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.
[1] It was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1992 to "improve access to information and knowledge through a commitment to capacity building in emerging and developing countries.
All the work of INASP aims to improve access to, and production and use of, research information and knowledge for sustainable development.
The charity focuses on the following key aspects of the research communication cycle: The Global Platforms for Equitable Knowledge Ecosystems (GPEKE) project seeks to build stronger and more equitable research systems both between North and South, and in three focus countries: Uganda, Ethiopia and Cambodia in partnership with Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, and Royal University of Phnom Penh.