Advisory Committee on Enforcement: Sixteenth Session
January 31 to February 2, 2024 (Geneva, Switzerland) 10:00 - 18:00 Geneva time
Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE)
The Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) was established by the 2002 WIPO General Assemblies with a mandate to carry out technical assistance and coordination in the field of enforcement (norm-setting is explicitly excluded from the mandate).
Within the framework of recommendation 45 of the WIPO Development Agenda, the ACE focuses on:
- coordinating with public and private organizations to combat counterfeiting and piracy
- public education
- assistance
- coordination to undertake national and regional training programs for all relevant stakeholders and
- exchange of information on enforcement issues.
Membership of the ACE (which emerged from various previous committees and meetings) is open to all member states of WIPO and/or of the Paris Union and/or of the Berne Union.
Delegates at a meeting of the ACE (Photo: WIPO). More ACE photos on Flickr.
Meetings and documents
Advisory Committee on Enforcement: Fifteenth Session
August 31 to September 2, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Background documents
- Mandate of the ACE (paragraphs 114(ii) and 120)
- Membership & rules of procedure (paragraphs 8-14)