International Bodyguard & Security Services Association 

Postal address: Goldmark Károly str. 35., Budapest, 1122 Hungary 

E-mail: president@ibssa.org

 MINUTES of the XXV. Congress of IBSSA, 

On the 6th June 2026, the XXV. Congress of IBSSA, the 10th “Partnership for Security” International Joint Conference of IBSSA – IAPA  (International Auxiliary Police Association) – IPA (International Police Association) together with the Award Ceremony were held at the Ybl Hall of ENSANA Grand Margaret Island Hotel in Budapest, Hungary with the participation of appr. 100 members from 20 countries, representing 25 national and international organisations. 

 At 10.00 o’clock Prof. George POPPER (Hungary) – President of IBSSA welcomed all delegates, representatives of our association, wholeheartedly greeted the present honorary guests and officially opened the IBSSA Congress at the Ybl Hall of ENSANA Grand Margaret Island Hotel. 

Following the opening the attendees unanimously adopted the following proposals: 

Chairmen of the Congress       Prof. George POPPER (Hungary) and Dr. Antonio La SALANDRA (Italy) 

Keeper of the Minutes                        Ms. Erika MACSÁRI (Hungary) 

Attesters of the Minutes            Dr. Zoltán HOSSÓ (Hungary) and Dr. András NIKLÓS (Hungary) 

After the welcoming and the administrative formalities Prof. George POPPER – President of IBSSA, Chairman of the Congress expressed his thanks to everyone for their continuous support and attendance at this significant event, with special thanks to the organisers for the great help and professional assistance, as well as to the Sponsors for all kind of cooperation, highlighting the large-scale support of IBSSA Hungary Zrt. 

Prof. Popper reported shortly about the Congress itself, that the first part would be an internal meeting, while the Conference afterwards is open for all guests, associated organisations, partners, observers and the press. 

Then the President handed over the membership documents for the new individual members of IBSSA. 

The President of IBSSA announced that high-ranking leaders and officials, VIPs and IBSSA representatives – who could not be present – were sending greetings for the IBSSA Congress and the “Partnership for Security” Conference, and the Message from H.E. Gábor PÓSFAI – Minister of Interior of Hungary was read to the attendees. 

Prof. George POPPER (Hungary) – President of IBSSA gave a concise report on the 32 years’ activities of our organization from the very beginning, highlighting the outstanding achievements, significant events and successes of IBSSA in the past years. Prof. Popper informed the participants that all congress related materials, significant documents of IBSSA as well as of IBSSA–ISF were presented to all participants during registration, therefore there is no need for long speeches during the Congress. 

(President’s Report is enclosed – ANNEX 1) 

Dr. Rony KLUGER (Israel) – General Secretary of IBSSA, and President of IBSSA-ISF provided information on the activities and work of the International Sport Federation during the past years. 

(ISF Report is enclosed – ANNEX 2) 

Dr. Karl DELAGUERRA (USA) – Chairman of the IBSSA Board of Directors – due to his regrettable absence – sent his greetings and a brief address about the achievements of IBSSA in recent years via email. 

(BoD Chairman Address is enclosed – ANNEX 3) 

Prof. George POPPER – Chairman of the Congress reported shortly about the auditing of the last 3 years (2023-2024-2025), which was carried out officially one month prior to the Congress by the Auditing Committee. Prof. Popper provided information on the pecuniary situation of the association. 

(Audit report is enclosed – ANNEX 4-5) 

After the Audit Report the President of IBSSA gave detailed information about the budget for the future and roughed out the financial situation of the association. 

(Budget for 2027 is enclosed – ANNEX 6) 

Following this, Prof. George POPPER asked the Congress to approve the above reports. The Congress unanimously adopted all the reports including the report of the President, the General Secretary, the BoD Chairman, as well as the Audit Report and the Budget for 2027. 

 Dr. Zeljko GAJIC (Serbia), Director for European Operations of IBSSA AHTB 

Information on the IBSSA Anti-Human Trafficking Project activities 

 Mr. Branislav JOVCHEVSKI (North Macedonia), Vice President of BoD, Member of EQ Dept. 

 Mr. Oleg KONCHAKIVSKYI (Ukraine), Director of ARTAN Training Centre 

 Mr. Attila BALOGH (New Zealand), Founder of Global Close Protection Institute (GCPI) 

When all the reports and comments were finished, Prof. George POPPER officially closed the Congress and informed all attendees about the forthcoming program, which would start at 13.00 o’clock in the Ybl Hall after the 1-hour lunch break. 

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At 13.00 o’clock the 10th “Partnership for Security” International Joint Conference of IBSSA – IPA – IAPA with the main topic: “21st century Security Challenges in the New World Order, and the Newest Types of Warfare”, together with the Award Ceremony took place at the Ybl Hall of ENSANA Grand Margaret Island Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. Since many delegations and representatives of IBSSA arrived also to the XXV. Congress of the IBSSA – which was held the same day in the morning – the International Joint Conference had a wide international attendance, too. 

Prof. George POPPER – President of IBSSA welcomed all delegates, representatives of the different associations, high-ranking leaders of IPA, IAPA and other law enforcement agencies, and wholeheartedly greeted the present VIP guests, who accepted the invitation and honoured our event with their participation, then officially opened the Conference. 

After the welcoming, Dr. Antonio La SALANDRA (Italy) – Chief Instructor of the IBSSA and the Italian Police Academy, Swiss Guard Consultant for the Pope, Counter Terror and Security Expert gave a brief report on the happenings of the past 2 days’ special Close Protection program, organised at the B-PRO Shooting Range in Budapest. A spectacular video showed the best moments of the seminar. 

• Dr. Antonio La SALANDRA (Italy), President of World Organisation of Self-Defence, Chief Instructor of the Italian 

Police Academy, Swiss Guard Consultant for the Pope, Counter Terror and Security Expert 

The Involutive Evolution of Terrorism and its Threat in Major Cities 

• Police Col. István HANKOVSZKI, Chief Advisor to the Director General at the National Protective Service of Hungary 

Introducing the National Protective Service (NPS) 

• Police Lt.Col. István MACSÁRI, Head of Aviation Security Department at the Airport Police Directorate 

Can We Still Fly? – New Threats to Aviation Security in the 21st Century 

• Prof. Dr. György FIALKA, President of the Personal, Property Protection and Private Investigation Professional Chamber Relationship between the state and private security 

• Dr. Tamás TÓTH nb. Lt.Col. Ph.D, Head of Public Relations and Protocol Dept. at the Special Service for National Security (SSNS) Some Security-related Challenges of the Information and Communication Technology Environment 

• Dr. István KOMÁROMI, ret. Police Brigadier General, Association of Hungarian Reservists Latest Types of Warfare and Reserve Recruitment 

• Prof. Dr. Ilija ŽIVOTIĆ (Serbia), Founder and President of International Police Organisation (IPO) Introducing IPO 

• Mr. Serdar SANLI (Türkiye), Business Development Manager of HT Division Zrt. 

Introducing HT Division Zrt. 

• Dr. Réka Eszter GYARAKI police major Ph.D, Lecturer at the National University of Public Service, Faculty of Law Enforcement, Department of Cybercrime 

• Mr. Oleg KONCHAKIVSKYI (Ukraine), Director of ARTAN Centre LLC., CEO of ARTAN Group 

• Dr. Gábor WERNER Ph.D, Sales Director at ZNZ Preventive Technologies, Doctor of Security Sciences, Information Security Engineer 

• Mr. Zoltán CSIKI, Owner and Mr. Zoltán ZSIGRAI, CEO of CyberGuard Ltd. 

• Mr. Lazar ODŽIĆ (Serbia), President of European Police Association (EPA) for Eastern Europe Introducing EPA 

• Dr. Zoltán KAISER-HORVÁTH, Founder of Hori-Zone Information and Security Ltd. 

• Mr. László EGY, CEO of Quantum Secure Defence Ltd. – Dr. Katalin BÁNOS, interpreter Cyber defence today and in the future – a quantum-safe data storage solution in the world of new warfare 

• Dr. Orlando MARDNER (UK/Jamaica), Leader of Synterna Group Holdings and PSA Global Academy 

• Mr. Ernő PETŐ, Secretary of the Budapest Traffic Auxiliary Police Association (BKP) Introducing the BKP 

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Right after the presentations and briefings, the AWARD CEREMONY of the IBSSA, the Order of Security and other partner organisations started under the direction of Prof. George POPPER. 

(handed over by Prof. George Popper, President and Dr. András Niklós) 

“Instructor of the Year 2025”               Dr. Antonio La SALANDRA (Italy) 

“Security Company of the Year 2025”              IBSSA Hungary Zrt. (Hungary) – Mr.Szilveszter Tánczos 

“Training Centre of the Year 2025”         B-PRO Training Centre (Hungary) – Mr. Attila Viplak 

(handed over by Prof. George Popper, President) 

Grand Cross Knight of Security 

 Prof. Dr. Madhu KRISHAN (India)

 Dr. Ilija ZIVOTIC (Serbia) 

 Mr. Ernő PETŐ (Hungary) 

 Dr. Zeljko GAJIC (Serbia) 

• Mr. Magnus CEDERBLAD (Sweden)     Ph.D. h.c. 

• Mr. Rony KLUGER (Israel) 

• Mr. Branislav JOVCHEVSKI (North Macedonia) 

• Mr. Szilveszter TÁNCZOS (Hungary) 

• Mr. Magnus CEDERBLAD (Sweden) 

• Mr. Tamás SIPOS (Hungary) 

• Mr. István GYENES (Hungary) 

• Mr. Attila PIVONY (Hungary) 

• Mr. Károly MIKLÓSI (Hungary) 

• Mr. Zoltán SCHVÁB (Hungary) 

• PROVÉD Zrt. – Human Excellence Golden Award 

• VÉSNÖK Kft. – Human Excellence Golden Award 

• Dr. Zoltán SCHVÁB – Peace Ambassador 

• Dr. András NIKLÓS – Peace Ambassador 

• Mr. Augustin CERNIC       Ph.D h.c. 

• Dr. Antonio La SALANDRA (Italy) – IAPA Gold Diploma 

• Mr. János BARÁTKI (Hungary) – IAPA Gold Diploma 

• Prof. George POPPER (Hungary) – Gold Medal of Merit 

• Mr. Zoltán TÓTH (Hungary) – Honorary Member 

• Mr. János HÜLBER (Hungary) – Active Member 

After the award ceremony Prof. George POPPER officially closed the Conference and expressed his special thanks, gratitude and appreciation to the Organising Committee for the great work and hospitality as well as to the supporters and patrons of this significant and extremely successful event, and then invited all participants for the Gala Dinner. 

20 June 2026, Budapest, Hungary 

Minutes were taken by: Ms. Erika MACSÁRI – Managing Director of IBSSA 

Approved by: Prof. George POPPER – President of IBSSA 

Certified by: Dr. Zoltán HOSSÓ (Hungary) and Dr. András NIKLÓS (Hungary)

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