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:
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identified obstacles to adoption of „difficult to adopt children“
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mapping of available support services
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advocacy campaign on International adoption day (activities through all November)
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Action plan/recommendations for supporting adoption of difficult to adopt children developed through multi-stakeholder cooperation,
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ADOPTA increased competencies for advocacy.
Benefits for groups:
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children without parental care who are considered to be in „difficult to adopt“ category
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potential adoptive parents
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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).