• The GEOS Group supports the association Afghanistan Demain. The association provides shelter, educational services, meals and health care to more than 600 children and teenagers in Kabul. Within a partnership framework, GEOS contributes to the funding of the association’s computer training facility. Basic IT training gives young people an opportunity to work with computers, a key factor in preparing them for employment.

• The GEOS Group is a founding member of the French Federation of Business Intelligence Professionals (FEPIE), which is aimed at raising awareness, informing and assisting businesses, government and the general public about the work and methods of business intelligence consultancies in France.

• The GEOS Group is a founding member of the Professional Union of Crisis Negotiators (UPNC), an association that brings together the finest crisis negotiators both from France and abroad. The union numbers 25 members from 11 countries.

• The GEOS Group is a member of the Corporate Risk Management and Insurance Association (AMRAE), which targets risk managers and insurers, company directors, managing directors, technical advisors, specialists, lawyers and consultants.

• The GEOS Group is a member of ASIS, the largest group of security professionals organisation in the world and which regroups numbers over 33 000 members. The association seeks to improve the productivity and efficiency of security practices through the establishment of professional instruction courses and security specific training programs.

• The GEOS Group is a member of GEP, a Trade Association for the Oil & Gas Industry, a non profit association created in 1953, which represents the interests of about 140 companies registered in France. GEOS shares its experience with other members in the fields of risk prevention and management, and security related issues specific to oil and gas exploration and operations.

• The GEOS Group is an affiliate member of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a specialized UN agency for the promotion and development of sustainable tourism. The WTO has more than 157 nation state members and some 300 affiliate members from the private sector, tourism education and training institutes, tourism professional associations, and local tourist boards.

• The GEOS Group is a member of The French Maritime Cluster, an essential player that promotes French national maritime talents and policies. This Cluster brings together more than 200 companies, federations, associations, major corporations, SMEs and micro companies from different maritime sectors (shipowners, port terminals, French Navy, fishing, industrial, renewable marine energy, banking, brokerage, insurance, etc.), and endeavours to develop economic maritime activities in three ways: Communication, Lobbying, and Synergy/Solidarity to promote cooperation between companies and improve competitiveness.

• The GEOS Group is a member of EDEN, the first defense and security cluster. Founded on november 2008, it is dedicated to the international development of companies in the defense sector. SMEs of EDEN mutualize their international development and their Research and development.
Today, the Cluster is composed by 42 SMEs, representing 4,000 employees and 500 €M of turnover. Since 2009, the Cluster welcomes European SMEs.
The objective for the SMEs is to achieve economies of scale and benefit from greater leverage in order to be more competitive, in particular by concentrating on four markets in which their potential synergies of expertise is fundamental. They work together, by a specific network : Detection and Surveillance, pPersonal protective equipment, équipments for aircrafts, ships and vehicles, qualification and Services.

• The GEOS Group is a member of MEDEF International,the international arm of the French Business Confederation, is an organization that promotes the international development of French firms, with support from a global network. It places French managing directors in contact with decision makers from both the private and public sectors and promotes dialogue between French firms looking to establish long-term operations in overseas markets.

• The GEOS Group is a member the CIAN (French Council of Investors in Africa), a private employers’ organisation of companies with investments in Africa. Via their 1000 entities and 80,000 employees on site, the members of the organisation generate turnover of more than 40 billion Euro, i.e. 75% of French economic activity on the continent.
The CIAN was established to promote and defend their interests in Africa through experience sharing within the organisation’s Commissions, the provision of counsel and support via an influential network and by lobbying public and private decision-makers, both French and international.
The CIAN encourages employers, as part of their social responsibilities, to advocate for sustainable development in Africa (adhesion to the CIAN’s Charter on Sustainable Development and its Declaration on the Prevention of Corruption).

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• AXA ASSISTANCE, a subsidiary of AXA established in 1998, is one of the leading emergency assistance companies in the world. The main services provided are Health & precaution, Vehicles, Tourism & expatriation, and Person’s services. GEOS has been a partner of AXA Assistance since 2004, as a country risk and early warning specialist and provider of business travel and expatriation security assistance

• Clan Public Affairs is an independent consultancy firm dealing exclusively with European issues based in Brussels. It has well-established connections in the press, publishing and training industries. Since 2004, the GEOS Group and Clan Public Affairs have pooled their resources and provide, at the heart of the European legislative machine, a wide range of services such as monitoring, economic intelligence, studies, lobbying, communication, and representation within a wide range of areas, as well as data communications integrity and training programs

• Marcane is a consultancy firm that specializes in crisis management and communications strategies. Since the beginning of 2008, as part of an official partnership, the staff of Marcane have provided operational support to GEOS through their professionalism and their team of trainers, facilitators, mediators and psycho-sociologists. "Building through Collaboration" is Marcane's slogan, an idea that we have integrated fully into our crisis management and communications approach and our work in multicultural environments.

• The Paris-based Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) is a research centre for international and strategic studies. In order to extend the reach of its research and training programs, IRIS has established a private institute of higher education (IPRIS). More than 200 students are enrolled in two Masters degree programs in geopolitical analysis. IRIS has asked GEOS to participate in the program of its Master 2 course on « Geoeconomics and Strategic Intelligence ».

• Adato is a German risk management provider. GEOS has teamed up with Adato to respond to the needs of German companies requiring international security and operational support.

• As part of our SOCIORISK service package, Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral (legal firm specialised in labour relations, labour law, restructuring and litigation) and Cardinale sud (consulting firm specialised in HR support, organizational restructuring programs, and dynamic workforce transformation) have partnered with GEOS to pool their competencies and deliver a comprehensive range of industrial unrest prevention and management solutions.