The Mission of the Membership Committee is to strengthen the membership base, to achieve association membership goals such as to conduct association assessments, to determine strengths and weaknesses, to create a positive association image that is attractive to prospective and current members alike; to develop and improve programs to educate and train new and current ECTA members and to develop cooperation and exchange of expertise with other trade mark related international as well as national associations. The Committee is also responsible for the enforcement of the Code of Conduct of ECTA that contains general principles concerning the professional conduct of the Members of the Association, thus complementing the statues and By-laws of the Association.