Founded in 1966, the European Association of Directory Publishers (EADP), which later became the EASDP, owed its existence to the aspirations of European publishers who anticipated the importance of intra-European contact and co-operation. Meanwhile, it has become the nerve centre for year-round contact and the key representative for the industry. It is the only international association in Europe to speak for the sector as a whole.

The EADP had some 180 members in 36 countries world-wide, including member companies based in the 27 EU member states but also in the candidate countries : publishers, suppliers of products and services for the publishing industry and 5 national associations representing 340 directory publishers.

Devoted to the promotion of the directory and database publishing industry the EADP includes in its activities:

• Publishing an up-to-date directory (print and Internet) with worldwide circulation listing its members and their products.
• Editing a newsletter
• Organizing an annual congress and a separate annual conference
• Monitoring EU activities of relevance to the sector
• Arranging benchmarking studies
• Compiling an annual statistical report
• Making awards for quality and excellence in directory publishing

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