ABIC
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ABIC - Associação dos Bolseiros de Investigação Científica is the
Portuguese
Association of grant-holding researchers. ABIC was established in 2003 and represents early stage researchers, such as doctoral students
, and post-doc fellows
as well as researchers who are not included is these two groups but are grant-holders. This association originated in a group of researchers who gathered in 2001 to write a document http://www.bolseiros.org/pdfs/caderno.pdf to be present to all the stakeholders involved with research in Portugal
. This group called “plataforma de bolseiros de investigação científica (PBIC)” evolved into ABIC.
ABIC's main activities have been in the following areas: i) to alert the funding agencies in Portugal
such as FCT (www.fct.mctes.pt) that the grant-holding researchers should have social benefits
and pension schemes as recommended in The European Charter for Researchers http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/pdf/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf; ii) to urge the government to open the positions available in the public sector
and not use grant-holders researchers as cheap labour in Portugal
; iii) to persuade the government to deliver policies which are able to create scientific jobs, both in the public
and private sector
.
ABIC is member of Eurodoc
, the European federation of national organisations of young researchers. ABIC is also a member of the World Federation of Scientific Workers (website)
The most active ABIC on-line resource is the bulletin board (forum.bolseiros.org) written in Portuguese but, in general, young Portuguese read and write English fluently.
General Assembly board http://abic-online.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=35&Itemid=100013
Council Tax board http://abic-online.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=36&Itemid=100012
Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Association of grant-holding researchers. ABIC was established in 2003 and represents early stage researchers, such as doctoral students
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
, and post-doc fellows
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral research is scholarly research conducted by a person who has recently completed doctoral studies, normally within the previous five years. It is intended to further deepen expertise in a specialist subject, including acquiring novel skills and methods...
as well as researchers who are not included is these two groups but are grant-holders. This association originated in a group of researchers who gathered in 2001 to write a document http://www.bolseiros.org/pdfs/caderno.pdf to be present to all the stakeholders involved with research in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. This group called “plataforma de bolseiros de investigação científica (PBIC)” evolved into ABIC.
ABIC's main activities have been in the following areas: i) to alert the funding agencies in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
such as FCT (www.fct.mctes.pt) that the grant-holding researchers should have social benefits
Social security
Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others. Social security may refer to:...
and pension schemes as recommended in The European Charter for Researchers http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/pdf/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf; ii) to urge the government to open the positions available in the public sector
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
and not use grant-holders researchers as cheap labour in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
; iii) to persuade the government to deliver policies which are able to create scientific jobs, both in the public
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
and private sector
Private sector
In economics, the private sector is that part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the state...
.
ABIC is member of Eurodoc
Eurodoc
Eurodoc is the European federation of national organisations of young researchers. Young researchers are the ones currently undertaking their doctorate or PhD holders in their first years of their post-doctoral research career .As a non-profit organisation,...
, the European federation of national organisations of young researchers. ABIC is also a member of the World Federation of Scientific Workers (website)
The most active ABIC on-line resource is the bulletin board (forum.bolseiros.org) written in Portuguese but, in general, young Portuguese read and write English fluently.
ABIC Structure
Direction board http://abic-online.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=34&Itemid=100011General Assembly board http://abic-online.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=35&Itemid=100013
Council Tax board http://abic-online.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=36&Itemid=100012
Portuguese Local Sections
- Young researchers Aveiro UniversityAveiro UniversityUniversity of Aveiro is a Portuguese new generation public university, with its headquarters in Aveiro since its 1973 creation. It also provides polytechnic education in three distinct additional poles....
http://nbiua.web.ua.pt/
- Young researchers Oeiras http://bolseiros.itqb.unl.pt/
- Young researchers FCT-UNLFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de LisboaThe Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCTUNL or FCT for short, is a Portuguese faculty of the New University of Lisbon located on the Caparica Campus, near Lisbon....
http://moodle.fct.unl.pt/course/view.php?id=1185/
- Young researchers PortoPortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
http://porto.abic-online.org/
See also
- Austrian National Union of StudentsAustrian National Union of StudentsThe Austrian Students' Association by statutory body is the general students' representative body in Austria and serves as the students' government by federal law...
- Equivalent organisation in AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. - Confédération des jeunes chercheursConfédération des jeunes chercheursThe Confédération des jeunes chercheurs is a French not-for-profit organization which goal is to represent French Doctoral candidates/Early-stage Researchers and New Doctorate Holders at the national and European levels...
- Equivalent organisation in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. - National Postgraduate CommitteeNational Postgraduate CommitteeThe National Postgraduate Committee of the United Kingdom represents postgraduates at UK universities. Since 2002 it has held charitable status...
- Equivalent organisation in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - ThesisThesis (representative body)Thesis is an interdisciplinary German network of young scientists, current and former PhD students in or with some relation to Germany. Thesis is a founding member of the European network of PhD students Eurodoc.-See also:...
- Equivalent organisation in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. - EURODOCEurodocEurodoc is the European federation of national organisations of young researchers. Young researchers are the ones currently undertaking their doctorate or PhD holders in their first years of their post-doctoral research career .As a non-profit organisation,...
European Council of doctoral candidates and junior researchers. ABIC is a member.