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Quality

Quality

Best value rather than lowest price
Responsible employers, professional, well trained and motivated staff
Innovative technology

Best Value Initiative

Safety

Safety

Of the people, assets and organisations
Of the employees working for our companies
Of society in general, through public-private partnerships

Vision and objectives

Compliance

Compliance

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

Trust

Trust

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

Quality

Quality

Best value rather than lowest price
Responsible employers, professional, well trained and motivated staff
Innovative technology

Best Value Initiative

Safety

Safety

Of the people, assets and organisations
Of the employees working for our companies
Of society in general, through public-private partnerships

Vision and objectives

Compliance

Compliance

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

Trust

Trust

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

Key Figures

23 national associations from 17 EU Member States
45,000 private security companies
2 million private security guards
yearly turnover in Europe: over €40 billion.

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EU Data Act

The European Security Industry urges EU policymakers to exclude security-related data from the legislative proposal to prevent serious cyber and physical security vulnerabilities.

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Labour Shortages

CoESS and UNI Europa published an EU-funded study on labour and skills shortages in the European private security industry

White Paper

CoESS and Euralarm - Joint Cybersecurity Guidelines 2019

White Paper

CoESS White Paper - The New Normal 2.0: Private Security and COVID-19 in Europe

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.

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