Romanian IT project under EU fundingRomanian adoptions .txt
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.
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Regards
Arun Dohle
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