IPOA offers invaluable benefits for its members through client base expansion, representation, education, communications, and standards. As the world’s only private sector peace operations advocacy organization IPOA members are recognized for adhering to the association’s Code of Conduct providing members a competitive edge for domestic and international contracts. IPOA also works extensively with the media to ensure the private sector’s role is accurately and fairly represented in peace and stability operations, and with governments, key legislators and regulators on issues impacting the industry. Information is of great importance in the peace and stability industry and IPOA works hard to keep its members informed of industry developments, including breaking news, political, legislative and regulatory proceedings, and potential business opportunities. IPOA is committed to working with policy-makers domestically and internationally to improve the climate for peace, and to raise the profile and acceptance of the private sector value to international policies. IPOA believes that violent, low-intensity conflicts around the world are among the most serious challenges facing the foreign policy community in the 21st century. Because of military downsizing, ineffective international peacekeeping efforts and the hesitation of developed countries to use their militaries for peacekeeping purposes, many of these low-intensity conflicts continue for years at enormous humanitarian cost.
The private sector is revolutionizing international peace efforts with skill sets and capacities rarely found in the past. Long-term, sustainable peace efforts are increasingly benefiting from skilled and ethical private companies specializing in vital services. Private companies have a proven robustness and willingness to operate with unprecedented transparency and accountability. Peacekeepers are gaining levels of technical and material support they only dreamed about in the past.
IPOA members have demonstrated their dedication to professional and ethical operations in the world’s most challenging environments. They have shown their industry leadership by supporting governmental initiatives that support effective oversight and accountability, and they have shown how the private sector can be a truly reliable partner in successful peace operations.
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