His very intensive activity in the name of IOE had a strong effect on the classical neutral Esperanto-movement in the practical application, on the one hand in terms of culture and tourism and on the other to a more elastic conception of impartiality that followed TEJO.
PIF še naprej obstaja, 44 let pozneje, in vsako leto podeljuje nagrado « Tibor Sekelj » za najbolj človekoljubno sporočilo na festivalu.