Continuous Psychologist Movement: About MCP

Activities performed (inverse chronological order, after thematic):

* Awareness promotion in various political, social and cultural agents
- Meeting with Prof. Jorge Miranda - 2010-07-09
- Judges' Association for Citizenship - 2010-06-21
- Individualities like Prof. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prof. Jorge Miranda, Dr. Manuel Alegre, Prof. Fernando Nobre, Prof. Vital Moreira, Dr. Miguel Sousa Tavares - 2010-06-21, Prof. Garcia Pereira, Dr. António Vitorino - 2010-09-17

* Complaint to the Portuguese Ombudsman
- Complaint reinforcement - 2010-09-15
- Complaint presentation - 2010-04-27

* Protesting presence in voting locations - 2010-04-12

* Hearings in the National Assembly with deputies (Teresa Caeiro, Luísa Salgueiro, Maria das Mercês Soares, Jorge Machado, Mariana Aiveca) - 2010-03-29 and 2010-04-07; (Artur Rego)- 2011-02-24

* Presentation to the Portuguese President - 2010-03-26 and 2010-09-15

* Interpellation of OPP (the association created)
- Meeting with OPP's management - 2010-05-25
- Interpellation of OPP's management - 2010-0507
- Interpellation of the installation committee - 2010-03-26

* Contacts with alternative candidates to OPP's elected staff - 2010-03-16

* Joint efforts with other similar initiatives - 2010-03-16

* Complaint at the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity - 2010-03-15

* Complaint at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education - 2010-03-15

* Complaint at the universities – 2010-03-15

* Entry application to OPP – 2010-03-15

* Electoral lists contestation – 2010-03-13

* Information to political parties' youth organizations and to Parliament’s Political Groups
- Interpellation of the National Assembly's and the Work Committee’s presidents - 2010-09-15
- Added information sent to all deputies - 2010-07-19
- Contact with members of the committee for work, social security and public administration - 2010-04-13, 2010-05-18
- Letter to Political Parties' National Committees - 2010-03-26 e 2010-09-15
- Presentation to all the deputies – 2010-03-21, 2010-06-29
- Letter to political parties' youth organizations – 2010-03-18
- All political groups with a seat in Parliament received information about the petition at 2010-02-17 and a new alert at the 28th

* Complaint at the Ministry of Health
- Interpellation at 2010-06-01, reinforced at 2010-07-22 and 2010-09-15
- Joint complaint at 2010-03-15
- The minister's cabinet received information about the petition at 2010-02-17

* Press and public opinion
- 4th press release sent at 2011-07-25
- Added information was sent - 2010-07-19
- FAQ publicized at 2010-05-19
- 3rd press release sent at 2010-04-16
- Interview for television channel RTP - 2010-03-31 - broadcasted in its day news and in its news channel RTPN - 2010-04-01
- 2nd press release sent at 2010-03-17
- Interview for News Agency Lusa a 2010-02-03
- 1st press release sent at 2010-01-31

* Information sent to relevant Syndicates, their Federations and Confederations
- Information sent to 3 syndicates' confederations, 2 federations and 10 relevant syndicates - 2010-06-22
- The National Psychologists' Syndicate was one of the first entities informed about the petition at 2010-01-25

* Interpellation of the various professional associations, national and european
- Presentation sent to EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations) - 2010-07-22
- 28 national professional associations were informed about the petition at 2010-01-25

* Information to student associations and colleagues
- Ads in the press in order to provide awareness of the problem to the more distracted colleagues at 2010-05-02 e 09
- 32 student organizations connected to universities teaching psychology courses were informed about the petition at 2010-01-25 and 2010-05-17

* Supporting webpages:
- Homepage fot the Continuous Psychologist Movement – 2010-06-17
- Information gathering site – 2010-03-11 (replaced by the Movement's website at 2010-06-17)
- Forum for the work group – 2010-03-01
- Facebook – 2010-01-28
- Twitter – 2010-01-28
- Petition's blog – 2010-01-22 (replaced by the Movement's website at 2010-06-17)

* Petition to the Portuguese Assembly
- Clarification sent to all deputies on the evening of the petition's debate on the national assembly's global session - 2011-07-26
- Clarification sent to the committee for work, social security and public administration - 2011-07-25
- 2011-02-24: Audition of petitioners by the committee for work, social security and public administration
- 2010-05-25: 1347 (at the end of the 30 days deadline after admission)
- Published in the DAR
- DAR II série B Nº.89/XI/1 - Suplemento 2010.03.27 (pág. 4-5)
- 2010-03-18: 1242
– 2010-01-22 a 2010-02-15: 1096

Ongoing activities at the moment:

* Legal action

Among others.

The Continuous Psychologist Movement (Movimento Continuo Psicólogo, or MCP) was formed in Portugal based on the writing of the "Petition for the Non Retroactive Disqualification of Psychologists due to Registration on the Recent National Association". Many colleagues associated themselves around this petition, in a completely independent way (knowing each other for this reason and uniting for the common cause), with a wide geographical distribution (thanks to digital communication means), and thus a working group was created, composed of psychologists graduated from various universities. Many others have supported the cause, by signing the petition, and also by participating on the collective decisions of the Movement inside it's dedicated forum.

This official webpage of the MCP, online since 16.06.10, acts as the supporting blog for the petition, but is also the integrative platform for approaching the general public with the causes advocated by the MCP.
Additionally, other aspects of the professional life of psychologists may also be analyzed in here.

The original page, in Portuguese, can be reached by clicking on the flag in each text.
Other pages remain active and are a complement, given their specific and irreplaceable functions:
- petition (page dedicated to the petition);
- forum (dedicated to discussion and coordination of measures among movement members);
- twitter (public broadcast of information in short texts);
- facebook (active presence on this social network).

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