Bodyguard and Security 2.pdf
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IBSSA official publication 2006IBSSA in LatviaWe must establish legal normsEriks Grinbergs, IBSSA co-ordinator inLatvia, chairman of the IBSSA Legal Department,legal advisor of the Latvian Ministry of SocialAffairs, became known within IBSSA in 2002through his merits in the successful organisationof the Martial Arts competitions held in thatyear. Exactly three years later, in the middle ofNovember, we talked to him about the results ofthis international event for Latvia.‘It has brought success <strong>and</strong> recognition,’ answeredthe young lawyer. ‘I do not mean myself primarily,but our Latvian organisation. I do not mean it as criticism,but between 1997 <strong>and</strong> 2002 none of IBSSAleaders visited Riga, but since then the situation haschanged. That event was primarily dominated bysports, as the best competitors of 12 federations ofEastern fighting arts met in Riga. They gave presentations<strong>and</strong> lectures, competitions were organised <strong>and</strong>both professionals <strong>and</strong> simple interested people discoveredIBSSA. This was the event which broughttogether Latvian sports federations of various fightingsports which had been working against each otherbefore, but then they realised that the main issue wasnot which federation had the leading role as they hadmutual interests. IBSSA was an important catalyst inthis recognition. The audience, including officialorganisations too, began to inquire about IBSSA activities.I dare say that the image of our association hasstrengthened after Martial Arts in Riga.’‘What is the situation of civil security organisations inLatvia?’‘More <strong>and</strong> more civil organisations are engaged insecurity activities in Latvia, but their operation is difficultbecause the legal norms clearly defining theframework of their activities are not fully elaboratedyet. The applicable EU norms have not been ratifiedin Latvia either. We have only been a member of theEuropean Union for one year, our country has to fulfila lot of law harmonisation tasks <strong>and</strong> this exampleis one of them. We received a lot of assistance fromIBSSA for elaborating internal guidelines, whichmakes our work easier. Naturally, there are organisationswhich do quite a lot for building security organisations<strong>and</strong> relating sports organisations. Such anexample is PENTANO company, where the presidentGenadij Seibutis <strong>and</strong> the advisor, Vladislav Kirilovskijwith Hungarian sports relations have very significantinternational experiences. They contribute quite a lotto the development of IBSSA organisation in Latvia.’‘What is your relationship with the other Baltic states?’‘There are primarily sports relations, mainlythrough individual athletes or clubs. As far as I know,the other Baltic States also phase similar problems asLatvia. If we can help each other with our experiences,hopefully we can solve our currently existing legalproblems very quickly.’‘A bodyguard from Riga was awarded the diploma ofbest bodyguard in the traditional international trainingcalled SEC-tember. It could be a good sign for you for theFirst <strong>Bodyguard</strong> World Championship to be held in Floridanext year. Are you training for this competition?’‘Naturally, we intend to participate in this competition.However, we need internal competitions first toselect those who will represent us in the world championship.Unfortunately, we have no experience in selection,therefore we rely on the advice of Russian organisationsof IBSSA with international experience in theprofessional preparation for the world championship.Dr. Vladislav Kirilovsky, RegionalRepresentative of IBSSA for Baltic Republics:“Strengthening the IBSSA organisation in the BalticStates is an important part of my work. Of the threecountries, the organisation is strongest in Latvia, <strong>and</strong>as a result of my work, approximately 90 new membershave joined the association. I am pleased to saythat the members of the Latvian association includethe minister of the former ministry of education <strong>and</strong>sciences <strong>and</strong> the minister of the ministry of interior.Unfortunately, no similar data are available inLithuania or Estonia yet, although our members <strong>and</strong>organisations are active there too. In addition,Vladimiras Lisicynas country representative works inLithuania, who was awarded the title of Instructor ofthe Year of 2004 in t his year’s Congress. I am happyto say that leaders of various Russian <strong>and</strong> Ukrainiansecurity organisations have become members ofIBSSA as a result of my relations with them.“9