Fernando Guedes chaired the Associaçao Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros (APEL–1969–1972 and 1983– 1987) and was the last President of the predecessor of the Federation of European Publishers (FEP)–the GELC or the Groupement des Editeurs de Livres de la Communauté (1988–1990). He was a Cultural Advisor to the EEC from 1988 to 1991, and was a member of UNESCO’s Publications Committee.