Margaret Tuite drafted the acquis list for the meeting of DG ELARG with Unicef in Jan 2013

That's written on page 3 of these meeting minutes

https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/2054/response/7947/attach/5/20150917%20ISG%202013%202015.pdf

That meeting was a follow up of the meeting that Simon had with Unicef on 30 May 2012

That can be seen in attached briefing

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Date: 03/12/09

International adoption: Romania and Bulgaria, two countries in comparison

" Bulgaria has shown that it is possible to fight the market for children without close international adoptions , "said Krassimira Natan, Lawyer and representative staff Ai.Bi. in Bulgaria, speaking at the Conference "Challenges in adoption procedures in Europe" held Tuesday, December 1 at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg.

The Bulgaria is a country that, unlike Romania, has chosen to promote adoption of a policy geared to transparency and rigor, thus avoiding the extreme decision to block international adoptions. After a period of gradual slowdown, the government in Sofia has decided, at the end of 2007, to give a new impetus to international adoptions. He did so from a change of the members of the Central for adoptions and intensifying the number of sessions of the body, introducing new criteria for the combination of adoptable children with prospective adoptive families, creating an ad hoc regulation for children with "special needs" (ie, belonging to ethnic minority health problems or over the age of seven years).

JCICS was part of a meeting yesterday with three congressional offices, two from Kentucky and one from Illinois. Through a meeting with Chris Smith, they were referred to the Helsinki Commission, one of the largest Human Rights watch groups in the world, and a meeting has been set with them for 3pm today. Also discussed was the February 2004 letter from Pierre Poupard of UNICEF to the Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase as it directly contradicts the UNICEF statement from January 2004 that indicated international adoption is one viable form of child welfare. (See attachment to minutes.)

It was learned that there are several leaders in the U.S. that may be able to help influence the situation. Senator Landrieu is on the subcommittee for the U.N. and also serves on the appropriations committee which governs funding for UNICEF. Also, there are several EU parliamentarians from within the U.S. government that serve as direct liaisons. Tom Lundsford who works within the DOS is also a liaison.

A summit will be held between the European Union and President Bush in D.C. starting Monday. There will be a meeting between the EU officials and congressional leaders next Thursday, and For the Children (a pipeline advocacy group) is trying to get pending cases on the agenda as private comments.

DOS continues to help advocate for the pipeline cases as well. Maura Harty had a recent meeting with President Basescu, which led to the President writing a letter to the EU requesting permission to process the remaining pipeline cases.

Adopting more children from care will save £310m, says government

An impact assessment on the impact of the Children and Social Work bill says government reforms will save more than £300 million over ten years

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She was foster mother, but now she's mum

The number of foster children adoptions have doubled in five years. The rights of the biological parents is weakened, believes both CPS and lawyers in child welfare cases.

She was foster mother, but now she's mum

She was foster mother, but now she's mum

Suspension of Michael S. Goldstein, Esq. Accreditation Lifted

June 15, 2016

The Council on Accreditation (COA) announced that, on June 14, 2016, it lifted the May 23, 2016 suspension of the accreditation of Michael S. Goldstein, Esq. Michael S. Goldstein, Esq. completed the corrective action plan to COA’s satisfaction and COA has determined that Michael S. Goldstein, Esq. is now in substantial compliance with applicable U.S. accreditation standards. Michael S. Goldstein, Esq. may resume providing adoption services for Convention adoption cases as of June 14, 2016.

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