- General Information about Accredited Organizations in International Adoption
The Accredited Organizations for International Adoption (hereafter OAA) are non-profit entities registered in the corresponding register, whose purpose in their statutes is the protection of children.
The OAA will carry out their activity throughout the national territory, providing their services to persons offering for adoption with habitual residence in Spain.
Their actions abroad will be limited to the country or countries for which they have been accredited, without prejudice to the fulfillment of the requirements and conditions that may be established by the country of origin of the minor.
In the exercise of their mediation functions in international adoption, the actions of the OAA will be limited to the activities specified in the accreditation resolution and must be carried out under the terms and conditions established therein.
However, the OAA may have among their purposes and activities the provision of other social services and child protection, provided that the mediation activity in international adoption is clearly identified, differentiated, and separated from the rest of their activities, especially concerning their statutes, organizational structure, and accounting.
No other entity or person other than the OAA and the competent public entities may intervene in the mediation functions in international adoption.
The OAA must have in the national territory the necessary material resources and multidisciplinary teams for the development of the entrusted functions and be directed and managed by persons qualified by their moral integrity, training, and experience in the field of international adoption.
Mediation in International Adoption is understood as any activity that aims to connect or relate the persons offering for adoption with the authorities, organizations, and institutions of the country of origin or residence of the children who can be adopted and provide sufficient assistance for the adoption to take place.
The functions they perform, among others, are:
Information to people interested in international adoption.
Advice, training, and support to those offering for adoption on the meaning and implications of adoption, relevant cultural aspects, and the procedures that must be carried out in Spain and the countries of origin of the children.
Mediation in the processing of adoption offers between competent Spanish and foreign authorities.
Carrying out the necessary procedures for fulfilling post-adoptive obligations established for adoptive families under the legislation of the country of origin of the adopted minor, which will be entrusted to them under the terms established by the Spanish Public Entity where they reside.
The OAA will designate the person who will act as their representative before the authority of the country of origin.
After the entry into force of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4th, which approves the International Adoption Regulation, the accreditation of organizations interested in carrying out mediation functions in international adoption must be carried out according to the procedure established in the current regulations of the autonomous community where the organization has its registered office. This autonomous community will be the only one to which the organization may submit the accreditation request.
The resolution of the public entity accrediting an organization to perform mediation functions in international adoption will specify the functions and actions provided for in the current regulations, for which it is accredited, the determination of the country of origin or, if applicable, the region or state thereof for which accreditation is granted, as well as the authorized costs of processing an adoption offer directed to that country.
Regarding the number of OAA, the Directorate General for Children's and Adolescents' Rights, after consultation with the Sectoral Commission, will annually establish the maximum number of mediation organizations in international adoption that may carry out their activity in each of the countries of origin, considering, among other criteria, the limitation that, where appropriate, each country of origin may establish regarding the number of foreign entities that can provide their mediation services there.
The public entities that have accredited mediation organizations will oversee monitoring and control functions regarding the general operation of the accredited organization in their autonomous community's territory, as well as those related to the activities they carry out in the country of origin.
The monitoring and control of the accredited organization that has carried out the processing of an adoption file will correspond to the public entities that have processed or are processing the file of those offering to adopt.
For more information, you can go to the Regulations section of this website.
LIST OF ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION (OAA):
ACI ADOPTA BRADOPTA IPI NIÑOS SIN FRONTERAS AIST CREIXER JUNTS MIMO PIAO ADECOP BALBALIKA GUNEY NAMASTÉ YAMUNA OAA FEDERATIONS
There is a state federation (FIDECAI) and an autonomous one, in Catalonia (ECA). For updated information on new accreditations and changes to existing ones, you can go to the competent Public Entity responsible for child protection in your Autonomous Community of residence.
INTERAUTONOMIC FEDERATION OF ECAIS (FIDECAI)
Email: info@fidecai.org
Members:
ACI
ADECOP
ADOPTA
AIST
BRADOPTA
CREIXER JUNTS
GUNEY
MIMO
NAMASTÉ
NIÑOS SIN FRONTERAS
PIAOECA FEDERATION
Email: eca.federacio.oaa@gmail.com
Members:
AAIM
ADOPTA
BALBALIKA
IPI
YAMUNA- National Register of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption and Claims and Incidents
Chapter VI of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4th, which approves the International Adoption Regulation, provides for the creation of the National Register of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption and Claims and Incidents.
This Register is unique for the entire national territory and is attached to the Directorate General for Children's and Adolescents' Rights of the Ministry of Youth and Children.
The Register consists of two sections:
First section: Register of Accredited Organizations. This section is public, general, and free. However, access to the data regarding the composition of the accredited organization's technical team and its respective modifications, as well as the identity of the representative in the country of origin, can only take place when the existence of a legitimate interest is demonstrated.
Second section: Register of Claims and Incidents. Access to this section will be granted, among others, to users of a mediation organization who have filed a claim or incident regarding the services provided by it, both in Spain and in the country of origin, as well as the recipient organizations of these, regarding the files they have processed.
Access to the data in this Register can be done through the Electronic Office of the Ministry of Health, for which a specific application form has been created, named "Procedures related to accredited organizations for international adoption". You can access it through the following link:
Ministerio de Sanidad - Sede Electrónica - Formularios (mscbs.gob.es)
For more information on the use of this form, you can download the document with the "Instructions for Accessing Data in the Register of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption and Claims and Incidents".
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