INASP 25th Anniversary Timeline

INASP was founded in 1992. This timeline was created in 2017 to celebrate our 25th anniversary.

Visit www.inasp.info to learn more about INASP

1991-07-01 00:00:00

First GSM mobile telecoms network

1991-08-06 00:00:00

World Wide Web begins

1992-02-07 00:00:00

European Union created

The Maastricht Treaty to integrate Europe was signed by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands.

1992-05-01 00:00:00

INASP founded by ICSU

1993-01-23 00:00:00

Mosaic is first widely adopted web browser

1993-03-01 00:00:00

INASP Directory first published in print

1994-04-27 00:00:00

End of Apartheid in South Africa and election of Nelson Mandela

1994-12-01 00:00:00

INASP Directory distributed on hard disk

1995-01-01 00:00:00

World Trade Organization established

1995-06-26 00:00:00

The Nicaraguan Council of Science and Technology created

1996-04-01 00:00:00

INASP-Health launches

Between 1996 and 2004, INASP-Health coordinated activities in the area of health information support.

1996-07-01 00:00:00

First office in Oxford

1996-07-05 00:00:00

Dolly the sheep is first successfully cloned mammal

1996-12-01 00:00:00

Starts procuring publications on behalf of University of Asmara, Eritrea

1996-12-01 00:00:00

INASP SIDA Partnership

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Kofi Annan becomes UN Secretary-General

1997-12-01 00:00:00

LATINDEX established

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Workshops for journal editors and publishers in several African countries

1997-12-01 00:00:00

South-South Rural Development Network launches

1998-09-04 00:00:00

Google Incorporated

1998-12-01 00:00:00

First train-the-trainers workshops on 'Using the Internet'

1998-12-01 00:00:00

INASP website launches

1998-12-01 00:00:00

INASP Directory of Organizations and Networks in Rural Development: Africa is published

1999-01-01 00:00:00

Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) launches

1999-01-01 00:00:00

Introduction of the Euro

1999-05-01 00:00:00

Change of emphasis to greater focus on supporting activities of organizations in the South

1999-12-01 00:00:00

World population reaches six billion

1999-12-01 00:00:00

INASP/British Council Workshop

INASP/British Council international workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age

2000-08-01 00:00:00

African Journals Online launches, following pilot

2000-09-01 00:00:00

Launch of Millennium Development Goals

2000-10-01 00:00:00

Public Library Revitalisation three-year contract begins

Three-year contract begins to provide advisory and liaison services to the Public Library Revitalisation programme

2000-10-31 00:00:00

International Space Station begins operations

2001-01-15 00:00:00

Wikipedia launched

2001-05-26 00:00:00

African Union established

2001-09-11 00:00:00

September 11 attacks in New York

2001-10-01 00:00:00

African Journals Online Publishing Project starts

2001-12-01 00:00:00

Zimbabwe University Librarians Consortium forms

2001-12-01 00:00:00

70 titles and over 2,400 registered users

2001-12-01 00:00:00

Research4Life launches

2001-12-01 00:00:00

PERI pilot begins

2001-12-01 00:00:00

Networking Organisations and Networks in Rural Development (South-South)

2002-02-14 00:00:00

Budapest Open Access Initiative

2002-03-01 00:00:00

Final print INASP Directory was published

2003-04-01 00:00:00

Human Genome Project is completed

2003-10-01 00:00:00

Move to larger office space

2003-10-02 00:00:00

INASP becomes UK limited company

2003-10-22 00:00:00

Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

2003-12-01 00:00:00

First JOL workshop for journal editors in Kenya

2003-12-01 00:00:00

First Bandwidth Management and Optimisation report published

2003-12-01 00:00:00

Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium established

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