• Best value rather than lowest price
Key messages
• Responsible employers, professional, well trained and motivated staff
• Innovative technology
• Of the people, assets and organisations
• Of the employees working for our companies
• Of society in general, through public-private partnerships
CoESS Committees
• Supporting the EU and national governments in developing legislation
• Fair competition between players
• Ensuring that providers of private security solutions meet the highest quality criteria
Best Value Initiative
• Engaging in a constructive and mutually beneficial dialogue with authorities
• Best practice and ethics
• Communicating clearly and in a transparent way to members and stakeholders
Members
Key Figures
- 25 national associations - 24 European countries, of which 19 EU Member States - 45,000 private security companies - 2 million private security employees - yearly turnover in Europe: over €40 billion.
News
- Germany establishes guards register: To increase transparency and trust in the security ...
- CoESS White Paper on Passenger Ship Security: Every year, 400 million passengers pass ...
- CoESS maritime experts visit Port of Antwerp: Ports and their infrastructures are a key ...
Best Value Initiative
Discover the manual 'Buying quality private security services', developed by CoESS and UNI-Europa with the financial support of the European Union.