The BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES (BAPSC) works to promote the interests and regulate the activities of UK based firms that provide armed defensive security services in countries outside the UK.
The BAPSC aims to raise the standards of operation of its members and this emergent industry and ensure compliance with the rules and principles of international humanitarian law and human rights standards. As the need for armed security grows the BAPSC and its members recognise that their objectives will best be achieved through effective self regulation in partnership with the UK Government and International Organisations.
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International Peace Operations Association (IPOA)
The idea for the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) stems from the belief that more can be done to ensure that international efforts to end conflicts succeed and a clear recognition that the private sector can play a larger role to fundamentally improve peace and stability aspirations of societies affected by conflict.
While IPOA acts as a trade association, it was not founded by members of the industry, but rather by individuals with backgrounds in the non-governmental, academic and business sectors who recognized the benefits brought by the private sector to the victims of conflict. Amongst them, Doug Brooks is the President and a founding member of IPOA.
The Global Security Challenge aims to identify, explore and foster innovation in the field of homeland and national security. The annual competition is unusual in that it awards cash grants to the winners. It was started in 2006 by London Business School students who wanted to empower security entrepreneurs, and support the successful development and commercialization of novel security technologies.