Founded in 1966, the European Association of Directory Publishers (EADP) owes 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.

Today, the EADP has some 180 members in 36 countries world-wide, including member companies based in the 25 EU member states but also in the candidate countries : publishers, suppliers of products and services for the publishing industry and 6 national associations representing 340 directory publishers.

EADP activities and membership advantages

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 on managing directories
- 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

The members of the association have the right to use the logo "Member of the European Association of Directory and Database Publishers", a quality label recognised in most countries . The EADP. logo on a publication offers a guarantee to the user that it has been compiled to extremely high quality standards and is in conformity with the Association's code of practice.

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The association’s directory "DIRECTORIES IN EUROPE"

The directory published annually on paper and regularly updated on our website lists all the members and their products.
The members offer a full range of information sources :
- Telecommunication directories (including white and yellow pages)
- Business-to-business directories
- Local directories
- Specialized and international trade directories
- International directories
- Business information directories
- Web, CD-Rom and on-line databases

A section of the directory is dedicated to the suppliers of the industry :
- paper producers
- printers
- pre-press specialists
- software developers
- Internet site developers
- digital map creators..

The Association receives numerous requests for information from firms all over the world looking for directories for a precise product or subject area. They are sent the Association's directory which thereby serves to enhance the notoriety of all its members' publications.

The EADP also sells advertising positions on its Internet Site and in the printed version of "Directories in Europe".