General information about accredited bodies for intercountry adoption
The accredited bodies for intercountry adoption (hereinafter, OAA) are non-profit entities registered in the corresponding register, whose purpose is the protection of children.
The OAAs will carry out their activity throughout the national territory, providing their services to people who offer themselves for adoption with habitual residence in Spain.
Their actions abroad will be limited to the country or countries for which they have been accredited. In addition, they must comply with the requirements and conditions that may be established by the country of origin of the minor person.
- Functions they perform
In the exercise of their intermediation functions in international adoption, the actions of the OAAs will be limited to the activities indicated in the accreditation resolution and must be developed in the terms and conditions established therein.
However, the OAAs may have among their purposes and activities the provision of other social services and child protection, as long as the intermediation activity in international adoption is clearly identified, differentiated, and separated from the rest of their actions, especially with regard to their statutes, organizational structure, and accounting.
No person or entity other than the OSAs and the competent public entities may intervene in the functions of intermediation in international adoption.
The OAAs must have the material means and multidisciplinary teams necessary for the development of the entrusted functions throughout the national territory and be directed and managed by people qualified for their moral integrity, their training, and their experience in the field of international adoption.
Intermediation in International Adoption is understood as any activity aimed at connecting the person(s) offering adoption with the authorities, organizations, and institutions in the country of origin or residence of the children who may be adopted, as well as providing the necessary assistance for the adoption to be carried out.
- Information to people interested in international adoption.
- Advice, training, and support to people offering adoption regarding the meaning and implications of adoption, relevant cultural aspects, and the procedures that must necessarily be carried out in Spain and in the countries of origin of the children.
- Intermediation in the processing of adoption offers between the competent Spanish and foreign authorities.
- Carrying out the procedures for compliance with post-adoptive obligations, established in the legislation of the country of origin of the adopted minor, in the terms set by the Spanish public entity where the adoptive family resides.
The OAAs will appoint the person who will act as their representative before the authority of the country of origin, in accordance with the provisions of the public entity that accredits them.
After the entry into force of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4, approving the International Adoption Regulations, the accreditation of organizations interested in performing intermediation functions in international adoption must be carried out following the procedure established in the current regulations of the autonomous community where the organization has its registered office.
The resolution of the public entity that accredits an organization to perform intermediation functions in international adoption will specify the functions and actions provided for in the current regulations, the determination of the country of origin for which the accreditation is granted, as well as the authorized costs of processing an adoption offer aimed at that country.
Regarding the number of OAAs, the General Directorate of Children's and Adolescents' Rights, after consulting the Sector Commission, will establish annually the maximum number of intermediation bodies in international adoption that can carry out their activity in each of the countries of origin, taking into account, among other criteria, the limitation that each country of origin may impose regarding the number of foreign entities that can provide their intermediation services.
The public entities that have accredited intermediation organizations will perform monitoring and control functions regarding the general operation of the accredited organization in the territory of their autonomous community, as well as those related to the activity they develop in the country of origin.
The monitoring and control of the accredited organization that has processed an adoption file will correspond to the public entities where the people offering for adoption reside.
For more information, you can go to the Regulations section of this website.
- List of accredited organizations for international adoption (OAA)
List of accredited organizations for international adoption (OAA)
ACI. Association for Child Care
Address: Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 4 1ª izqda. 28009 Madrid
Phone: 915783675 / 610243691
Email: aciadministracion@aciadopcion.org / acinformacion@aciadopcion.org
Website: www.aciadopcion.org
More informationADECOP. Association for Cooperation with Peoples - Andalusia
Address: Avda. Emilio Lemos, nº 2 - Module 706.2; CP 41020 - Seville
Phone: 954538262 / 61938629
Email: adecop@adecop.org / informacion@adecop.org
Website: www.adecop.org
More informationADOPTA. Association ADOPTA
Address: Paseo Bonanova 57, bajos 2ª, Barcelona 08017
Phone: 932531412
Email: cristina@adoptabcn.org
Website: www.adoptabcn.org
More informationAIST. International Adoption Solidarity on Earth
Address: C/ Mallorca,192, 1st floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email: centrokune@centrokune.org
Website: www.centrokune.org
More informationBALBALIKA. Association for Child Aid Balbalika
Address: Carrer Enric Borras 30, 4,2 Badalona 08912
Phone: 934641490 / 627482807
Email: ecaibalbalika@gmail.com
More informationBRADOPTA. Association Bradopta
Address: C/ Mallorca,192, 1st floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email: centrokune@centrokune.org
Website: www.centrokune.org
More informationCREIXER JUNTS. Association Creixer Junts
Address: C/ Mallorca,192, 3rd floor 2nd floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email: centrokune@centrokune.org
Website: www.centrokune.org
More informationGUNEY. Association Guney
Address: C/ Mallorca,192, 3rd floor 2nd floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email: centrokune@centrokune.org
Website: www.centrokune.org
More informationIPI. Association Pro Childhood Initiative
Address: Av. Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, nº 646, 1º 2ª 08007 BARCELONA
Phone: 934120102
Email: info@ipi-ecai.org
Website: www.ipi-ecai.org
More informationMIMO. Association for Support for International Adoption MIMO
Address: C/ Benito Gutierrez, nº 11-1º Drcha - 28008 Madrid
Phone: 915430070
Email: info@mimoadopcion.org
Website: www.mimoadopcion.org
More informationNAMASTE. Association for the Promotion of Childhood
Address: Calle Coso 79-81, 2nd right C.P. 50.001 ZARAGOZA
Phone: 976207689
Email: namaste@namasteinfancia.org
Website: namasteadopcion.org
More informationNSF. Children Without Borders Association
Address: Avenida Europa, 34 building B right-wing. 1st left. 28023 Aravaca (Madrid)
Phone: 915470708
Email: nsf.cwf@nsf-cwf.org
Website: https://nsf-adopcion.org/
More informationYAMUNA. YAMUNA Association for Child Support
Address: Calle París, 97 local-2 - 08029 - Barcelona
Phone: 934196944
Email: info@yamuna.org
Website www.yamuna.org
More informationFor more information, you can contact the competent public entities in the field of child protection in your autonomous community or city of residence.
- Federations of OAAs
There are two federations: FIDECAI and ECA
Inter-autonomous Federation of Collaborative Entities in International Adoption (FIDECAI)
Website: https://fidecai.org/
Email: info@fidecai.org
Members:ACI ADECOP ADOPTA AIST BRADOPTA CREIXER JUNTS GUNEY MIMO NAMASTÉ CHILDREN WITHOUT BORDERS PIAO Federation of Catalan Entities for Adoption (ECA)
Website: https://www.ecaoaas.org/
Email: eca.federacio.oaa@gmail.com
Members:AAIM ADOPTA BALBALIKA IPI YAMUNA - National Register of Accredited Bodies for International Adoption and Complaints and Incidences
Chapter VI of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4, approving the International Adoption Regulations, contemplates the creation of the National Register of Accredited Bodies for International Adoption and Complaints and Incidences.
This Register is unique for the entire national territory and is assigned to the General Directorate of Children's and Adolescents' Rights of the Ministry of Youth and Children.
The Register consists of two sections:
First Section: Register of Accredited Bodies. This section is public, general, and free. However, access to the data of the composition of the accredited body's technical team and their respective modifications, as well as the identity of the representative in the country of origin, can only take place when there is legitimate interest for it.
Second Section: Register of Complaints and Incidences. This section will be accessible, among others, to users of an intermediation organization who have filed a complaint or incidence related to the services provided by it, both in Spain and in the country of origin, as well as to the recipient organizations, concerning the files they have processed.
Access to the data of this Register can be done through the Electronic Headquarters of the Ministry of Health, for which a specific application form named “Procedures related to internationally accredited adoption organizations” has been created · You can access it through the following link:
Ministry of Health - Electronic Headquarters - Forms (mscbs.gob.es)
To expand information regarding the use of this form you can download the document with the “Instructions for access to the data in the Register of Accredited Bodies for International Adoption and Complaints and Incidents”.
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