Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) and UNI-Europa

Summary of the initiative

Name
Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) and UNI-Europa
Objective(s)
To establish this framework, which can be tailored to the national level and which, in line with national legislation, can be regarded as a minimum standard. The training aims at three specialised private security profiles: mobile patrolling, alarm response centres and airport security.

Description of the Initiative

    Sector

    Sector

    Contact Point - Commission
    http://ec.europa.eu/staffdir/plsql/gsys_page.display_index?pLang=EN

    Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act

    PRIVATE ACT
    Year
    2006
    Title of Act
    CoESS and UNI Europa, European Educational Toolkit for three Private Security Activities/Profiles: Mobile Patrolling - Alarm Response Centres - Airport Security manual, 2006

    Geographical Coverage

    Global coverage
    Participating Countries
    Austria
    Other countries
    Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia

    Description

    Problems that lead to the introduction of Self/Co-Regulation and the adoption of the Founding Act
    In Europe, no generic training manual existed setting a framework for private security guards working in three specific private security segments: mobile patrolling, alarm response centres and airport security.
    Target Group(s)
    Security guards in the private security sector.
    Type of Instrument(s)
    Training manual.
    Type of Financing
    European Commission funding for the manual.
    Type of Monitoring
    Conduct an initial survey of compliance capacity of future regulateesConduct regular visits and spot checksInitiate complaints proceduresMaintain database of those bounded by the normsProduce regular reportsReceive complaints and verify if norms were breached or notReflexive dialogue with the - stakeholdersOther
    European Commission
    National public authority
    International public authority
    Private regulator (code owner)
    Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors)
    Self-appointed private parties (e.g. NGOs)
    Succinct description of the type of Monitoring
    No specific scheme, but general commitment by the signatory partners. Monitoring is essentially left to the businesses themselves, nevertheless, the representative organisations (CoESS and UNI Europa) have committed themselves to monitor and evaluate the work.
    Type of Enforcement
    Faming, shaming and blamingJudicial sanctionsMembership suspension/exclusionPrivate finesOther
    Private Regulator
    Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors)
    Court system
    Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) / Online dispute resolution (ODR)

    Results of Commission Monitoring

    Monitoring periodicity / next evaluation
    2011