RE The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR AGREEMENTSIGNATURE.txt
From:
TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent:
12 February 2015 07:46
To:
TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Subject:
RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Laurentiu, noted, many thanks.
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:09 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST); JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Cc: RADUTA Marian (REGIO)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Margaret
I already sent you the summary of the official position of the Romanian National
Authority for
the Protection of the Rights of the Children and Adoption - ANPDCA (see my email
of
30.10.2014).
I attach to this email the original official answer (in Romanian) to our
questions received from
the ANPDCA (answer that was summarised in the abovementioned email).
In the second letter addressed to the Managing Authority (ARES(2014)3832871 of
18/11/2014)
we have not requested for a specific answer, but only to monitor, during the
implementation
phase of the project, the sensitive issues mentioned in that letter.
The beneficiary (ANPDCA) sent the first request for reimbursement, amounting for
EUR 12,000,
in October 2014. This request was approved by the Managing Authority on the 16
of January
2015, but the payment to ANPDCA is not yet done.
There is no other request for reimbursement since then.
So, according to the financial progress of the implementation, it appears that
there is not much
to be seen for the moment regarding this project.
However, we have send a new email to the head of the Managing Authority, asking
what is the
actual implementation status of the project and if they can tell us something
new about the
issues mentioned in our letter of 18/11/2014.
If the Managing Authority is not replying on time to our email, we will have the
opportunity to
discuss about this project on the spot, as we will go on mission in Romania on
25 February.
However, I do not expect that neither the Managing Authority nor the
Implementing Body
(which is the Ministry of Information Society) has sufficient expertise in child
adoption issues
(they probably rely on ANPDCA on this).
I remain available should you have any additional questions.
Kind regards,
Laurentiu Teodorescu
Programme Manager – EU Policies
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
DGA2.E2 - ROMANIA
BU-5 02/111 B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM
Phone: +32 (0) 229 92436
Email: xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this e-mail are personal and may not
necessarily reflect those of the European
Commission, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended
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are addressed.
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 5:23 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO); JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Importance: High
Dear Laurentiu,
Have you had a reply from RO yet? If not, could an urgent reminder be sent, as
the
months are passing by.
Thanks,
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:57 PM
To: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Cc: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Thank you
Best regards,
Laurentiu Teodorescu
Programme Manager – EU Policies
From: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:56 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Cc: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Mr Teodorescu,
We have sign it off in ares.
Best regards,
Hélène
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:09 PM
To: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
The letter is here:
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http://www.cc.cec/Ares/documentInfoDetails.do?documentId=080166e
59af0cf0c
Please let me know if there are any problems
Thank you
Laurentiu
From: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:00 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Cc: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1; TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Mr Teodorescu,
We cannot find the file in ares for visa as mentioned in the email below.
Could you please give the virtual entity access so that we can sign for
Margaret?
Many thanks,
Hélène
Hélène Kapris
Secretary Unit C1/ Secretary to the Head of Unit, Ms Adamo
European Commission
DG JUST – UNIT C1
Fundamental Rights and Rights of the Child
MO59 05/75
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 61 866
xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/index_en.htm
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:55 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Cc: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Laurentiu, fine. Secretariat: as Chiara already saw the draft
and approved it on substance, you can sign it off.
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:54 AM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Margret
In order to avoid additional procedural steps, we decided that we will
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include in ARES the virtual entity of your unit, for VISA
So there is no need for a signature on the letter
Is this OK for you?
Laurentiu
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:41 AM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Cc: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Thanks Laurentiu!
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:59 AM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Hi
Sorry for replying so late
I was on mission
We will initiate this letter in ARES
Thank you
Best regards,
Laurentiu
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 6:27 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Subject: FW: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Dear Laurentiu, if it is to be co-signed, will you initiate this?
Thanks,
Margaret
From: ADAMO Chiara (JUST)
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 6:32 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Cc: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Fine with substance
REGIO should sign – but ok for co-signing if they consider it useful
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:02 PM
To: ADAMO Chiara (JUST)
Cc: JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
Subject: FW: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Chiara, we need to act here so that we can complete checks and reply to
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the correspondent.
Margaret
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:43 PM
To: ADAMO Chiara (JUST)
Cc: JUST CHILD RIGHTS FUNCTIONAL MAILBOX; JUST NOTIFICATIONS
C1
Subject: FW: The Romanian IT system for child adoption - FOR YOUR
AGREEMENT/SIGNATURE
Importance: High
Chiara,
This is an ACT complaint that the EU is spending millions on a database
to promote international adoptions, the one that came to us via Roelie
Post. Further to my request, DG REGIO queried this with RO and got a
partial response, but plan to send the following letter to RO (they have
consulted me on the draft and it is fine for me, taking account of what
we know already about the system). They ask if you will sign it for DG
JUST.
Head of unit level is fine, they say.
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:22 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption
Thanks Margaret
Can you tell me if it will be signed by your hierarchy in this format?
We note that the project "Sistem Informatic pentru Oficiul Roman de
Adoptii", code SMIS 48065, having as current beneficiary The Romanian
National Authority for the Rights of the Child and Adoption, was selected
under the priority axis 3 of the programme and is currently in the
implementation phase.
Considering the high sensitivity of the processes supported by this IT
system, we would welcome that the Managing Authority, in the
monitoring process, gives high consideration to the following issues:
• The IT system in question should support processes that are fully
compliant with the UN Convention on the rights of the child (in particular
with Article 21 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) and that
the UN Guidelines for the alternative care of children are adhered to
prior to any decisions being taken on adoption.
• The IT system should fully ensure the right of privacy of the children,
as provided by Article 16(1) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child
• The IT system should have adequate safeguards (e.g. user access
rights, protection of personal data) that will allow preventing any
unlawful use of information (e.g. for child trafficking purposes)
• The adequacy of the project budget and the legality and regularity of
the public procurement process."
Best regards,
Laurentiu
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:14 PM
To: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
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Cc: RADUTA Marian (REGIO); SERBAN Iulia-Mirela (REGIO)
Subject: RE: The Romanian IT system for child adoption
Dear Laurentiu,
Thanks for consulting me.
See suggestions and one question.
Best regards,
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:04 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Cc: RADUTA Marian (REGIO); SERBAN Iulia-Mirela (REGIO)
Subject: The Romanian IT system for child adoption
Dear Margaret
Concerning the project for the IT system supporting the adoption
administrative processes in Romania, we intend to send a letter to the
Romanian Managing Authority with the following content:
"Dear Ms Moga,
We noticed that the project "Sistem Informatic pentru Oficiul Roman de
Adoptii", code SMIS 48065, having as current beneficiary The Romanian
National Authority for the Rights of the Child and Adoption, was selected
under the priority axis 3 of the programme and is currently in the
implementation phase.
Considering the high sensitivity of the processes supported by this IT
system, we would welcome that the Managing Authority, in the
monitoring process, gives high consideration to the following issues:
• The IT system in question should support processes that are fully
compliant with the UN Convention on the rights of the child (in particular
with Article 21 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) and that
the UN Guidelines for the alternative care of children are adhered to
prior to any decisions being taken on adoption.
• The IT system should fully ensure the right of privacy of the children, as
provided by Articles 16(1) and 40(2)(vii) of (this is not correct, but I
cannot see what you wanted to put) the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child
• The IT system should have adequate safeguards (e.g. user access
rights, protection of personal data) that will allow preventing any
unlawful use of information (e.g. for child trafficking purposes)
• The adequacy of the project budget and the legality and regularity of
the public procurement process."
1.
Please provide us your comments on the content of this letter
and if there is something else that should be added
2.
Please let us know if the management of JUST.C.1 will agree to
sign an agreed upon letter to the Romanian authorities, together
with the management of our unit, in order to increase its
importance
Thank you
Kind regards,
Laurentiu Teodorescu
Programme Manager – EU Policies
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
DGA2.E2 - ROMANIA
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BU-5 02/111 B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM
Phone: +32 (0) 229 92436
Email: xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this e-mail are personal and may not
necessarily reflect
those of the European Commission, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the
individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
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