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From:
TUITE Margaret (JUST)
 
Sent:
06 March 2015 19:07
 
To:
'Arun Dohle'
 
Cc:
MICHOU Paraskevi (JUST); POST Roelie (NEAR); MORDUE Simon 
(NEAR); SMITH Nicole (NEAR); JUST NOTIFICATIONS C1
 
Subject:
Romanian IT project under EU funding/Romanian adoptions 
 
Importance:
High
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 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,
 Margaret Tuite 
Commission coordinator for the rights of the child 
  
European Commission 
DG JUSTICE - Unit C1 Fundamental rights and rights of the child 
M059 5/80 
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium 
+32 2 2953567 
xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx 
Twitter: @MargaretTuite1   
EU children's rights website: http://ec.europa.eu/0-18/    
Children's Rights on Europa: 
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/rights-child/index_en.htm    
DG Justice calls for proposals (grants): 
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/index_en.htm 
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Children's involvement in criminal judicial proceedings EU28: See press release 
Data and statistics 
EU summary report and national contextual overviews  
e-Justice Portal judicial training on rights of the child: 
https://e-justice.europa.eu/content_rights_of_the_child-257-
en.do?clang=en 
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 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:
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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/Note%20Danielsso
n%20Le%20Bail%20Handover%20on%20RO%20children%20Final%201113%20PDF%202.
pdf
Annex:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/1125/response/4094/attach/3/annex%20Children
RightsRO%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
 
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? 
 
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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/
 
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, 
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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 
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 
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
-- 
Regards 
 
Arun Dohle
 
 
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