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Organisation
The Association is directed and administered by a presidency and the board (voluntary
posts, without compensation and selected by vote in the members assembly).
AIS activity is divided as follows:
Information service (1 clinical psychologist and 1 webmaster).
Therapeutic service (1 doctor, 1 clinical psychologist and 1 psychiatrist)
Legal service (1 lawyer).
Documentation service (1 documentation expert and 1 assistant)
Administration (1 clerk)
Scholarship holders and students doing practical work: coming from the Faculties of
Psychology, Sociology, Law, and Journalism.
Volunteers: developing support tasks in the different departments.
Summary of Activities Performed by AIS during 2002
At an Institutional Level
For the second year running, the Collaboration Agreement between AIS and the
Ministries of Presidency, Social Welfare, Justice and Home Office, Health and Social
Security, Home Affairs and Institutional Relations, Employment, Universities,
Research and the Information Society of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia,
was renewed, the aim being the encouragement of actions of a social, preventive,
training, and informative nature related to our institution‘s activities.
As a consultant institution, AIS participates in the creation of the Interdepartmental
Commission for the Study and Follow-up of the situation of psychologically
manipulative groups in Catalonia, in compliance with an agreement of the Catalonian
Parliament. This Commission, presided by the General Youth Secretary and
integrated by the Conselleries (Ministries) of the Autonomous Government of
Catalonia, referred to in the previous section, the College of Psychologists and other
experts, was incorporated on October 29th 2002.
At a local level, contacts and exchanges have been made with those responsible for
social welfare and other Departments (Culture, Personal Services) of different
Catalonian and Spanish Town Halls.
AIS has contacted different Catalonian political groups providing information of the
work performed and about psychological manipulation groups.
At the University Level
Within the collaborative framework with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the
study ―Research Work on the Legal Implications of the Psychologically Manipulative
Group Phenomenon‖ completed by a group of researchers from the civil, penal, and
international departments of the Law Faculty has been finished, the final document
having being submitted.
Relation with Public Institutions
The Civil Rights Department of Barcelona Town Hall has financed an information and
prevention campaign, consisting of the distribution of printed material published by
AIS and directed to young people using the civic and cultural centers and youth
associations of Barcelona.
Organisation
The Association is directed and administered by a presidency and the board (voluntary
posts, without compensation and selected by vote in the members assembly).
AIS activity is divided as follows:
Information service (1 clinical psychologist and 1 webmaster).
Therapeutic service (1 doctor, 1 clinical psychologist and 1 psychiatrist)
Legal service (1 lawyer).
Documentation service (1 documentation expert and 1 assistant)
Administration (1 clerk)
Scholarship holders and students doing practical work: coming from the Faculties of
Psychology, Sociology, Law, and Journalism.
Volunteers: developing support tasks in the different departments.
Summary of Activities Performed by AIS during 2002
At an Institutional Level
For the second year running, the Collaboration Agreement between AIS and the
Ministries of Presidency, Social Welfare, Justice and Home Office, Health and Social
Security, Home Affairs and Institutional Relations, Employment, Universities,
Research and the Information Society of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia,
was renewed, the aim being the encouragement of actions of a social, preventive,
training, and informative nature related to our institution‘s activities.
As a consultant institution, AIS participates in the creation of the Interdepartmental
Commission for the Study and Follow-up of the situation of psychologically
manipulative groups in Catalonia, in compliance with an agreement of the Catalonian
Parliament. This Commission, presided by the General Youth Secretary and
integrated by the Conselleries (Ministries) of the Autonomous Government of
Catalonia, referred to in the previous section, the College of Psychologists and other
experts, was incorporated on October 29th 2002.
At a local level, contacts and exchanges have been made with those responsible for
social welfare and other Departments (Culture, Personal Services) of different
Catalonian and Spanish Town Halls.
AIS has contacted different Catalonian political groups providing information of the
work performed and about psychological manipulation groups.
At the University Level
Within the collaborative framework with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the
study ―Research Work on the Legal Implications of the Psychologically Manipulative
Group Phenomenon‖ completed by a group of researchers from the civil, penal, and
international departments of the Law Faculty has been finished, the final document
having being submitted.
Relation with Public Institutions
The Civil Rights Department of Barcelona Town Hall has financed an information and
prevention campaign, consisting of the distribution of printed material published by
AIS and directed to young people using the civic and cultural centers and youth
associations of Barcelona.
