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If you would like to have a real impact on the creation of rules that should guide marketing communication, join the group of member companies and organisations.
Ordinary members of the Council may include only the following parties: associations or other organisations with legal personality whose members or supporting members are advertising market participants, representing the communities of advertisers and promoters, including advertising agencies and media houses acting on behalf of advertisers and the media. GET A DECLARATION
Supporting members of the Union of Associations Advertising Council may include legal entities with profit-making purposes operating in one of the groups of advertising market participants: advertisers, promoters, including advertising agencies and media houses acting for the benefit of advertisers and the media. GET A DECLARATION
Membership in the Union of Associations Advertising Council provides you with the opportunity to:
  • Influence the shaping of the highest ethical standards in advertising consistent with the Code of Ethics in Advertising
  • Participate in the organisation whose members support and apply the provisions of the Code of Ethics in Advertising
  • Co-create legal provisions and rules to ensure a secure legal environment for marketing communications
  • Participate in the exchange of international business experience
  • Co-create a platform for debate on important subjects in marketing communication
  • Apply protective measures against unfair competition
  • Have a real impact on lowering the costs of competing in the market and on maximisation of the long-term return on marketing investments
  • Join the group of experts, expand the network of contacts, as well as appoint your experts to serve on the bodies of the Union of Associations Advertising Council or among the arbitrators of the Code of Ethics in Advertising
Self-regulation Recent years have seen a clear evolvement of the awareness of consumers and their expectations that business environments will take more responsibility for the problems of the modern world, such as environmental threats, poverty or growing social inequalities, but also ethical rules of conduct towards stakeholders.
Brand loyalty, sales of products represented by brands and companies’ market shares can grow only through consumer confidence.
Self-regulation creates a level playing field for fair competition and space for good business practices, and thus reduces the costs of competing in the market. It helps to identify and exclude dishonest traders who deliberately operate at the edge of the law for short-term commercial advantage.
By demonstrating that the advertising industry is able to protect the advertising environment from those who do not follow the rules, self-regulation improves the image of business in society.
Responsible advertising reduces the likelihood that legal bans in the area of marketing communication will be introduced. Only businesses willing to take on voluntary restrictions can establish a partnership with the regulators and engage in a dialogue with them.