CARA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEET ON
ADOPTION
A three- day International
Meet on Adoption is being organised by the Central Adoption Resource
Agency, CARA, from 8th to 10th December
5, 2003 in New Delhi. Delegates from 15 countries representing
the foreign governments and adoption agencies apart from representatives
of the Government of India, State Governments, Union Territories
and Indian NGOs will be participating in the Meet. The Minister
of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya will
inaugurate the Meet.
The meet assumes
importance in the light of India’s ratification of the Hague Convention
on Protection of Children and cooperation in respect of Inter-country
Adoption earlier this year. This has been done with a view to
strengthen international cooperation and protection of Indian
children placed in Inter-country adoptions. The Meet will be the
first ever programme to share experiences with different receiving
countries and their Central Authorities who have either ratified
or signed Hague Convention and have adoption programmes with India.
The Meet aims to
reflect diverse interests and views, discuss and streamline country
practices & procedures of different Central Authorities and
review the trends in adoption in both International & domestic
sectors. It will also discuss legal and procedural safeguards,
as well as transparency in adoption costs etc. as prescribed in
Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption. The delegates will
have an opportunity to share their experiences in streamlining
adoption procedures.
CARA, an autonomous
body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has
given recognition to 73 Indian Placement Agencies and 252 Enlisted
Agencies including 131 government bodies in more than 25 countries,
to carry out in-country and inter-country adoption of abandoned
and orphaned children. More than 12,200 children have found homes
through recognized placement homes. These include over 7,200 in-country
adoptions and more than 5,000 inter-country adoptions. Andhra
Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,
Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have active
adoption programmes. The adoption activities in other states and
union territories are picking up.
