*50th Episode*

Covid-19 is preventing face to face contact – one of the key benefits of belonging to an association.  So, have associations outlived their usefulness? After all there is an abundance of free webinars. Moreover, one of the key impediments to progress has been the failure of the security sector to speak with a unified voice or provide a single reference/contact point, does the multiplicity of associations serve to further fragment the sector? Are too often security associations in competition to the point that collaboration becomes a danger rather than an objective? After all there are multiple similar certifications (generating perhaps a conflict in standards), competing tradeshows/conferences in an ever-tight market. Furthermore, do they serve the interests of those in countries where there is wealth at the expense of those who are poorer? Or is effective support of security associations the key way to a better, more informed, and engaged (locally, nationally and internationally) security sector.  Are associations already leading from the front and need to be better understood and supported? All these views have emerged in previous webinars; in this webinar we will debate these issues and specifically focus on:

- Have security associations in their existing forms outlived their usefulness?
- Has the competition between security associations got in the way of effective collaboration and served to further fragment the security sector?
- Are security associations the key route to progress? If so, what does that look like?

Panellists:
Liz Chamberlain – Executive Director – International Security Management Association (ISMA)
Julio Fumagalli Macrae, CPP – President at GlobalLifeSafetyAlliance.org
Guy Mathias – Chair at The UK Security Commonwealth
Peter J. O’Neil, FASAE, CAE – CEO at ASIS International

A video and summary of this session is available here: https://www.theospas.com/2020/09/04/the-role-of-security-associations-a-failed-resource-or-a-fundamental-vehicle-for-a-better-security-sector/

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