ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING

One task before the Knowledge for Development community is improving scientific and technological publishing in developing nations, and improving the publishing of S&T information related to the needs of developing nations and of the poor. An important organization in that respect is:

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
INASP is a co-operative network of partners aiming to improve world-wide access to information.
http://www.inasp.info/
Note especially the links provided by this site:
http://www.inasp.info/links/contents.html

I also list below four associations that are important in improving the editing of scientific and technological journals.

The Council of Science Editors
CSE's mission, according to its website, "is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information. It seeks "to serve members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange and to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information." The website has many useful materials related to science publishing.
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/

The European Association of Science Editors
The association is a non-governmental and non-profit-making organization operated for scientific and educational purposes, with some 25% of its members coming from continents other than Europe.
http://www.ease.org.uk/

World Association of Medical Editors
A voluntary association of editors from many countries who seek to foster international cooperation among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals.
http://www.wame.org/

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
ICMJE is an informal group whose participants fund and publish the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”, an influential body of standards for scientific publication. The website also has a number of other resources on scientific publication.
http://www.icmje.org/