On May 3, a panel of high-level experts from the European Commission, businesses and national institutions from both sides of the Atlantic met for a roundtable debate at the Security & Defence Agenda to examine the prospects for an EU security industry strategy that would enable both public authorities and the private sector to develop more effective responses to new challenges. Speakers, including Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, former Polish Prime Minister and Reinhard Priebe, Director for Internal Security in the European Commission, stressed the need to overcome the fragmentation of the market and harmonise standards, certification procedures and regulations. There were calls for more public-private cooperation and more pan-European collaboration.

The SDA is pleased to present the conclusions of the roundtable in this report

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