Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) and UNI-Europa, the European social partners for commerce
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Summary of the initiative
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Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) and UNI-Europa, the European social partners for commerce Website(s) :
Objective(s):
To contribute to the development of the social dialogue relating to health and safety in the workplace at European, national and company level. To contribute to risk prevention in the area of health and safety by determining the causes of these risks and providing the basis for a tool aimed at informing and raising the awareness of the various actors within the sector, especially the workers themselves. To promote greater professionalism in the sector by providing the means with which to increase and enhance the skills and aptitudes of private security staff in the field of health and safety. To help identify a series of necessary conditions in order to ensure worker welfare in the sector. Making security guards understand the risks they face in doing their jobs and the methods for preventing them or dealing with their consequences.