FW the project Database - reply to Arun Dohle on Romanian IT system linked to adoptions - URGEN
From:
TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent:
06 March 2015 10:35
To:
TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Subject:
RE: RE: FW: the project Database - reply to Arun Dohle on
Romanian IT
system linked to adoptions - URGENT:
Thanks Laurentiu, you too, and thank you for all your help with this, much
appreciated.
Margaret
From: TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 10:34 AM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST); ADAMO Chiara (JUST); GEYER Florian (JUST); DE LUCA
Patrizia
(JUST); SHOTTER Michael (JUST)
Subject: RE: RE: FW: the project Database - reply to Arun Dohle on Romanian IT
system linked
to adoptions - URGENT:
The answer is OK from our side
Thank you, Margaret
Have a nice weekend
Laurentiu Teodorescu
Programme Manager – EU Policies
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
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are addressed.
From: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 7:26 PM
To: ADAMO Chiara (JUST); GEYER Florian (JUST); DE LUCA Patrizia (JUST); SHOTTER
Michael (JUST); TEODORESCU Laurentiu (REGIO)
Subject: FW: RE: FW: the project Database - reply to Arun Dohle on Romanian IT
system linked to adoptions - URGENT:
Importance: High
This is my fourth reply to this correspondent this week.
Draft reply to Mr Dohle, OK for you? (Florian, you asked that Roelie Post's
management
be put in copy of the reply when it goes out)
Dear Mr Dohle,
I apologise for my delay in replying.
The project you refer to concerns an integrated information system for the
Romanian
Office for Adoptions (ROA), under the National authority for the protection of
the rights
of the child and adoption (NAPRC). The project aims to use electronic means to
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modernise communication between the NAPRC, the general public, citizens and
families
wishing to adopt and the other institutional partners in the adoption process
and to
contribute to inter-institutional integration.
We have checked with the Romanian authorities who informed us that the IT system
is a
tool designed and constructed in compliance with national law and international
standards. The IT system is simply a tool to support implementation of the laws
and
policies. The IT system does not take decisions. Only a court can decide on
the
opening of an "adoptability" process of a child in Romania. The IT system will
only
register children for whom the court has ruled in this regard. The system is
compliant
with all laws, including those on data privacy.
Pursuant to Article 111 of Law No 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of
the
rights of the child, NAPRC monitors the compliance with the principles of the
rights of
the child as set out in Romanian law and the UNCRC, ratified by Romania through
Law
No 18/1990, as well as the Hague Convention that supports the implementation of
Article 21 of the UNCRC.
The project is still in relatively early stages. In monitoring implementation
of the
project, the Romanian Management Authority has been requested to monitor
compliance with the above-mentioned laws.
Yours sincerely,
From: Arun Dohle [mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:51 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Cc: MICHOU Paraskevi (JUST); POST Roelie (NEAR); MORDUE Simon (NEAR)
Subject: RE: RE: FW: the project Database
Dear Mrs. Tuite,
I kindly remind you of the below. I expect a reply during this week, failing
which,
I ll turn to the Ombudsman.
Sincerely
Arun Dohle
From: xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx [mailto:xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx]
Sent: Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2014 07:37
To: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx; xxxxxx.xxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx;
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Subject: RE: RE: FW: the project Database
Dear Mr Dohle,
As I wrote to Roelie Post, and as she forwarded to you, it is in hand and we
will
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reply as soon as possible. I have received the correspondence you refer to.
Best regards,
Margaret Tuite
From: Arun Dohle [mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 7:14 AM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Cc: MICHOU Paraskevi (JUST); POST Roelie (ELARG); MORDUE Simon
(ELARG)
Subject: FW: RE: FW: the project Database
Dear Margaret Tuite,
i haven´t received any reply to my email yet. Mrs. Post informed me that
you are responsible now.
Kindly sent me a reply, which is already long overdue and let me know
what actions/ decision the Commission took.
There is one more thing which I wonder about:
After a very high level meeting, ( Secretary General / Directors) there
was a handover to DG Just in the area of children´s rights by DG
Enlargement.
Here is the full” ask the eu” request:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lessons_learned_from_romania?
unfold=1
Handover Letter:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/1125/response/4094/attach/2/N
ote%20Danielsson%20Le%20Bail%20Handover%20on%20RO%20childre
n%20Final%201113%20PDF%202.pdf
Annex:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/1125/response/4094/attach/3/an
nex%20ChildrenRightsRO%20doc%202.pdf
This all should have been transmitted to you according to the letter.
Did you ever receive a copy of this?
Sincerely
Arun Dohle
From: Roelie Post [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Mittwoch, 12. November 2014 09:29
To: ARUN DOHLE
Subject: Fwd: RE: FW: the project Database
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx>
Date: 12 Nov 2014 08:39
Subject: RE: FW: the project Database
To: <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc:
Dear Roelie, it is in hand.
Margaret
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From: Roelie Post [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:43 PM
To: TUITE Margaret (JUST)
Subject: Fwd: FW: the project Database
Dear Margaret
I just heard that this question was still not dealt with. Therefore I
forward you this mail. I would be grateful if you could get back to
Arun Dohle.
Best wishes,
Roelie Post
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Arun Dohle <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: 1 November 2014 09:25
Subject: FW: the project Database
To: Roelie Post <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
From: Arun Dohle [mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Samstag, 1. November 2014 09:13
To: xxxxxx.xxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Subject: Re: the project Database
Dear Roelie,
I didn´t yet get any reply from the European Commission. Could
you follow it up?
Best regards
Arun Dohle
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, <xxxxxx.xxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx>
wrote:
Dear Arun,
I have transferred your message to the Commission's child rights
coordinator Margaret Tuite, who confirmed that she will look into the
matter.
Thanks for having alerted us.
Best regards,
Roelie Post
From: Arun Dohle [mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 10:44 AM
To: POST Roelie (ELARG)
Subject: FW: the project Database
Dear Roelie,
we discovered this project here. It´s worrying. We blogged about it. See
below. Also it has to be seen in the context of this article here:
http://www.romania-insider.com/romania-bans-sending-orphan-or-
abandoned-children-under-3-to-orphanages-hospitals/131676/
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It looks very much like EU taxpayers money is used to reverse the
previous work done in Romania to bring it in line with the UNCRC.
It seems that now the country should be made Hague Compliant and
pushed to open up Intercountry Adoption. While the Hague Adoption
Covention is not even acquis.
Hope, even though you aren´t allowed to work on child rights, you may
know what to do about it and how to address it.
7 Million is also an incredibly high amount.
Best regards
Arun Dohle
www.againstchildtrafficking.org
Adoption Lobby Alert:
European Commission
funding online Adoption
Database (tracking
system) in Romania.
21 September 2014
7 million euro EU taxpayer’s money to implement the Hague Adoption
Convention. For national and intercountry adoptions.
The IT system will register all children in care and declare them
‘adoptable’ automatically, after a certain time-frame elapsed. First
for national adoption and then for intercountry adoption.
Catering the demand.
Families certified to adopt will be able to check the status of their
case and complain of problems
Date: 2014-09-19 (Google translation)
Source: http://www.mediafax.ro
Aurelia Alexa – Mediafax
Families certified to adopt a child will be able to check at any stage
of an application and their file and be able to make referrals,
complaints or suggestions, thanks to a system that will be developed
through a project financed by the European Regional Development
Fund.
The National Authority for Child Protection and Adoption (ANPDC)
released on Friday, the “Information System for Romanian Office for
Adoptions – OR @”, whose implementation was taken over from the
former Romanian Office for Adoptions, after its dissolution.
President of the NAPCR, Gabriela Coman, explained that the
integrated system would assist citizens wishing to adopt a child, and
the child protection specialists from local and central level.
Basically, the software allows online access to information on the
adoption procedure, the number of children declared adoptable, and
the history of each child, keeping privacy.
“Everyone who wants to adopt will be able to electronically access
information about the process, information on the law, information
abou the system og adopted children, certainly not nominal
information, but we want prospective parents to know about which
children can be adopted, there are characteristics that ages them so
that once the DGs will address the welfare and protection of children
they want to adopt, they can be informed and know how to build
expectations about what will happen to their request for adoption,
“said President ANPDC.
Coman said that at present, this information can be obtained, in
part, through the departments of the General Department for Child
Protection (Child Protection) within which family resides, but the
information is not as complete as those who are certified to adopt
would like.
“Certainly, they receive information from DGASPC asked before
starting the procedure, are helped during investigations made at
home, but not so complex information. However, we believe, giving
information about the children, they will get another image, plus it
will be very fast: they do not have to come to us, do not have to look
for our website some information and website direction other
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information. We do not know how to build this technically, we will
see if it will turn into a separate site. We will see this when we have
selected the contractor, “said President ANPDC.
Gabriela Coman added that a few years ago there was a
computerized system that provided some of the information about
the child, but it is not used by all counties. The new system would
monitor every child, from the moment it enters the system of special
protection up to when it will eventually be declared adoptable,
unless it is reintegrated into its family. The system will also provide
post-adoption monitoring.
Another advantage would be that families will be able to check
online at any time, at what stage their file is.
‘The emotional state and family expectations can be exacerbated if
there is no information, and often the family does not have this
information or can get, but it is hard. What I want: that at every
stage, the person must have in any time information about the
location, status and stage of the application process. (…) the
integrated system is also about bringing the courts, to the extent
that we can do this while preserving the confidentiality of data and
persons, the population records, because of the difficulties the
Departments face when searching for the identity of the child’s
biological family, which for the child means actually waiting for
months or years, “said Gabriela Coman.
The new software should provide a section of reports and complaints
online, which can be made to the family courts or child protection
departments.
The official explained that families can claim lack of information or
lack of them, how they are addressed and dealt with when they are
making social inquiry, how are questions to ascertain whether they
are fit to adopt, questions is natural to see the parent’s ability to
adopt, but sometimes it may seem unnatural family.
“It could be asked in the lack of speedy trial to the court file or
could even send us suggestions, because there are parents who have
suggested things. Directions I expect to be able to discern certain
impediments to the adoption and there may be instances that tell us
they have not received complete information on file or not
sufficiently substantiated, “said President ANPDC.
The project has an implementation period of 18 months and a total
budget of 28,208,691, 30 lei [almost 7 million euro] and the
integrated system could become operational next summer.
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Regards
Arun Dohle
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