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The Advertising Association exists to provide a co-ordinated service in the interests of its wider membership, i.e. the individual companies that make up this large, diverse and competitive business. Its remit is 'to promote and protect the rights, responsibilities and role of advertising' in the UK. This is in line with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which recognises commercial freedom of speech as a right, alongside political and artistic freedoms of speech. The AA is a non-profit-making company, limited by guarantee, and funded by a combination of subscriptions, donations and revenue-raising activities such as seminars and publications. SELF REGULATION One can neither promote nor defend the indefensible. The right of freedom of commercial speech is neither absolute nor unconditional. All parts of the industry - advertisers, agencies and the media - therefore have a long-term interest in protecting this freedom by upholding its probity. Since its formation in 1926, the AA has been pivotal in the development of standards and effective regulation. It was instrumental in setting up the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in 1962 and, in 1975, in enabling the foundation of the Advertising Standards Board of Finance (ASBOF) to provide secure and independent funding for the ASA at a time of severe legislative threat from Government. The AA is a board member of ASBOF and a member of the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), whose Advertising and Sales Promotion Codes are independently administered by the ASA. The AA is the only industry body, along with government, that has a right of consultation with the Chairman of ASBOF in the appointment of the independent Chairman of the ASA. The current Director-General of the AA is Chairman of CAP. In 1991, faced with a direct challenge from the European Commission, the AA again played a key role in the formation of the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), to demonstrate that self-regulation, within a statutory framework, could be an effective alternative to restrictive legislation at the European level. The EASA has continued to develop and now fulfils a prominent and effective role in Brussels. The AA is the UK national co-ordinator responsible for the UK financial contribution of the EASA. ? HOW WE WORK The fact is that the AA is its members. They learn about, review and direct its activities at every level - on the Council, which is the legal and representative body; in the Executive Committee and in the various committees and task forces operating within specific remits. It is imperative that all parts of the business are represented in the development of AA policies and actions; membership of these groups is drawn from both trade associations and key individual practitioners. This ensures the setting of priorities, maximum effectiveness and minimum duplication of effort and a constant readiness to respond to changing contexts and new challenges and issues as they arise. Every week, AA members are provided with a detailed briefing of all AA activities, industry developments and other news. The four key officers of the Association - the President, Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen - are always well-known and respected practitioners from the business, representing the advertiser, agency and media sectors. ? COMMUNICATIONS The Advertising Association monitors, analyses and advises on public policy and legislation affecting commercial communications, in Westminster, Whitehall, Strasbourg and Brussels. The AA is active in organising and leading campaigns where proposed advertising restrictions may affect a product, service, or the media, or have implications for the advertising business as a whole, and where an advertising tripartite position is requested by Government, Parliamentary Committees or other public authorities. Particular areas of campaigning include food, tobacco, alcohol, advertising to children and self-regulation. Executive briefs on such topics are published regularly for AA members and are available free from the Information Centre, or can be accessed by clicking here. The Advertising Association has an extensive promotional programme which seeks to inform and foster a better understanding of advertising issues amongst defined groups of opinion leaders including the media, politicians, academics and teachers. It arranges regular meetings with Ministers, MPs (including substantial activity at party conferences) and civil servants; produces resource materials for schools; publishes pamphlets on topical advertising issues and regularly briefs key journalists on issues of overall concern to the industry.Wherever possible the AA works with its member associations in the UK and with appropriate groupings and individuals in Europe. THE ADVERTISING INFORMATION GROUP The AA is a founding member of the Advertising Information Group, a European tripartite information monitoring and lobbying organization, founded in 1996 with other European advertising tripartites. It publishes a fortnightly newsletter 'NOTICES' which details and analyses legislative and political developments affecting all aspects of commercial communications in Europe and beyond, and holds discussion forums in Brussels. 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