Second European Summit on Private Security

CoESS/ALMEGA Second European Summit on Private Security
December 8, 2009
Berns Salongers
Stockholm, Sweden

 

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, CoESS and ALMEGA, the Swedish Private Security Association, in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Workers' Union, launched the Second European Summit on Private Security, which took place at Hotel Berns Salongers in Stockholm, Sweden. This edition was a sequel to the First European Summit on Private Security that was organised by CoESS and INHES, Institut National des Hautes Etudes de Sécurité, in December 2008 in Paris, France, under the auspices of the French Presidency of the European Union. The Second Summit brought together some 180 stakeholders from all European countries, including the 27 EU Member States, active in the field of private and public security. CoESS and ALMEGA were honoured to welcome a representative of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union, Beatrice Ask, Swedish Minister of Justice, who delivered the keynote speech on a Nordic Model of public-private security partnership. The Summit had a double ambition. On the one hand, it discussed public-private security partnerships from a Nordic perspective. On the other, it offered the ideal platform to broaden CoESS' Awareness-Raising Campaign advocating a more coherent, global and integrated approach towards private security in the European Union. A debate was organised to discuss the future of the private security sector focusing on a variety of themes: harmonisation of legislation, models of cooperation, quality of services and new security services all set against a challenging economic backdrop. Through these discussions, CoESS, ALMEGA and their representatives highlighted the key role and growing importance of private security both at European and at national level, not only quality- and quantity-wise, but also increasingly in the public domain. On the occasion of this event, CoESS and ALMEGA presented an updated version of the joint White Paper that was first published in December 2008 (‘Private Security and its Role in European Security'). The 2009 edition, entitled 'Private and public security in the Nordic countries', available in English and in Swedish, consists of two parts. Part I comprises an update of the European private security landscape and Part II focuses on private and public security from a Nordic perspective.

Please click here in order to download the official press release entitled ‘CoESS seeks harmonisation and streamlining of regulations affecting the private security sector'.

 

2009 White Book – ‘Private and public security in the Nordic countries'

Please click here to download the 2009 White Book entitled ‘Private and public security in the Nordic countries' in English. Please click here to download it in Swedish.

 

Speaker presentations and speeches

  • Opening and welcome address by Marc Pissens, President of CoESS, on behalf of CoESS
  • Address by Hilde De Clerck, Secretary-General of CoESS
  • Keynote address by Beatrice Ask, Swedish Minister of Justice
  • Address by Marcus Lindström, Secretary-General of ALMEGA Private Security
  • Address by Lars Lindgren, President of the Swedish Transport Workers' Union
  • Address by Esteban Gándara Trueba, Head of the Spanish Private Security Unit, Spanish Police
  • Address by Gunter Ceuppens, Head of Unit Integrated Security Policy, Belgian Ministry of the Interior

 

Evaluation form

We would highly appreciate your filling out the conference evaluation form and telling us about your experiences and ideas. We will make sure to take your remarks into consideration for our next conference.

Please click here in order to download the evaluation form. Please send it to the CoESS General Secretariat for follow-up via e-mail: secretariat@i-b-s.be, fax: +32 2 460 14 31 or ordinary mail: Jan Bogemansstraat 249, B-1780 Wemmel, Belgium. Thank you in advance!

 

Official invitation

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Programme

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Registration form

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Meeting venue details

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Attendees

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Press coverage

 

Picture material

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CoESS Fact Sheet

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Contact

Should you have any queries and/or remarks regarding this event and/or regarding the materials provided on this webpage, please do not hesitate to contact the CoESS General Secretariat:

CoESS General Secretariat
Jan Bogemansstraat | Rue Jan Bogemans 249
B-1780 Wemmel
Belgium

T +32 2 462 07 73
F +32 2 460 14 31

E-mail: apeg-bvbo@i-b-s.be
Web: www.coess.eu

 

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