Membership in trade organisations

The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) is a global trade organisation that represents companies and entities involved in background screening and related services. Founded in 2003, PBSA aims to promote high standards, ethical practices, and best practices within the background screening industry.

The PBSA focuses on:

Setting Industry Standards: Establishing and maintaining best practices for conducting fair, accurate, and legally compliant background checks.

Education and Certification: Providing training programmes and professional certifications to enhance the expertise and integrity of background screening professionals.

Ethical Practices: Promoting ethical behaviour and adherence to data privacy and protection laws.

Advocacy: Engaging with policymakers to influence and monitor legislation affecting the industry.

Networking and Collaboration: Facilitating connections among industry professionals to share knowledge and resources.er.

PBSA serves as a key resource for organisations seeking guidance on best practices, compliance, and innovation in the background screening process. Membership demonstrates a commitment to professionalism, accuracy, and ethical practices, ensuring confidence for clients and regulators alike.

The Norwegian Business and Industry Safety Council (NSR) is a Norwegian organisation that works with safety issues in the business community. It acts as a collaborative arena between business, government and other stakeholders to strengthen security in society and in organisations. NSR focuses on a number of security topics, including personnel security.

The organisation is important for promoting a holistic approach to security in Norwegian business and industry and for building cooperation across sectors.

NSR works closely with the police, authorities and international organisations to monitor trends and threats that may affect Norwegian businesses. It is a key player for Norwegian companies that want to take security seriously.

NCE Finance Innovation's main objective is to strengthen Norway's position as a leading player in financial technology and financial services. This also includes work on anti-money laundering, sanctions control, regulatory compliance, background checks and control of companies and individuals for the financial sector.

The organisation has the status of a Norwegian Centre of Expertise (NCE), which is part of Innovation Norway's cluster programme. The programme is designed to support Norwegian business clusters that have strong international potential.

The NCE brings together actors from different sectors - including banks, insurance companies, technology companies, research environments and startups - to promote collaboration, development and implementation of innovative solutions.

Abelia is a Norwegian leading trade organisation that represents businesses and organisations within the knowledge and technology sectors.

It is part of Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (NHO), Norway's largest employers' organisation. Abelia works to strengthen the competitiveness and innovation capacity of its members while advocating for policies that support knowledge-driven industries.