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ANIDO events (2010 - 2014)

Events, organized by ANIDO in the period 2010 - 2014.

• September 2010 – participation of a part of ANIDO Association team in an international meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ANIDO introduced the subject "The new Family Code of the Republic of Bulgaria and its impact upon the intercountry adoptions – changes and issues".
• December 2011 – a conference prepared and held by ANIDO Association in Cork, Ireland. Due the interest towards the adoptions in Bulgaria ANIDO held a second seminar in Ireland, this time in Cork, in order to provide information to Irish residents living away from Dublin. The topic of the conference was "Procedure for the adoption in Bulgaria. Profile of children suitable for adoption. Timeframes and statistics".
• April 2012 – a workshop organized by ANIDO Association and the Spanish organization "Ajuda'm", aiming to exchange experience and discuss issues between the two Central Authorities – the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Catalan Institute for Fostering and Adoption. The Bulgarian Central Authority was represented by the Deputy Minister of Justice and the Director of the International Legal Child Protection and Intercountry Adoptions Directorate.
• September 2012 – participation of the whole team of ANIDO Association in an international conference held in Barneveld, the Netherlands, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of our Dutch partners – "Stichting kind en Toekomst". During the conference we had the chance to meet the children adopted from Bulgaria
• December 2012 – participation of a part of ANIDO Association team in a workshop held in Rome, Italy, and organized by our Italian partners "Brutia Onlus". The purpose of the workshop was to equalize the criteria for joint activities, to clarify the standards of the Bulgarian and Italian organizations, to specify the timeframes and requirements for the documents required for the adoption procedure, etc.
• March 2014 – workshop with representatives of our US partners – "Spence-Chapin", organized by ANIDO Association and held in Sofia. The purpose of the workshop was our partners to introduce their new program for Bulgaria concerning the adoption of special needs children, as well as to conduct a training course for ANIDO team about the work with special needs children, including specifics of the initial contact between adoptive applicants and special needs children.

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