Confirmit Horizons will support Ecorys as it conduct research studies and project work on behalf of central and local government, not-for-profit, and multi-national private sector clients in more than 100 countries.

Ray Lindley, associate director, policy and research survey team at Ecorys, said: “Our clients need us to be able to marry sound research with deep analysis. To help them formulate and evaluate social and economic programmes and policies, we need to be able to survey people from various backgrounds and countries, using a wide range of data collection methods.

“We also need to be able to interrogate that data and provide customised reports that will support the decision-making process so that our clients can manage and evaluate those programmes and policies and make a real difference.”

Tim Hannington, executive vice-president at Confirmit said: “A single-system approach to research will enable Ecorys to streamline and centralise many aspects of the data collection, analysis and administrative processes behind the scenes and to encourage increased collaboration between research teams and clients at the same time.”