The document, entitled “Moving forward together for a more resilient Europe”, includes likewise important commitments of CoESS on how the private security industry will support the EU institutions on delivering on a fostered European Security Union in the upcoming years.

The recommendations touch upon a variety of important topics, notably the need for a consistent liability regime for acts of terrorism, a legal framework for the exchange of information in public-private partnerships, the lack of skilled workers, and the enforcement of best value procurement in the security sector.

With the policy recommendations, CoESS reiterates its commitment to act as a partner to the EU institutions. To support the EU in formulating future security policies, CoESS will continue to provide valuable proposals for better regulation and sharing of best practices as part of its activities in the European Commission’s Expert Groups, Social Dialogue and Standardisation.

As a first step, CoESS hopes that the new European Commission will engage in an ambitious follow-up on the recently published evaluation of Directive 2008/114/EC on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructures. In order to improve Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), CoESS stresses that at least 60% of criteria in CIP procurement tenders should mandatorily be based on quality.