About INASP

INASP's work focuses on communication, knowledge and networks, with particular emphasis on the needs of developing and emerging countries.

We respond to their national priorities for:

  • access to national and international scholarly information and knowledge 
  • capacities to use, create, manage and communicate scholarly information and knowledge via appropriate ICTs
  • national, regional and international co-operation, networking and knowledge exchange

We also advise and advocate for improved policy and practice in achieving sustainable and equitable development through effective communication, knowledge and networks.

INASP was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1992, and was registered as a UK charity in 2004.

Based in Oxford and governed by an international Board of Trustees, INASP is run with a small number of full-time staff working with, and through, partners and networks in over one hundred countries.

INASP's work is funded by its partner countries, governmental and non-governmental development agencies, and philanthropic foundations.  

INASP Brochure (Document 162kb)