Research and knowledge saves lives Our vision is of research and knowledge at the heart of development – where decisions are informed by relevant and rigorous evidence, and where knowledge is created with the communities it is intended to serve. That requires many voices, many institutions and many types of knowledge. We call it an equitable knowledge ecosystem. Our mission is to support Southern individuals and institutions to make that possible. 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 staff and a team of Associates spanning 13 countries.