ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED ADOPTION ORGANISATIONS Final programme – “Open Days” - 22. – 23. April 2010 “GOOD PRACTICE IN INTER-CO

ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED ADOPTION ORGANISATIONS

Final programme – “Open Days” - 22. – 23. April 2010

“GOOD PRACTICE IN INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS”

English will be the only working language.

Thursday 22nd April: Open Day (half day)

14.00 hrs: Welcome from EurAdopt / Government of Norway / organisers.

Mr. Angelo Moretto, (Chairperson of EurAdopt).

Ms. Henriette Westhrin, (State Secretary, Ministry of Children, Equality

and Social Inclusion).

14.30 hrs: The inter-country adoption scene Chair: I. Lammerant

International Consultant and Trainer - Children’s Rights, Family Law and

Adoption, Geneva and lecturer at Freibourg University, Switzerland

Ms. Isabelle Lammerant: Has the approach to intercountry

adoption changed in the 21st century? Future changes to be

expected?

15.00 hrs: Ms. Wambui Njuguna (Chairperson of Africawide Movement for Children,

and regional Director of African Network for Protection and Prevention of

Child Abuse and Neglect, ANPPCAN East Africa): Strategies for

improvement of Family Based Care in Africa.

15.30 hrs: Dr Benyam Mezmur (Community Law Centre, University of Western Cape,

South Africa. PhD thesis focused on intercountry adoption in the African

context: "Intercountry adoption in Africa: “When and how is it

the best solution?"

16.00 hrs: Coffee/tea break.

16.30 hrs: Marlène Hofstetter: (Head of adoption department, Terre des Hommes,

Switzerland): Overview of the European situation; are we

addressing the real needs? With focus on Africa and Europe

17-18.00 hrs: Discussion

19.00 hrs: Dinner at the hotel (included).

Friday 23rd April: Open Day (full day)

09.00 hrs: Challenges in inter-country adoptions: (Chair: Young Kuk Kim)

09.15 Gera ter Meulen (ADOC) “Bridging adoption science and

practice; the potential of ADOC”

ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED ADOPTION ORGANISATIONS

09.45 Mr. Morten Stephansen (Deputy Director General of the Norwegian

Central Authority on Adoptions - “Bufdir”): “Controlling the adoption

bodies (accreditation, organisation, finances)”

10.35 Ms.Janice Peyre (representing the adoptees’ and parents’ association EFA,

France), “The views of adoptive families”.

11.05 Coffee / tea.

11.15 Jennifer Degeling HCCH “.Accreditation and accredited bodies:

Good practices under the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption

Convention.”

11.40 Private adoptions

Karin Rønnow Søndergaard (Representative from the Danish Central

Authority) “Private adoptions”

12.00 Nathalie Foulon (on behalf of the Belgian Central Authority):

“Private adoptions in Belgium”

12.25 hrs: Lunch

13.30 hrs: European Adoption Future (panel/discussion chaired by

EurAdopt leader Angelo Moretto).

Production of a EurAdopt policy document.

Participation from invited specialists / institutions / organisations. Pia Brandsnes

DK, Ketil Lehland NO, Janice Peyre FR, Morten Stefansen NO, Peter Selman UK,

Francoise Pasteur BE, TBA SP, Marlene Hofstetter TDH

14.30 hrs: Coffee/tea break (10 minutes)

14.40 hrs: Discussion continues

16.00 hrs: Closing.

17.00 hrs: Light meal at the hotel.

18.00 hrs: Guided sightseeing tour by bus in Oslo.

NB! The sightseeing ends in the town centre, and there is no dinner

included in the programme for Friday night. Participants may

choose to organise their own dinner in town (and return by public

transport) or to take the bus back and buy dinner at / near the

hotel.

21.00 hrs: Bus departure from the City Hall to the Hotel