CoESS - Acting as the voice of the security industry

Quality

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

Best Value Initiative

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

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

Key messages

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

EU Committees

Quality

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

Best Value Initiative

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

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

Key messages

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

EU Committees

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.

News

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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

What are effective ways to manage labour shortages in the private security services in a sustainable way across Europe? The EU Social Partners, CoESS and UNI Europa, provide answers.