Goal of the project: to advocate for the rights of children without parental care to family life and position ADOPTA as resource in policy development related to children.

Target group: Children without family care, particularly Roma, over 6 yeas of age, children with developmental or health related difficulty.

Outcomes:

1. Advocacy campaign on rights of children on family life and a need for a systematic change to improve adoption of „difficult to adopt“ children,

2. Strengthening and positioning ADOPTA as a resource in development and monitoring of public policies on children.

Results:

• identified obstacles to adoption of „difficult to adopt children“

• mapping of available support services

• advocacy campaign on International adoption day (activities through all November)

• Action plan/recommendations for supporting adoption of difficult to adopt children developed through multi-stakeholder cooperation,

• ADOPTA increased competencies for advocacy.

Benefits for groups:

• children without parental care who are considered to be in „difficult to adopt“ category

• potential adoptive parents

• adoptive families

Different beneficiaries participated in research, as guests on Conference, users of a infoMAP, employees, participants on Congress, experts workshop, information sharing, advocacy activities (for example: adoptive parents of „difficult to adopt“ children shared their experience with potential adoptive parents).