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2. IFIA Financial Report 2024
The Financial Report 2024, including IFIA’s balance sheets and annual expenditures, was
presented and formally approved.
3. Election Process for IFIA Executive Committee (2025–2027)
The Executive Committee reviewed the nomination process and confirmed the preliminary
list of 34 candidates submitted by IFIA’s official members.
Eligibility criteria included valid IFIA membership, commitment to IFIA statutes and policies,
and active participation with documented reliability.
The finalized candidate list was approved and will proceed to the official vote during the IFIA
General Assembly on October 17, 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia.

List of Approved Candidates (2025–2027):
1. Australia – Dr. Mehdi Korki, Australia Inventors Association Incorporated (AIAI)
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina – Mr. Avdo Halilović, Inventors Association of Bosnia and Herze-
govina (AIBIH)
3. Brazil – Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua, Brazil International Innovative Inventors, Scientists and En-
trepreneurs Association (ABIPIR)
4. Canada – Mr. Babak Khodaparast, First Institute of Canadian Inventors (FICI)
5. China – Ms. Guo Yan, China Association of Inventions (CAI)
6. Croatia – Mr. Leo Pincan, Croatian Union of Innovators (CUI)
7. Czech Republic – Mr. Lukas Zmeskal, Czech Union of Inventors and Rationalizers (UIR)
8. Egypt – Dr. Mahmoud Hafez, Egyptian Council for Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual
Property Protection (ECCIPP)
9. Germany – Mr. Winfried Sturm, German Inventors Association (DEV)
10. Iceland – Mrs. Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir, Icelandic Inventors Association (SFH)
11. India – Mr. Anand Kannan, India Yenilik Foundation (IYF)
12. Indonesia – Mrs. Megaria Agustina, Indonesian Invention and Innovation Promotion As-
sociation (INNOPA)
13. Iran – Mr. Hossein Vaezi Ashtiani, The First Institute of Inventors and Researchers in I.R.
IRAN (FIRI)
14. Iraq – Mrs. Teriza Jasim Ridha, Iraqi Inventors and Innovators Society (IIIS)
15. Kuwait – Dr. Yahya Abd-ALkhudhur Hasan Abdal, Kuwait Science Club (KSC)
16. Latvia – Mr. Aldis Eglajs, Latvian Inventors Association (LIA)
17. Lebanon – Dr. Radwan Chouaib, National Association for Science and Research (NASR)
18. Libya – Mr. Jalal Saied Mohammed Alnakasah, Libyan Organization for the Promotion of
Invention and Innovation (LOPII)
19. Malaysia – Dr. Augustine S. H. Ong, Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) IFIA Magazine September 2025
20. Palestine – Dr. Karim A. Tahboub, Higher Council for Innovation and Excellence (HCIE)
21. Philippines – Mr. Ronald P. Pagsanghan, Filipino Inventors Society (FIS)
22. Poland – Ms. Agnieszka Mikolajska, Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers
(SPWiR)
23. Qatar – Dr. Adnan Fahad Rashed Al Ramzani Al Naimi, Qatar Science Club (QSC)
24. Romania – Dr. Andrei Victor Sandu, Romanian Inventors Forum (FIR)
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