CONTENT OF PROJECT

In the project form is foreseen to deal with actual questions of national and European social dialog between employers and branch syndicates in EU member states. It is intention to strengthen the cooperation on national level, to discharge the actual conflicts with the help of international comparisons and samples of best practice and also to activate other national branch organizations of social partners with accompaniment of European organizations. In the participated states will also be achieved strengthening of the meaning of social dialog with the help of wide public.

GROUNDING OF PROJECT

Based on existent researches, it is possible to assume the existence of much of difficulties in activity of private security on this field in new member states of EU. Here belongs incomprehensible price and pay dumping and from this issuing the problems for quality services and nega75

tive public image of branch. Here also belong difficulties issuing from too large closeness of state institutions (MIA, Police) to economic activity of private security.

GOALS OF PROJECT

Main goal of project is to raise value of branch meaning, which is very important considering above mentioned large problems. This should occur with enlargement of possibility of international contacts and agreements and also with achieving more reliable base in national associations of social partners. How this will be realized in individual cases, stays left to participated organizations (the project only connect them, and show them communed questions and tasks).

Important goal is also to include the states, which until now did not cooperate in European social dialog in activity of security (Bohemia, Slovakia) and also to attract them with convenient activities to take part in certain degree. From the side of the project, can at the beginning also contribute national conferences, in which at first want occurred direct cooperation with organizations of social partners (for example: with free associations and competent state agency).

The project can also mean only the start up for further development on social dialog field within activity with private security in these states. In the meantime in some states already some possibilities for agreements exist, as well for social dialog, in other states a great success will be, only with possibility to gather all social partners to common table. According to these facts it is possible to anticipate that the evaluation of preceding the efforts on which the project goes by is very important in future.

PARTNERS OF THE PROJECT

From Slovenia:
- Zbornica za razvoj slovenskega zasebnega varovanja, ZRSZV
- Sindikat komunale, varovanja in poslovanja z nepremičninami Slovenije, SKVNS

From Poland:
- NSZZ Solidarnosz
- PZP Ochrona

From Croatia:
- Croatian Security Association, HCZ

From Hungary:
- Magyar Biztonsági Vállalkozások Munkaadói Szövetsége, MBVMSZ
- Vagyonvédelmi Szakszervezetek Szövetsége, VSZSZ

From Romania:
- Romanian Security Industry Association, ARIS
- Employs Security Services - PatroSec
- GUARD Romania, Cartel Alfa
- Cartel Alfa – International Dep.
- Cartel Alfa Caras-Severin

From Bulgaria:
- National Association of Industrial Security Companies, NAFTSO
- Confederation of Branch Organisations in the Private Security Sector, CBOPSS
- Guards and Security Employees National Trade Union, GSENTU
- Women Association in Private Security, WAPS

From Lithuania:
- Lithuanian Service Workers Trade Union, LPSDPS

From Macedonia (as observer):
- Chamber of the Republic of Macedonia for private security, KRMO

From Deutschland:
- Bundesverband Deutscher Wach- und Sicherheitsunternehmen, BDWS
- Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, Ver.di

Professional support is in project assured by:

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, namely by regional organizations:
- Regional project " Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South-East Europe"
- Regional Coordinator for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe

The project is supported by European organization of employee UNI – Europa.

Confederation of European Security Services CoESS - collaborate in name of members.

TERMS OF KONFERENCES

On 14th and 15th February 2008 was in Ljubljana the start-up conference and conference where we discuss about work plan as well (see the minutes). On this conference project partners have together defined the terms for next conferences by performing the project, as also the goals and contents of national conferences and discuss further procedures. For now the next terms of conferences were agreed:

In days 3rd and 4th April 2008 was a meeting of employer’s side of project in Borovets, Bulgaria (see the minutes).

In Poland in Warszawa was on 26th June 2008 the 2nd planned conference (see the minutes).
Agenda
- Report on the recent project activities and introduction of new partners PZP Ochrona and Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung
- Discussion of themes and details of conferences in Croatia (July 17th/18th) and Hungary (Sept. 11th/12th 2008)
- Discussion of themes and targets, rescheduling of project conferences in: Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Brussels

Croatia, 17th and 18th July 2008 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- Opportunities of Social Dialog
- Politics of Social Dialog in Croatia
- Situation of Social Dialog in Croatia
- Problems of private security in Croatia: unfair competition, respect for regulations and minimum wages, difficulties in employing security personnel introduction of minimum standards
- Problems of professional qualifications for security staff
- Development of standards and working conditions
- Work with the public authorities (to develop rules and standards for licences and vocational training to provide a framework for the sector's activities)
- Stress in private security, professionalism, attitude to workers

Hungary, 11th and 12th September 2008 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- Crime prevention and Private Security Industry
- The target and importance of this European project and conference
- The Hungarian system of reconciliation of interest, with special regard to Sectoral Social Dialogue
- The questions had to be solved in Collective Agreement
- The European Social Dialogue in the private security sector
- Debate and consultation about the Collective Agreement
- Organizational framework of Sectoral Social Dialogue and providing the operational conditions for Sectoral Social Dialogue committees by the Government
- Legislation of Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee and its activities
- Education and training in the Private Security Industry in Hungary
- Against the unfair competition, black and grey work in Hungary; Selecting best value
- Against the unfair competition, black and grey work in Bulgaria
- Against the unfair competition, black and grey work in Rumania

Slovenia, 9th and 10th October 2008 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- Situation of Social Dialog in Slovenia
- Strategy of improving the cooperation between security guarantee subjects
- Previous development of private security in Slovenia and conditions for suitable branch evaluation
- Salary problems in private security field
- National professional qualifications in field of security
- The importance of standardization for branch development
- Media warning on reasonableness of novel act of private security
- The synergy of security factors – requests, impediments, possibilities
- Education and reputation of occupation
- The meaning of Social Dialog for development of economy
- Harmonization on private security market in EU
- The influence of reclamations on quality of private security
- Problems of public orders service for economic companies of special importance
- Public subscriber questions of private security
- Internal Affairs Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia
- Best value
- Round table: Quality of private security and public competitions

Bulgaria, 13th and 17th November 2008 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- The importance of the project and the conference
- Changes in the Public Procurement Act as a guarantee for more transparency and restriction of the possibility for subjective estimation on the part of the assignor
- Social dialogue - factor for the development of the private sector and as an opposition to the vicious public tenders (in view of the employers and trade union)
- Implementation in Bulgaria of European experience regarding to the standards of conduct / ethics in the private security sector and the “Best Value of Services”
- Against unfair competition, black/grey work and low prices of the services - good practices
- Implementation of the European Social Dialogue in the private security sector
- Presentation of Hungarian system for social dialogue and professional training at the private security sector
- Collective agreement at the private security sector in Bulgaria
- Situation of the Social Dialog at private security sector in Bulgaria
        - Benefit of the social dialogue in employers’ favour
        - Vocational training in the security industry
        - Shortage of human resources and possibilities for their motivation

Romania, 10th and 11th December 2008 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- The importance of the project and of the conference
- Private security – professional standards
- The need to implement a legal aspect for the social dialogue
- The cooperation between Military Police Force and Private Security Companies
- Several comparisons on field of private security in EU member states
- Present state of Social Dialogue in Romania
- Round table “Situation on filed of private security in Romania with special regard to working conditions of security staff”
- Occupation Standards and related qualifications
- Assessment and certification of nonformal and informal learning system in Romania
- Vocational training standards for security staff in Europe - a challenge for Social Dialogue
- Associative structures in a professional dialogue framework
- The cooperation and the dialogue between Romanian Police Department for Public Order and the Private Security Companies

Lithuania, 22nd and 23rd January 2009 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- Situation of Social Dialogue in Lithuania
- Social dialogue with the public authorities to develop legislation and framework for trade unions and security workers
- Situation of Social Dialogue in private security sector in Baltic states
- Problems of competition and performing of standards in private security sector
- Collective agreements - improvement of working conditions and the image of private security sector
- Round table “Situation in private security sector in Lithuania with special regard to working conditions of security staff”
- The importance of the project and of the conference
- Country reports about social dialogue in private security sector

Poland, 26th and 27th February 2009 (see the minutes)
Agenda
- The importance of the project and the conference
- The place and role of the private security sector in the security system in Poland
- Licensed business activity in the field of personal and property protection – regulations and practice
- Police supervision of the specialist armed security units
- Key problems in the private security sector in Poland
- The role of public tendering in the development of the security market
- Panel discussion “Why does the Public Procurement Act not prevent unfair competition and violation of workers’ rights”
- Private Security from a European perspective: Current situation and possible future trends
- Social dialogue in Poland
- Social dialogue in the private security sector in Poland. Freedom of joining the unions

Brussels, 26th and 27th March 2009  (see the minutes)
Agenda
- Proposed conclusions to the project for the individual countries and organisations
- Presentation of the realisation of the project
- Partner presentations of the realisation of the project and on important achievements in their respective countries
- Discussion of the presentations
- Proposed conclusions to the project for individual countries and organisations
- Presentation of the proposal for the final report
- Discussion of the proposal of the final report
- Continuation of the discussion of additional proposals for the final report and project conclusions
- Report on project continuation
- Discussion of the continuation of the project
- Discussion of the starting points and foreseen results of the continuation of the project