market, opinion and social research and data analytics.
Kim also served a stint as Secretary General of the European Network of National Civil Society Associations. As its first Secretary General, Kim laid the foundations for securing its role and its future as one of Europe’s leading bodies defending the interests of the non-profit sector by bringing together over 20 national civil society infrastructure platforms.
He has also served in various policy roles working for the North-East England Office in Brussels and in the European Parliament, working in the fields of social policy, education, and employment.
He holds a master’s degree in European Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in European Studies and is a graduate of the University of Maastricht.