Amici dei Bambini, second biggest agency in Europe

Data: 17-05-12

Ai.Bi., il secondo ente in Europa

Ai.Bi. è il secondo ente della rete di
EurAdopt per numero di adozioni internazionali portate a termine nel
2011. Il buon lavoro di Ai.Bi. si segnala dunque, oltre che in Italia, anche
all’estero, all’interno di una rete che gode di largo credito presso le Autorità
Centrali del continente.

Euradopt è una rete composta da associazioni e
organismi di dodici Paesi europei che operano a servizio del minore abbandonato,
in vista di promuoverne e accompagnarne l’adozione internazionale. L’Italia è
presente con i due enti autorizzati Ai.Bi. e CIAI.

Organizations: Euradopt, Adoptionscentrum, Amici dei Bambini

Ethiopia meeting in Brussels 11 of EurAdopt’s member associations

Ethiopia meeting in Brussels 11 of EurAdopt’s member associations work in Ethiopia, and EurAdopt called a meeting on this country in Brussels on 13th December 2010. There is a growing concern among the member associations about the adoption situation in the country. There are many actors in the field of adoptions, and it is a challenge for the Ethiopian authorities to monitor all orphanages and adoption mediators. EurAdopt plan to hold a meeting in Ethiopia late March 2011, and has encouraged Central Authorities in receiving states to assist the Government of Ethiopia in their effort to ratify the 1993 Hague Convention on intercountry adoptions. EurAdopt currently has 29 member organizations from 12 European countries. Adopsjonsforum is a founding member of EurAdopt. For further information, take a look at EurAdopt’s web page: http://portal.euradopt.org.

Countries: Ethiopia

Organizations: Euradopt

Small Children - Big Money

– UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION –

One of Scandinavia’s largest adoption agencies has illegally adopted children.
In the early 1990s Norwegian Adopsjonsforum brought children from
Argentina, despite the fact that the South American country had banned
international adoptions. Several years later one of the children was
still reported as missing in his homecountry.

Who’s who?

Eva Giberti: Works in the Argentinian Home Office and is
the nation’s leading expert in adoptions.

Alberto Mazzaroni: Argentine judge who is accused of abiding
to child trafficking.

Organizations: Adopsjonsforum, Adoptionscentrum, Euradopt, Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority (MIA)

Persons: Ketil Lehland

Countries: Argentina

EurAdopt's annual meeting

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Scenarios and challenges of intercountry adoption

SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME

To offer disadvantaged children the possibility to grow up and become adults

Persons: Francoise Pastor, Femmie Juffer, Lucile Van Tuyl aka Barones Lucile Van Tuyl Van Serooskerken aka Lucile Bunjes

Countries: Italy

Organizations: Euradopt, CIAI

EurAdopt and FFY (Austrian case Ethiopia - the wrongdoing was proven in Court)

	7 January 2008 15:19


From Minutes Euradopt 5. Dialogue with Family for You: Elssaesser reported on a court case that revoked an adoption carried out by FFY in Ethiopia, where the judge stated that FFY Ethiopia deceived ("arglistiger Irrefuehrung") the parents. A letter was received from FFY on September 1, 2007 that is not consistent with the sentence of the Court; in fact the wrongdoing of the FFY representative in Ethiopia was considered to be proven in court. The Executive Board decided to contact again FFY, since it is of the opinion that the court case has to be seriously considered for the potential harmful effect on EurAdopt. The court decision will be translated inte English by EurAdopt. The Executive Board was informed of FFY activities in Viet-nam and India in 2001, that appear not to have been done according to the standards required from EurAdopt members. The Executive Board also aknowledges the intention of FFY to stop activities in some contries and re-think their activities and structure. Inge Elsässer will draft a letter to FfY and circulate it to AM and ES before sending. The EB will have a renewed discussion on this matter.