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10 years of IBSSA – official publication The IBSSA story By George Popper In 1989 the world changed by the collapsing of the Communist Empire. Many new countries with different level of democratization were founded in Europe and Asia. All of those faced many new problems from which privatization and security are common. As a result of natural development private security companies were founded. One of the leading countries of the changes is Hungary with its 10 million population and about 3000 security companies. In 1990 some Hungarian Jiu-Jitsu and Karate sportsmen founded the “Testõr Nemzetközi Biztonságszolgálati Kft” (Bodyguard International Security Service Ltd. Co.). The company was a Canadian-Hungarian Joint venture with the presidency of H.R.H. Prince Adan CZARTORYSKI BORBON. The company was growing very dynamic and 4 years later it already had over 1000 workers and became one of the leading security companies of Hungary. International relations were also more and more active. A delegation of the Romanian National Protguard Company visited Hungary and an agreement of cooperation was signed with “Testõr”. Many other contacts were established with German, Israeli and other companies. During an international meeting on the cooperation in 1994 the idea was born to join the Official International Federation of Private Security Field, but soon it was discovered that however there are numerous companies who organise international fairs, security exhibitions and conferences - an independent international federation for the security profession does not exist. Many questions were raised for which there was no answer at that time, for instance: Which are the officially recognized professions? At which level should a security worker be hired? What are the requirements to became a security agent, security guard, an international bodyguard or a security director? How and where you can get that kind of education and where will it be accepted? How can a security guard or a bodyguard prove his education level abroad? What kind of internationally recognized ID exists for international bodyguards? Working abroad: how can a bodyguard prove that he is working? Etc. Of course hundreds of questions were unanswered and it was clear that because of the legislative differences among the various countries complications might occur, the necessity for cooperation, coordination and to elaborate general standards was the reality. This was the moment when the decision was done to set up such an organisation. 7th April 1994, the founding Congress was held in Budapest / HUNGARY, where 14 representatives from 8 countries (Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Spain, South Africa and the USA) decided to set up IBSSA the non-profit international federation for security. H.R.H. Prince Adan CZARTORYSKI BORBON was elected as president for a 5-year period. 15th June 1994 IBSSA was registered in France Nr. 1/08756 25th February 2000 IBSSA was registered in USA Nr. P00000019902 8 – 10 September 1995 2nd IBSSA Congress in Budapest / HUNGARY Over 36 delegates representing more than 100 members from 12 countries attended the congress. The Patrons of the event were His Excellency Árpád GÖNCZ – President of the Hungarian Republic, Mr. Gábor KUNCZE – Minister of the Interior and Mr. Sándor PINTÉR – Chief of the Hungarian Police Office. Many delegates gave brief report about their work in the respective countries. The Hungarian IBSSA member companies hosted the congress on a very high level with professional and interesting sideevents for the foreign delegates. The international Press and TV reported about the event. 25 – 27 October 1996 3rd IBSSA Congress in Tel Aviv / ISRAEL It was a great success and a very high level event only 1 year after the assassination of the Prime Minister, Rabin. Main attraction of the event was the program hosted by IMI (Israeli Military Industry), who invited all Congress delegates for a special gunshow and demonstration. As a result of the active work of many IBSSA representatives the number of members increased in a staggering way In April 1997 IBSSA had about 400 members from 60 countries and many of those were large companies or organisations as the Chinese Taipei Bodyguard Federation. 21 – 23 November 1997 4th IBSSA Congress in Miami Beach – Florida / USA The highlight of the event was the cooperation between IBSSA and DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency). DEA invited the IBSSA leadership for a very special program to their Headquarters. 4
10 years of IBSSA – official publication 27 – 29 November 1998 5th IBSSA Congress in Budapest / HUNGARY The fifth congress was held in the new Hungarian Police Palace to symbolise the necessity and importance of cooperation between the police and the private security companies. The congress was a real milestone in the history of IBSSA: 95 representatives were present from 42 countries of 5 continents. The new guidelines and targets for the future were decided; IBSSA had to become a professional International Federation for the Security Profession. Professionalism was needed on every field, new structure of the organisation and new working methods of the leadership. A new leadership was elected for the coming 5-year period: Mr. George POPPER Executive President Dr. Rony KLUGER General Secretary Dr. Giacomo Spartaco BERTOLETTI Vice President Dr. Marko NICOVIC Vice President Mr. Silvere SALVISBERG Vice president H.R.H. Prince Adan CZARTORYSKI BORBON was unanimously elected as lifetime Honorary Founding President and some very active founding members, such as Mr. Fritz WENDLAND from Germany, Mr. József POLYÁK from Hungary were elected Honorary Members for life. The congress also agreed to establish the IBSSA International Sport Federation in order to organise sport events. The President of this Federation became Mr. Luis BAGUENA SALVADOR (Spain). The current leadership of IBSSA International Sport Federation (ISF) after the elections during the 9th IBSSA Congress: Honorary President: Mr. Luis BAGUENA SALVADOR (Spain) President of IBSSA International Sport Federation Dr. Rony KLUGER (Israel) General Secretary of IBSSA ISF Dr. Frank PHILIPOOM (Netherlands) Executive President of ISF Sport Diplomacy Dr. Paul HÖGLUND (Sweden) Executive President of ISF for Africa Mr. Imtiaz ABDULLA (Republic of South Africa) Executive President of ISF for America Mr. Joe B. MIRZA (USA) Executive President of ISF for Europe Dr. Alexandr CACH (Czech Republic) Vice President (KARATE): Mr. Dusan DACIC – Yugoslavia Vice President (JU JITSU): Prof. Robert CLARK – Great Britain Vice President (SHOOTING): Mr. Roberto GOBBI – Italy Vice President (KICK BOXING): Dr. Ennio FALSONI – Italy Vice President (HEAVY ATHLETICS): Dr. Josef LEITNER – Hungary Vice President (MARTIAL ARTS): Mr. Vladimir MIRONOV – Uzbekistan Vice President: Mr. Waclaw ANTONIAK – Poland 17 – 19 March 2000 6th IBSSA Congress in Caorle (Venice) / ITALY Italy showed to handle good with the patronage of 2 ministers: Oliviero DILIBERTO – Minister of Justice and Katia BELLILLO – Minister for equal opportunities. The main subject of the Special Conference and Congress was: “The cooperation between police and private security on international and national level”, which is a common and very important question worldwide. The congress pointed out the managerial skills of the Italian leaders and presented an innovative technical team – prepared and coordinated by Roberto GOBBI. High DEA and Interpol representatives were invited to attend this event. 25 – 30 April 2001 7th IBSSA Congress in Bucharest / ROMANIA The congress was organised on a very high level of professionalism and with the support and patronage of General Florin SANDU – Chief of the Romanian Police, General dr. Tudor CEARAPIN – Chief of the Romanian Gendarmerie and General Ion STEFANUT – Chief of the Romanian Antiterrorist Unit. The 1st IBSSA Bodyguard Demonstration World Championships was organised during the congress with large number of contestants and with great attraction, such as the excellent Martial Arts demonstration, or the special dog show of the Romanian Gendarmerie. The delegates of the congress represented 20 countries of 5 continents, representing security organisations, large companies, police and security services, investigation agencies, etc. 4 – 7 April 2002 8th IBSSA Congress in St. Pölten / AUSTRIA Nearly 100 representatives arrived from 20 countries of 4 continents and numerous associated international organisations and invited guests attended the congress. H.R.H. Prince Michael James Alexander STEWART Count of Albany accepted the position as Honorary President of IBSSA, which was a great honour and recognition for the association. The Executive Committee nominated the following personalities to Honorary Members: Ms. Cynthia ROTHROCK, Mr. Anthony SCHIENA and Mr. Florentin MARINESCU IBSSA awards were given for the first time to several members of the association as recognition and appreciation of their prominent work in the year 2001. 5
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