4th European Conference on Private Security: towards a European Model
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Table of Contents - Madrid 14 & 15 October.

Programme
· Final programme available in English (PDF, 45 KB).
Speeches and presentations

Thursday 14 October 2004

a. Official Opening Session

· Introduction by Mr Victor GARCÍA HIDALGO, General Director of Spanish Police
· Introduction by Mr Bernard JANSEN, Director, Adaptability, Social Dialogue and Social Rights, DG Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission

The view point of the Social Partners: “The effectiveness of the European Model”
· Mrs Bernadette SÉGOL, Regional Secretary, UNI-Europa
· Mr Marc PISSENS, President, CoESS
· Mr Juan SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ, General Secretary, FES-UGT, Spain
· Mr Alfonso TOMAS HERRERO, President, APROSER, Spain

Presentation of the “Panorama of European Private Security”, Mrs Lilany MORRÉ, Head of Research

The European Commission and its policies towards a single European market for services, including private security services, Mr Stefano SIGNORE, Unit E1, Directorate E: Services, Copyright, Industrial Property and Data Protection, European Commission, DG Internal Market

b. Working Session I "The European Model on Private Security in some key areas"

First Part "Cash in Transit and transport of Valuables form a European perspective"

Introduction of the joint CoESS and UNI-Europa study on regulations on CIT in EU 15: Mr Bernard DUMOULIN, President CoESS Working Committee "Cash-in-transit"

Panel:
Mr Frédéric de BROUWER, Head of Department, Legal /Fraud - Money Laundering - Terrorism Financing/ Social/ International Matters, European Banking Federation (EBF)
Mr Francis RAVEZ, Secretary General, ESTA (European Security Transport Association)
Mr Vincent ANCORA, Honorary National Secretary CSC-AS, Belgium
Mr Göran LARSSON, Officer, Swedish Transport Workers' Union, Sweden

Second Part "Security at airports and other high risk sites"

Introductory speech: Mr Eckard SEEBOHM, Head of Unit: Air and Sea Security, DG Transport and Energy, European Commission

Panel:
Mr Tom BALANOFF, President SEIU Local 1 (Chicago), United States
Mrs Isabelle LELIEUR, Head of Legal Department, UCCEGA - Union of Chambers of Commerce and Administrating Establishments of Airports, France
Mr Friedrich KÖTTER, General Secretary EASA - European Aviation Security Association, and Kötter Aviation, Germany
Mr Henk VAN UNNIK, Director, Port Security Development Group, Rotterdam, and President International Association of Airport and Seaport Police, the Netherlands

The Spanish model of Social Dialogue, Mr Jaime MONTALVO CORREA, President, Economic and Social Council, Spain

c. Working Session II "The European Model form a Social Perspective"

Introductory speech: Mr Manlio MAZZIOTA, Head International Department, CGIL - FILCAMS, Italy (speech - slides)

Panel:
Mr John BYRNE, Chairman of the Academic Board of the Security Institute of Ireland (National Security Training Body), Ireland
Mr Claude LEVY, President, CoESS Working Committee Social Dialogue, Honorary President UFISS, France
Mr Valter SURIAN, Responsible for International Policy, CFDT - Services, France
Mr Valter CORTESE, Researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and author of the joint CoESS and UNI-Europa analysis on modernisation of work organisation

d. Working Session III "The European Model and the new EU Member States"

Introductory speech: Mr Jerzy KONIECZNY, Former Polish Internal Affairs Minister, Professor in Criminology, Poland

Panel:
Dr Stephan LANDROCK, President of the CoESS Working Committee on Enlargement and President VSÖ, Austria
Mr Sergejus GLOVACKAS, Project Coordinator, ICFTU, Lithuania
Mr Arpad SASVÁRI, President, Chamber of Bodyguards, Property Protection and Private Detectives, Hungary
Mr John ARGHYROU, President, Cyprus Association of Security Companies, Cyprus
Mr Jan RYBCZYNSKI, Vice-Director of the Department of Permits and Concessions, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Poland

 

Friday 15 October 2004

a. Working Session IV "The European Model from a quality perspective"

Introductory speech: Mr Thomas BERGLUND, Group President and CEO, Securitas, Sweden

Panel:
Mr Hans BENNETZEN, Divisional President, Security Services Europe, Group 4 Securicor
Mrs Caroline COUTEREEL, Security Planning Officer, BIAC (Belgian International Airport Corporation), Belgium
Mr Kevin MacMAHON, Security Services Branch Secretary, SIPTU, Ireland
Mr Benjamin SANCHEZ SOBRINO, Sectoral Secretary, Security Services, UGT-FES, Spain

b. Working Session V "The European Model of Public-Private Partnership"

Introductory speech: Mr Willem VAN HASSEL, President VPB, the Netherlands

Panel:
Mr Jan CAPPELLE, Director, Private Security, Belgian Ministry for the Interior
Mr Allan BLACK, National Officer, Commercial Services - GMB, United Kingdom
Mr David DICKINSON, Chief Executive, BSIA, United Kingdom
Mr Massimo PINNA, Manager of the Office of the Administrative Police, Department of Police, Ministry of the Interior, Italy

c. Official Closing Session

· Conclusions by:
  o Mrs Bernadette SEGOL, Regional Secretary, UNI-Europa
  o Mr Marc PISSENS, President, CoESS
  o Mr Juan SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ, General Secretary, FES - UGT, Spain
  o Mr Alfonso TOMAS HERRERO, President, APROSER, Spain

· Closing by Mr Pedro Luis CALVO POCH, Member of the Madrid Town Council, Responsible for Security and Community Services

 

Biographical notes of the speakers
· Available in English (PDF, 88 KB).
Joint Declaration by CoESS and UNI-Europa "Towards a European Model of Private Security"
· Full text available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Danish (PDF, approx. 40 KB each).
Comparative overview of the legislations on CIT in 15 EU Member States

· Full text available in English, French and Spanish; (PDF, approx. 110 KB each)
· Tables Cash in Transit legislation available in English, French and Spanish (PDF, approx. 450 KB each).

European Training Manual
· Full text available in English (PDF, 1826 KB) and French (PDF, 1847 KB).
Panoramic Overview

· Full text available in English:

· Summaries available in Italian, Spanish, German, French and Danish (PDF, approx. 42 KB each).

Pictures
· Available soon.

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