dkrapohl
Member
|
posted 07-09-2010 01:37 PM
  
AllI am posting the following at the request of an international member of the APA. It will also appear in the members section of the APA site. Don International APA members in Russia
Yury I. Kholodny and Alexander V. Eliseev.
International trend of APA development – view from Russia.
The American Polygraph Association is the world leading polygraph professional association. At the present time it has over 2,800 members from over 25 different countries. Half of the approved APA schools are foreign-based. Thus, in essence, APA is international organization. And that is quite natural in the modern world developing on the grounds of global integration and in the view of common safety challenges.
Nowadays we all can witness the increasing utilization of polygraph in many countries. In Russia the amount of polygraph examinations within the federal government, law enforcement and the private sector comes to 100 000 – 150 000 annually.
The current situation gives us the new opportunities of cooperation and development. The APA mission is to ensure the highest standards in the administration of polygraph. And the international professional community seeks the ways to be enriched with knowledge and experience APA has.
Existing international situation calls for new approaches to the organized development. We clearly realize that the future of the APA goes beyond borders to incorporate and embrace international members. So it is important to consider the opportunity of establishing the special APA body – International committee and creating the position of a Vice President, International.
The proposed International committee and the institution of its International Representatives will provide us with better understanding of tendencies and progress in our community worldwide and give the opportunity to influence the processes in accordance with our best practices and standards.
Although there are only two of us that are international APA members in Russia, we feel the strong interest and respect of hundreds of our national colleagues to the highest standards of practice, training and research APA ensures. The rapidly increasing community of Russian polygraph examiners already has a great scientific, technological and practical potential. The prospective International committee will facilitate the incorporation of like-minded international professionals who can contribute new value that will allow all of us to deal with wide variety of our common professional challengers more efficiently.
IP: Logged |
Ted Todd
Member
|
posted 07-10-2010 01:39 PM
Don,I made a similar proposal at AAPP in either Portland Maine or New Mexico. I suggested an additional (International) director position to recruit, assist and direct members from outside the USA. At first, it sounded like a good idea and had board support. By the following morning, the board support was gone and it was now a very bad idea. I have to agree with the board. If you want to email me, I would be happy to fill you in. Ted [This message has been edited by Ted Todd (edited 07-10-2010).] IP: Logged |
Polygraph Place Bulletin Board
