Avant-Garde Security Solutions Incorporated (AGSSI) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Company Registration Number CS 201005354) on April 6, 2010 and granted a Temporary License to Operate as a Private Security Agency (PSA-T-00091-2009) by the Philippine National Police in accordance with RA 5487 on May 13, 2010.

At present, the company has already evolved due to changes in its organizational structure and corporate identity, adding to the security and networking expertise and experience of its founders and members, particularly in: all aspects of security, asset control, loss prevention and risk management.

AGSSI’s newly established partnership with HART SECURITY brings the Company at the forefront of the security industry, particularly in providing distinct brand of maritime security solutions.

Core Business Priorities and Practices

GUARDS SALARIES AND BENEFITS

Avant-Garde strictly adheres to PADPAO rates and full benefits are given to the security guards.

GOVERNMENT REMITTANCES

Avant-Garde is fully compliant to all government mandated remittances and regulations.

INSURANCE POLICIES

All Security Staff are enrolled in a group insurance policy.

SELECTION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

The company recruits and selects suitable candidates for the task. The company’s primary sources of staff are former military/police service personnel with a background known to the company. Candidates with extensive commercial security experience are also considered. All staff is vetted to ensure that they have the correct licenses and are qualified for the task including the relevant clearances dictated by law. All our guarding personnel are also required to complete an extensive internal training program prior to their initial deployment. Beyond the normal industry standards, Avant-Garde has expanded its requirements for its personnel not only with security-related competencies but also in other areas of competency such as public safety and customer relations. Congruent to its selection of personnel is Avant-Garde’s performance management system to ensure that standards in the provision of security services to its clients are maintained. Avant Garde assures responsibility for 24-hour supervision for all its guarding personnel. As security professionals who work in partnership to keep business safe, our aim is to become the preferred brand of security provider in the local, as well as, global security market.

NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES

UNIFORM, FIREARMS AND EQUIPMENT

All Staff are deployed in the company’s distinctive and smart uniform bearing the company’s name and brand logo. Each officer/personnel has his/her own nameplate for easy identification. Properly documented/authorized firearms and equipment are issued to the staff, specifications vary based on clients requirements.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Avant-Garde has the capability of designing a customized security system according to the needs of the clients. The use of information technology in designing and implementing security solutions is also part of our strategic approach in the provision of security solutions.

Moreover, in order to maintain the best possible standard in its services, Avant-Garde has developed close working relationships with the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other law enforcement agencies to enable us to provide a coordinated program of assistance in cases of emergencies.

MARITIME SECURITY

The maritime security environment in the recent years has become more challenging and exigent due to the ever increasing threat of piracy, terrorism, armed robbery and theft. Shipping companies and other stakeholders are often confronted with maritime crisis situations directly putting their valuable maritime assets, employees and reputation at high risk. As a consequence, maritime security solutions have become an indispensable ingredient of maritime planning and operations especially in certain parts of world such as Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Malacca Straits and the Gulf of Guinea and Nigeria.

As such Avant-Garde are in a unique position to offer the following maritime security solutions:

• Embarked Armed Security Teams
• Embarked Unarmed Security Teams
• Armed Escort Vessels
• Crew Security and Anti-piracy Training
• Management Level Table Top Exercises
• Interpretation and Implementation of Best Management Practice
• On Board Training
• Intelligence
• 24/7 Operational Support and Assistance

Atikha and the Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development (PHILCOMDEV) organized the PINOY WISE MOVEMENT (Pinoy Worldwide Initiative on Savings Investment and Entrepreneurship) an information, value formation and education campaign to encourage OFWs and their families to save and invest the hard earned money wisely.

To augment the various financial literacy seminars and financial literacy campaign that are being conducted abroad and in the Philippines, it was seen that a TV program that can be downloaded / viewed via the internet will be a good vehicle to compliment the financial literacy campaign of PINOY WISE.

Core Messages

“PINOY WISE: Maging Wise sa Pamamahala ng Pera, Maging Wise sa Pangangalaga ng Pamilya”. This core message recognize the need to address not only financial issues but also family issues that drain the resources of the migrants.

“PINOY WISE: Pagbabalik Paghandaan, Upang Bukas May Daratnan”. This core message emphasizes the need to prepare for their reintegration and enable them to achieve their goals for migration. This is to address the problem of migrants who despite of higher wage and long years abroad, 70% of them are unable to save for their long term goals.

PINOY WISE OFW TV FORMAT

The PINOY WISE TV program will be composed of the following segments:

• Best Practice – 10 minutes segment featuring programs and services and “good practices” of national and local government, NGOs, Hometown associations, schools, migrants and family organizations and other organizations working with OFWs on savings, investment and entrepreneurship. It will feature stories of migrants abroad and how they triumph against all odd. This will also feature philanthropy initiatives of OFWs that contribute to migration and development. Their projects and enterprises will be featured on location.
• Dear Atikha – 5 minutes segment on financial education for OFWs and families left behind. This will focus on goal setting, budgeting, financial planning and important tips in saving, investing and entrepreneurship. Atikha will answer questions and concerns of OFWs emailed to the PINOY WISE website. This segment will also feature existing saving and investment opportunities and possible enterprises that can be provided to the OFWs and their families.
• Hawak Kamay – 5 minutes segment featuring various problems and issues being confronted by the migrants and their families; legal concerns to personal issues with children, husbands, in-laws and extended family. Atikha will share tips and ways of coping with the family issues and problems brought about by separation.
• News Worldwide – 2 minute updates of various events from Filipino community, migrants and families abroad and in the Philippines. Correspondents of Pinoy Wise in different countries will co-anchor this via skype/ taped video. This segment will serve as the vehicle for various announcements of the OFWs of activities abroad.

Atikha and the Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development (PHILCOMDEV) organized the PINOY WISE MOVEMENT (Pinoy Worldwide Initiative on Savings Investment and Entrepreneurship) an information, value formation and education campaign to encourage OFWs and their families to save and invest the hard earned money of the Overseas Filipinos wisely.

The Pinoy WISE Movement aims to:

• create a network of stakeholders from the government, non-government and private sector who will spearhead the campaign and provide concrete services to address the lack of savings and investment of OFWs and their families,
• reach out to OFWs and their families and provide information, value formation and training activities to encourage them to save and invest;
• enroll OFs and their families to concrete savings and investment programs of selected cooperatives, microfinance institutions, social enterprises, insurance companies, banks and other agencies; and
• leverage migrant resources with government and corporations towards local economic development.

Pinoy Wise Movement Participating Organizations:

Atikha Overseas Workers and Communities Initiatives Inc. (Atikha)
Filipino Women’s Council Italy (FWC)
International Network on Alternative Financial Institution (INAFI)
Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development ( PHILCOMDEV)
Soro-soro Ibaba Development Cooperative (SIDC)

Atikha is a non-government organization that provides economic and social services to overseas Filipinos and their families in the Philippines. The organization aims to help address the social cost of migration and tap the development potential of migration.

Atikha was initiated in 1995 by a group of migrant returnees, advocates and religious leaders in Laguna. It was established based on a Bread for World-funded study on the impact of migration on women. The study revealed the social cost of migration, especially on the children left behind. It also showed that many migrants are unable to save due probably to a crisis in the work site, in the family, or the migrant herself. Many come home ill prepared to face the future. Often, life has become more miserable. They are much older and have few skills. They cannot be employed nor do they have funds to start their own business.

Atikha was formally established and registered in 1996. Respected community and religious leaders, migrant returnees, sociologists and psychologists, social workers and social entrepreneurs are the people behind Atikha. The founding board was composed of Msgr. Jerry Bitoon (then Vicar General of the Diocese of San Pablo the 1st Hermit), Mother Stella Cordero, Sister Norie Santiago (head of Alay Kapwa and High School Principal of Canossa College) and four Overseas Filipino returnees, Ma. Virginia Melgar, Rebecca Martinez, Serma Chozas and Mai Dizon-Anonuevo(masters in Entrepreneurship, Asia Institute of Management).

The pilot areas of Atikha are San Pablo City in Laguna and the Municipality of Mabini in Batangas.

In the initial years, Atikha focused its work on addressing the social problems brought about by the separation of the Overseas Filipinos and their families. Atikha organizes communities of migrant families by providing psychosocial intervention to enable the community to respond to migration-related issues. It gives focus on the children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and women. It conducted value formation, summer arts and crafts workshops for the children of overseas Filipinos in San Pablo City, Laguna. It also helped form self-help groups among the children of overseas Filipinos. Atikha believes that the social preparation of the families and the community is an important component for an effective reintegration program for migrant workers.

Atikha will continue working on the following:

• mobilizing overseas Filipino resources for the development of the Overseas Filipinos, their families and communities;
• establishing Overseas Filipino Centers that would provide economic and social services to more Overseas Filipinos, families and members of their communities; and
• assisting in developing enterprises for Overseas Filipino investment.

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The past two decades have witnessed a flowering of wealth-creating organizations with a development purpose, or what are now called social enterprises.

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Vision

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Mission

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Strategic Objectives and Key Result Areas

ISEA aspires to be a leading resource institution nurturing a broad-based learning and action network on social entrepreneurship and enterprise development in Asia. ISEA seeks to synergize and enhance knowledge creation, learning exchange and capacity development among social enterprises and their resource institutions to catalyze the consolidation of what is currently a fragmented social enterprise sector in the region.

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• To develop an accessible, practitioner-oriented knowledge base on social entrepreneurship and enterprise development generated across various country contexts in Asia
• To develop a learning network within civil society across different country contexts that are actively involved in social entrepreneurship knowledge creation and sharing
• To build partnerships with the business community to promote mutual learning and develop new benchmarks and models for pursuing social responsibility in the marketplace.
• To create partnerships and platforms for social and development entrepreneurs to engage government, academe, media and the business sector in advancing and creating a favorable climate for social entrepreneurship in key countries in the region.
• To build a sustainable and viable Institute.