Statutes approved and published on 4 April, 2022.
CHAPTER ONE
CONSTITUTION AND OBJECTIVES
First Article
(Constitution)
In accordance with the current general law, a non-profit private association, known as RISCOS Portuguese Association for Risks, Prevention and Security, hereinafter referred to as RISCOS, is an interdisciplinary body in the area of natural, anthropic and mixed risks, as well as prevention and safety.
Article Two
(Headquarters and Activity)
1) RISCOS has its headquarters in Coimbra, in the NICIF – Nucleus of Scientific Investigation of Forest Fires, Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, Largo da Porta Férrea, 3004-530 Coimbra, and may be transferred to another location, by resolution of the General Meeting.
a) RISCOS, upon deliberation of the Board, may create regional offices.
2) The activity of RISCOS is governed by the present statutes and also by the duly approved internal regulations and norms.
Article Third
(Purposes and Objectives)
The purpose of RISK:
1. Promote scientific research in the area of risk, prevention and safety;
2. Promote training in the area of risk, prevention and safety;
3. Promote awareness-raising activities with a view to establishing a culture of security, which requires the prevention of risks;
4. Support, in the scope of the provision of services to the community, public or private institutions through the conclusion of agreements, agreements or service contracts;
5. Maintain a specialized Bibliographic, Cartographic, Photographic and Media Documentation Center;
6. Promote the publication of scientific papers of its specialty, both in print and in digital format;
7. Proceed with the publication of brochures and audio-visual aids, namely by making videos, DVD, CD Rom and music CDs, as well as using other means of dissemination, in order to raise awareness of specific audiences or the general population to aspects related to risk, prevention and safety.
Article Four
(Attributions)
For the achievement of its purposes RISCOS is responsible for:
1) Maintain contacts, within the principle of cooperation, with all Portuguese research and training organizations interested in the development of Risks, Prevention and Security Sciences;
2) Carry out studies and projects, on its initiative or through agreements or contracts entered into with public or private entities;
3) To promote courses, seminars, colloquia, workshops and other similar initiatives on topics that are relevant to the achievement of their goals and to participate in similar achievements promoted by other entities;
4) To structure and stimulate projects and programs of a scientific and pedagogical nature to raise the awareness of the population on the prevention of risks and issues related to prevention and safety;
5) To ensure, directly or through contracts with publishers, the publication of their own scientific and pedagogical journals or publications, as well as other scientific or pedagogical works, promoting, when necessary, their translation;
6) Signing agreements of temporary or permanent collaboration with other public or private organizations, national or foreign;
7) To undertake, by contract, to carry out studies, investigations and other work entrusted to it by any Portuguese, foreign or international entities or organizations, public or private, and, as well, commit by contract to other national or foreign entities, to carrying out any work necessary for the implementation of the Association’s programs of activities;
8) Establish and maintain contacts with similar or similar bodies, national, foreign or international, in order to ensure a constant exchange of knowledge, information and publications.
CHAPTER TWO
ASSOCIATES
Article 5
(Associates)
1) Individuals and public or private entities that develop or intend to collaborate in the development of RISCOS activities may be associated with RISCOS.
2) Membership of RISCOS is acquired upon approval by the Board of the membership proposal submitted by the interested partys.
3) The proposals presented by the Board shall be approved by the General Meeting.
Article Six
(Members’ Statutes)
1) RISCOS members may have the status of:
a) Founding members;
b) Associate members;
c) Associate sponsors;
d) Cooperating Associates.
2) The founding members are those who integrate lists competing for the first electoral act for RISCOS’s governing bodies, both as effective members and as alternate members.
3) Adherents are those who are admitted after the one mentioned in the previous number.
4) The status of sponsoring associates will be natural or legal persons who, through a financial or patrimonial contribution to the Association, have contributed significantly to its operation, prestige and development of RISCOS.
5) Cooperating associates are those who, on a voluntary basis, provide or have provided relevant services to RISCO.
Article 7
(Rights and Duties of Members)
1) The rights of RISCOS members are:
a) Participate in the activities of the Association;
b) Participate in the General Meetings;
c) To elect and be elected to the Governing Bodies.
2) The duties of RISCOS members are:
a) To contribute actively to the pursuit of the statutory objectives of RISCOS;
b) To perform the positions for which they are elected or appointed;
c) Pay a registration fee and the annual dues.
3) The sponsoring associates shall be part of the General Meeting, without voting rights, and may not be elected to the governing bodies and shall be exempt from the quota.
(4) Founding members and cooperating members are also exempt from the quota.
5) Accompanying members are obliged to pay an annual quota, to be determined by the General Assembly, on proposal of the Board of Directors.
Article 8
(Loss of Associate Quality)
1) The RISCOS membership status loses if:
a) Requesting to be unlinked, by written communication to the Board.
b) Failing to comply with any or any of the obligations set forth in this statute or against the interests of RISCOS.
c) Failing to comply with any or some of the internal rules or regulations approved pursuant to paragraph 2 of article 2.
2) The loss of associate status is made by decision of the General Meeting, under the opinion of the Board, with prior registration of the subject on the agenda of the day.
3) The loss of associate status implies the loss of the right to the social assets of RISCOS and the right to receive what has been paid, without prejudice to the responsibility for the benefits related to the time in which RISCOS was associated.
4) Associates who fail to comply with the provisions of paragraph 2 (c) of article 7, for a period of more than one year, may be suspended from their rights.
5) Former members of the Association may request re-entry, applying the provisions of art. 5th.
THIRD CHAPTER
SOCIAL HERITAGE
Article 9
(Patrimony)
1) All assets, values or services that, for this purpose, associates or others compete for the Association, constitute the social patrimony of RISCOS.
CHAPTER FOUR
OF THE ORGANS
Article Thirteenth
(Social entities)
1) They are Social Bodies of RISK:
a) The General Meeting;
b) The Board;
c) The Fiscal Council.
2) The term of office of the members elected to these bodies is three years and may be re-elected.
3) The social bodies are called by the respective presidents, except for the cases specifically provided for in these statutes and in the general law.
4) Decisions are taken by majority, except in cases where the Law requires a qualified majority.
SECTION ONE
GENERAL MEETING
Article Eleven
(General meeting)
1) The General Assembly is the deliberative body of RISCOS and is made up of all associates in the full enjoyment of their rights.
2) The General Meeting is ordinary or extraordinary.
3) The convocation of the General Assembly shall be made by electronic postal to be sent to each member, at least ten days in advance and it shall include the day, time, place of the Assembly and the Agenda of the day.
4) The work of the General Assembly is directed by a bureau, elected according to the stipulated in art. 17, for a term of three years, consisting of three members: President, Vice-President and Secretary.
(5) The General Assembly will ordinarily meet at least twice a year, with the first meeting taking place during the first quarter, for consideration and approval of the report and accounts for the previous year, which will be submitted to it by the Board, and the second, in the last quarter, for consideration and approval of the Annual Plan of Activities and the Budget for the following year, prepared by the Directorate.
6) The General Assembly may be convened extraordinarily by its President:
a) On its own initiative;
b) At the request of the Board or the Supervisory Board;
c) At the request of at least two thirds of the members in full enjoyment of their rights.
7) The resolutions of the General Assembly are taken by majority, except when the general law or the bylaws establish otherwise.
8) Minutes of the General Meeting shall be drawn up.
Article Twelve
(General Shareholders’ Meeting)
1) The following are the responsibilities of the General Meeting:
a) Establish, in own regulations, the criteria for the election of the holders of any of the other corporate bodies;
b) To resolve on any changes to this Statute;
c) Consider and deliberate on proposals for the admission of new members;
d) Approve, on proposal of the Board, the enrollment fee and the annual membership fee;
e) To evaluate and vote on the annual plans of activities proposed to it by the Board;
f) To evaluate and vote the report and accounts related to each fiscal year, preceded by an opinion of the Fiscal Council;
g) To approve the internal regulations;
h) Oversee the electoral processes, in the form and with the mechanisms provided for in the internal regulations to be created in accordance with the provisions of art. 17th. these statutes;
i) Decide on the possible dissolution of RISK.
SECTION THREE
DIRECTION
Article Thirteenth
(Direction)
1. The Board of Directors is the executive body of RISCOS and consists of a President, a 1st Vice-President, a 2nd Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
2. The President shall necessarily be a member of the Association, a doctorate.
3. The term of office of the Board is three years, and the election process is established in its own internal regulations, as stipulated in art. 17th. of these statutes.
4. The Board may be advised by a Strategic Council, whose competencies and internal organization shall be included in the Association’s internal regulations.
5. The Association shall be bound by two signatures, with the obligation of the President or of the Treasurer of the Board;
Article Fourteenth
(Directorate Responsibilities)
1) The Board is the body that represents RISCOS and is responsible for:
a) Carry out the concrete actions leading to the achievement of RISCOS objectives;
b) Administrative and financial management of RISCOS, fulfilling and fulfilling the statutory objectives established in art. 3 of this statute and other decisions of the General Assembly;
c) To direct its action in obedience to the Annual Plan of Activities;
d) To prepare and propose for the approval of the General Assembly the internal regulations and their amendments;
e) To prepare the Annual Plan of Activities, submitting it for approval by the General Assembly;
f) To prepare and propose for the approval of the General Meeting the report and accounts for each financial year.
SECTION FOUR
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Article Fifteenth
(Supervisory board)
1) The Fiscal Council is the body responsible for controlling the accounts of RISCOS and consists of a President, a Vice President and a Secretary, who will be the Rapporteur.
2) The Fiscal Council’s term of office is three years, and the election process is established in its own internal regulations, as stipulated in art. 17th. of these statutes.
Article Sixteenth
(Fiscal Council Competencies)
1) The Fiscal Council’s powers are:
a) To supervise the acts of economic and financial management of the Directorate for which it will meet at least twice a year.
b) Issue an opinion on the report and accounts prepared by the Board, to be presented to the General Meeting.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
ELECTION RULES
Article Seventeenth
(Electoral process)
1) All electoral processes will be triggered by the President of the General Assembly.
2) The corporate bodies of RISCOS are elected in a complete and unique list for all the organs, considering all the members of the winning list elected.
3) The scrutiny is secret, in the terms to be defined by internal regulation.
CHAPTER SIX
FINANCIAL MEANS
Article Eighteen
(Revenue)
1) Revenues from RISCOS include:
a) The product of the jewels and annual quotas of the members;
(b) the proceeds of research, experimental development or technical vocational training or operational technical cooperation;
c) The subsidies, bequests or donations that are assigned to him under the law and accepted by the Association;
(d) the proceeds from the sale of publications and other information and training materials;
e) The income from the assets, resulting from the funds deposited, from participation in companies and others;
2) The revenues obtained by RISCOS are intended to support the activities contained in its purposes in accordance with the deliberations of the General Assembly and the execution of the Annual Activity Plans.
Article Nineteen
(Expenses)
1) RISK expenses are:
a) Those resulting from the exercise of its activity, in the fulfillment of the statutory objectives, namely, payment of salaries and social charges, payment of research scholarships, acquisition of goods and services, and general operating expenses.
b) Those resulting from legal obligations.
SECTION FOUR
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Article Fifteenth
(Supervisory board)
1) The Fiscal Council is the body responsible for controlling the accounts of RISCOS and consists of a President, a Vice President and a Secretary, who will be the Rapporteur.
2) The Fiscal Council’s term of office is three years, and the election process is established in its own internal regulations, as stipulated in art. 17th. of these statutes.
Article Sixteenth
(Fiscal Council Competencies)
1) The Fiscal Council’s powers are:
a) To supervise the acts of economic and financial management of the Directorate for which it will meet at least twice a year.
b) Issue an opinion on the report and accounts prepared by the Board, to be presented to the General Meeting.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
ELECTION RULES
Article Seventeenth
(Electoral process)
1) All electoral processes will be triggered by the President of the General Assembly.
2) The corporate bodies of RISCOS are elected in a complete and unique list for all the organs, considering all the members of the winning list elected.
3) The scrutiny is secret, in the terms to be defined by internal regulation.
CHAPTER SEVEN
FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article Twenty
(Amendments to the Articles of Association)
1) Amendments to these statutes can only be made at General Meetings.
Article Twenty-One
(Dissolution of RISK)
1) The dissolution of RISCOS can only be carried out if at a General Meeting, specifically called for this purpose.
2) In case of approval of the dissolution, RISCOS will maintain legal existence for liquidation purposes, according to what is determined at that General Meeting.
3) In case of dissolution, the assets and funds of RISCOS will have the destination that is given to them by the General Assembly, without prejudice to the legal provisions in force.
Article Twenty-Two
(Omitted Cases)
1) The omissions, not provided for in these Bylaws or in the Internal Regulations, shall be resolved by the General Meeting, in accordance with the general legislation in force.