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Vision

The Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) is an Alliance designed to unite the global security community around the principles of fairness, honesty, innovation, sharing, open communication, and "win-win" strategic cooperation.

The GSIA is guided by a charter, originally signed by representatives of 30 international security trade groups, societies and law enforcement organizations from 25 different countries, which promotes the building and maintaining of an international resource network dedicated to the advancement of fair international trade policies, support of beneficial trade exhibitions and conference programs, development of education and certification programs, identification and development of accurate market research, and support of technology standards and best practices for the global security community.

Currently, the GSIA serves as a business and shared information resource for the global security community. The GSIA's programs and services are designed to be used interchangeably at either the Local or Global level. While GSIA works at the global level to actively promote industry resources and organizations, it also works to find ways to bring those global resources to support the local activities of its individual Alliance Members and Strategic Partners. This local support is often in a "behind the scenes" customized role so as not to overshadow or distract from the prominence of the Alliance member GSIA is there to support.

The GSIA mantra of "Thinking Locally - Acting Globally" underscores the GSIA's value as a force-multiplier resource and platform for like-minded organizations that are working towards the common goal of a safer and more secure global community.

Mission

It is the mission of the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) to promote information sharing among multi-national security organizations, to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation and to be a catalyst for the responsible development of a global security community.

Origins

The "notion" of a Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) is not a new one and certainly over the years there have been many industry visionaries from various countries and security organizations around the world who have proposed some iteration of what would constitute such an Alliance. Yet for whatever the mitigating reasons the timing did not prove right for those visions to be realized. Then in 2001, during the CPSE security trade show in Shenzhen, China, a cooperative agreement between a US security trade association and a Chinese security trade association laid the foundation for what was to become the GSIA. Steady and regular dialogue over the next four years culminated in 2005 at the SST Show in Moscow where the GSIA concept was formally given structure on the back of a napkin after a long exchange between international delegates over dinner in a small Moscow restaurant.

Aligning with the growing global focus on emerging markets, the Alliance was founded by five security trade associations from the "BRIC" countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and United States. These associations would work over the next four years to evolve from a voluntary non-binding partnership into an independently run and registered Hong Kong-entity with a headquarters and staff located in Shenzhen, China.

In 2009, under the leadership of the Shenzhen Security and Protection Industry Association (SSPIA), during the CPSE Show in Shenzhen, the Alliance gained 30 members, a revised charter, structure, and new headquarters location. At that show over 25 countries met and signed on to a non-binding global security industry declaration that was to become the charter for the new GSIA.

The original Alliance concept in 2001 was simple: "win-win" strategic cooperation- we all work to find ways to successfully support each other and by extension the entire security industry and community. To this day this founding principle has stayed at the heart of everything the Alliance does on behalf of its members and the entire global security community. It is an organization that supports the founding charter principles of fairness, honesty, innovation, sharing, communication, and strategic cooperation.

Today the GSIA serves as a business and shared information resource for the global security community. The GSIA’s programs and services are designed to be used interchangeably at either the Local or Global level. While GSIA works at the global level to actively promote industry resources and organizations, it also works to find ways to bring those global resources to support the local activities of its individual Alliance Members and Strategic Partners. This local support is often in a "behind the scenes" customized role so as not to overshadow or distract from the prominence of the Alliance member GSIA is there to support.

The GSIA mantra of "Thinking Locally - Acting Globally" underscores the GSIA's value as a force-multiplier resource and platform for like-minded organizations that are working towards the common goal of a safer and more secure global community.

Focus

The members of the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) are trade organizations, strategic institutional / NGO partners and corporations in the security industry who promote the following five principles and share in realizing the objective of creating a global security community dedicated to the betterment of the industry and society as a whole. GSIA was founded on the following five principles: -   Fair Competition -   Honesty & Innovation -   Sharing & Communication -   Consumer Centric -   Strategic Cooperation The primary focus of the GSIA is to be a shared information resource for the global security community. The GSIA’s programs and services are designed to be used interchangeably at either the Local or Global level. While GSIA works at the global level to actively promote industry resources and organizations, it also works to find ways to bring those global resources to support the local activities of its individual Alliance members and Strategic Partners. This local support is often in a "behind the scenes" customized role so as not to overshadow or distract from the prominence of the Alliance member GSIA is there to support. The GSIA mantra of "Thinking Locally - Acting Globally" underscores the GSIA's value as a force-multiplier resource and platform for like-minded organizations that are working towards the common goal of a safer and more secure global community. Aside from individualized support, GSIA and its members promote a global focus in the following five areas: 1.  Best Practices and Standardization of Global Security Industry: -  Best Practice Development -  Assessment -  Training -  Testing Standards -  Cloud and Interoperability -  Security Screening -  Installation -  Integration 2.  Development of Security Policies and Guidelines: -  Cyber Security policy -  Intellectual Property policy -  Risk Management and Threat Assessment policies -  Trade policy -  Homeland Security policy -  Law Enforcement Use of Security Technology 3.  Education and Training: -  Risk Management and Threat Assessment -  Education on Technology Capabilities -  Technology Specific Training -  Installation Training -  Maintenance Training -  Certification Programs 4.  Market Research: -  Research that defines the security market in each Alliance members' Country -  Co-branded research materials -  Research that defines manufacturing and consumer buying needs and trends -  Research that supports the value of exhibiting at Alliance partner trade shows 5.  Trade Shows and Educational Conferences: -  GSIA provides exhibitor education programs designed to help educate about the market opportunities of each trade event -  Alliance partners extend trade show exhibition discounts and benefits to other Alliance partners member -  GSIA sponsorship of an alliance member trade show consists of GSIA hosted educational tracks and networking events

Charter In 2009, during the CPSE Show in Shenzhen, the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) gained 30 members, a revised charter, a new operating structure, and a new headquarters location. At that show representatives of over 30 countries met and signed on to a non-binding global security industry declaration that was to become the basis of the new GSIA charter. That declaration states: Global Security Industry Shenzhen Declaration

Initiated by the founding members of the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) represented by the security industry associations in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the United States, representatives from security industries in over 30 countries hereby issue this Global Security Industry Declaration. This declaration is made upon the premise of "equity and win-win strategic cooperation" and is comprised of the following five principles to which all signers have agreed in principle to adhere.

1.   Fair Competition Excellent brands and products should have access to the world, no matter where they come from. Security organizations and companies should promote and abide by the principle of fair competition and open trade, contributing to the robust and innovative global security marketplace and community. 2.   Honesty & Innovation Security organizations and companies should promote and adhere to all applicable and respective governing laws and regulations of the industry, globally champion the protection of intellectual property, actively contribute to the making of universal standards and best practices, and fulfill on the mission to responsibly promote technology, protect consumers and contribute to a safer society.

3.   Sharing & Communication Reliable information sharing and transparent clear communication is the foundation of any efficient organization or industry, thus it is critical to keep communication and information channels open up and down supply and value chains and to responsibly and reasonably act as required in order to realize global prosperity.

4.   Consumer Centric Effectively and responsibly serving consumers of security / life-safety technology and information should be an eternal pursuit. Security organizations and companies should be vigilantly consumer-oriented, making efforts to meet the diversified and individualized requirements of consumers.

5.   Strategic Cooperation Security organizations and companies should work to promote strategic cooperation wherever possible in order to realize the principle of "win-win strategic cooperation" for the global industry, consumers, and society. This initial industry strategic cooperation is envisioned to include establishing a global system for promoting innovative technologies, a global system for sharing information, a global system to better facilitate trade, and a global resource system that promotes and reflects the many facets of the security industry. This declaration we are making is to promote information sharing among global security organizations and companies, to strengthen bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation and to responsibly promote common development of the global security industry. To this end we support and endorse the creation of the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) as such an agent and that this declaration be used as the basis for the new organization's founding Charter. Nov. 1, 2009 Shenzhen, China

THE SIGNATORIES TO THIS DECLARATION AND CHARTER WERE:

Russian Security Industry Association (RASI) Security Industry Association (SIA) China Security and Protection Industry Association (CSPIA) Shenzhen Security and Protection Industry Association (SSPIA) Asian Anti-Counterfeit Association (AAA) Asian Anti-counterfeit Association- Israel Chapter Asian Anti-counterfeit Association - Bangladesh Chapter Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Singapore Security Alliance Singapore Security Systems Association Asian Professional Security Association International – India Chapter Asian Professional Security Association – Thailand Chapter Asian Professional Security Association – Vietnam Chapter Asian Professional Security Association - Singapore Chapter Asian Professional Security Association - Malaysia Chapter Asian Professional Security Association -Hong Kong Chapter International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners - Philippines Philippine National Police Service Stores System (PNPSSS) Israel Security Industry Association Brazilian Security Industry Association (ABINEE) International Aviation Security Association ASIS International – Asia Pacific ASIS International – Singapore Chapter International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP) Directorate of Community Relations Group of Philippines National Police Security Services Association Malaysia Korea Security Association / APSA - Korea Chapter Security Providers Association of Australia Associate Signatories: Axis Communications Embassy of Spain

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE 2009 MEETING: Australia - Bangladesh - Brazil - Canada - China (PRC) - Hong Kong (SAR) - India - Israel - Korea - Malaysia - Philippines - Russia - Singapore - Spain - Sweden - Thailand - United Kingdom - United States - Vietnam

Out of all the GSIA members who signed the 2009 Declaration/Charter the only organization that has not continued alliance membership is the US-based Security Industry Association (SIA).