• 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
- 22 national associations
- 21 European countries, of which 18 EU Member States
- 45,000 private security companies
- 2 million private security guards
- yearly turnover in Europe: over €40 billion.
News
- Evaluation: Directive 2008/114 on European Critical Infrastructures – The European ...
- Security Union : Progress Report and Debate in European Parliament - After the ...
- Europol : The EU Terrorist Threat and Tactics have become more complex in 2018 - ...
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.