The present study was launched on behalf of the European Commission and the OECD in April-July 2006. The aim of the project was to identify the state of present survey practices of the institutions that conduct business tendency surveys world-wide. The questionnaire that was sent to the executive institutions in 45 countries focused on the questions how and to what extent Internet has been integrated in the institutes’ survey practices. 32 institutes3 have responded to the questionnaire and provided information on their present survey techniques. Among them were all European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), two EU candidates (Bulgaria and Romania), two European non-EU countries Switzerland and Norway, as well as some non-European countries (Japan, South Africa and Brazil).