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2012 EurAdopt Conference
26-27 April 2012
Berlin, “Französische Friedrichstadtkirche”
conference venue at “Gendarmenmark”
(www.franzoesischer-dom.de)
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Preliminary Program
“INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION
IS STILL AN OPTION”
Thursday 26th April 2012
12:00 hrs: Check-in and lunch for participants.
14:00 hrs: Welcome from EurAdopt
Angelo Moretto, Chairperson of EurAdopt
14:15 hrs: Adoption is an option!
In retrospect of 33 years experience with inter-country adoptions in Germany
Maria Holz, terre des hommes Germany
14:45 hrs: 10 years after Ratification of The Hague Convention by Germany
Past Experiences – Present Challenges – Future Perspectives
Wolfgang Weitzel, Central Authority, Germany
15:15 hrs: coffee/tea break
15.45 hrs: The Hague Convention: what has been achieved what would still needs to be achieved?
Perspective of the Hague Permanent Bureau on the present situation:
Carine Rosalia, HCCH Permanent Bureau
16:15 hrs: Discussion: what way forward?
17:15 hrs: Closing
19.00 hrs: Conference Dinner – Celebration of 10 years Ratification of The Hague Convention by Germany
Friday 27th April 2012
09.20 hrs: Welcome from EurAdopt
09:30 hrs: Address of Welcome
Brigit Grundmann, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Germany
09:45 hrs: Why can international Adoption be the best option for a specific child? Perspective of a country of origin
Zdenek Kapitan, Central Authority, Czech Republic
10:30 hrs: Under what conditions international Adoption remains the best option for a specific child?
Perspective of grown up adoptee
Dominic Hippert, adult Adoptee, Germany
11:00 hrs: coffee/tea break
11:20 hrs: How to minimize the number of private adoption and improve the standards for “particular-case adoptions”?
Didier Dehou, Central Authority Belgium, French Speaking Part
12:00 hrs: Lunch
13:00 hrs: Adoption research, recent results
TBN., ADOC, Netherlands
13:30 hrs: Financial and economic issues: how to prevent dependency and undue influence on ethics?
• Considerations from the HCCH Permanent Bureau
Carine Rosalia, HCCH Permanent Bureau
• The perspective of adoptees and adoptive families
Dr. Odile Baubin, Enfance & Familles d’Adoption (EFA), France
• The experience of an adoption organization
Monika Müllers-Stein, ADA, Germany,
15:00 hrs: coffee/tea break
15:20 hrs: Panel discussion: Inter-country adoption is the best option for specific child: When, how and in what conditions?
Chaired by Angelo Moretto, EurAdopt
16:15 hrs: Closing remarks |
