General information about accredited organizations for international adoption mediation
Accredited organizations for international adoption (hereinafter, OAA) are non-profit entities registered in the corresponding registry, whose purpose is the protection of childhood.
The OAA will carry out their activities throughout the national territory, providing their services to people who offer themselves for adoption with habitual residence in Spain.
Their activities abroad shall be limited to the country or countries for which they have been accredited. Additionally, they must comply with the requirements and conditions that may be established by the country of origin of the minor.
- Functions they perform
In the exercise of their functions as intermediaries in international adoption, the actions of the OAA shall be limited to the activities specified in the accreditation resolution and must be carried out under the terms and conditions established therein.
However, the AROs may have as their purposes and activities the provision of other social services and child protection, provided that the activity of intermediation 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 OAA and the competent public entities may intervene in the functions of intermediation in international adoption.
The OAA must have the necessary material resources and multidisciplinary equipment for the development of the entrusted functions throughout the national territory and must be directed and managed by persons qualified by their moral integrity, training, and experience in the field of international adoption.
Intermediation in International Adoption is understood as any activity aimed at putting in contact the person(s) offering themselves for adoption with the authorities, organizations, and institutions of the country of origin or residence of the children who may be adopted, as well as providing the necessary assistance for that adoption to take place.
- Information for individuals interested in international adoption.
- Advice, training, and support for people who offer themselves for 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-adoption obligations, established in the legislation of the country of origin of the adopted minor, under the terms set by the Spanish public entity where the adoptive family resides.
The OAAs will designate the person who will act as their representative before the authority of the country of origin, in accordance with the provisions established by the public entity that accredits them.
After the entry into force of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4, which approves the Regulation on International Adoption, the accreditation of organizations interested in performing intermediary 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.
The resolution of the public entity accrediting an organization to perform intermediary functions in international adoption will specify the functions and actions envisaged in the current regulations, the determination of the country of origin for which the accreditation is granted, as well as the authorized costs for processing an adoption offer directed to that country.
As for the number of OAA, the Directorate General for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, after consultation with the Sectoral Commission, will annually establish the maximum number of intermediary organizations in international adoption that may carry out their activities in each of the countries of origin, taking into account, among other criteria, the limitation that, where applicable, each country of origin may establish regarding the number of foreign entities that may provide their intermediary services there.
Public entities that have accredited intermediary bodies will perform monitoring and control functions regarding the overall operation of the accredited body within the territory of their autonomous community, as well as those related to the activities carried out in the country of origin.
The monitoring and control of the accredited body that has carried out the processing of an adoption file shall correspond to the public entities where the persons offering themselves for adoption reside.
For more information, you can refer to the Regulations section of this website.
- List of accredited bodies for international adoption (OAA)
List of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption (OAA)
ACI. Association for Child Care
Address: Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 4 1st left. 28009 Madrid
Phone: 915783675 / 610243691
Email:aciadministracion@aciadopcion.org/acinformacion@aciadopcion.org
Website:www.aciadopcion.org
ADECOP. Association for Cooperation with the Peoples - Andalusia
Address: Avda. Emilio Lemos, No. 2 - Module 706.2; ZIP 41020 - Seville
Phone: 954538262 / 61938629
Email:adecop@adecop.org/information@adecop.org
Website:www.adecop.org
ADOPTA. ADOPTA Association
Address: Paseo Bonanova 57, bajos 2ª, Barcelona 08017
Phone: 932531412
Email:cristina@adoptabcn.org
Website:www.adoptabcn.org
AIST. International Adoption Solidarity on Earth
Address: C/ Mallorca, 192, 1st floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email:centrokune@centrokune.org
Web page:www.centrokune.org
BALBALIKA. Association For Aid to Childhood Balbalika
Address: Carrer Enric Borras 30, 4,2 Badalona 08912
Phone: 934641490 / 627482807
Email:ecaibalbalika@gmail.com
BRADOPTA. Bradopta Association
Address: C/ Mallorca, 192, 1st floor. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email:centrokune@centrokune.org
Website:www.centrokune.org
GROW TOGETHER. Grow Together Association
Address: C/ Mallorca,192, 3rd floor 2nd apartment. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email:centrokune@centrokune.org
Website:www.centrokune.org
GUNEY. Guney Association
Address: C/ Mallorca, 192, 3rd floor 2nd level. 08036 Barcelona
Phone: 932720290
Email:centrokune@centrokune.org
Website:www.centrokune.org
IPI. Association Initiative for Childhood
Address: Av. Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, No. 646, 1st 2nd 08007 BARCELONA
Phone: 934120102
Email:info@ipi-ecai.org
Website:www.ipi-ecai.org
MIMO. Support association for international adoption MIMO
Address: C/ Benito Gutierrez, No. 11-1st Right - 28008 Madrid
Phone: 915430070
Email:info@mymadoption.org
Website:www.mymadoption.org
NAMASTE. Association for the Promotion of Childhood
Address: Calle Coso 79-81, 2nd right Zip Code 50,001 ZARAGOZA
Phone: 976207689
Email:namaste@namasteinfancia.org
Website:namasteadopcion.org
NSF. Children Without Borders Association
Address: Avenida Europa, 34 building B right staircase. 1st floor left. 28023 Aravaca (Madrid)
Phone: 915470708
Email:nsf.cwf@nsf-cwf.org
Website:https://nsf-adopcion.org/
YAMUNA. YAMUNA Association for Child Assistance
Address: Calle París, 97 local-2 - 08029 - Barcelona
Phone: 934196944
Email:info@yamuna.org
Websitewww.yamuna.org
For more information, you can contact the public entities responsible for child protection in your autonomous community or autonomous city of residence.
- OAA Federations
There are two federations: FIDECAI and ECA
Interregional Federation of Collaborative Entities in International Adoption (FIDECAI)
Email:info@fidecai.org
Members:
Federation of Catalan Entities for Adoption (ECA)
Email:eca.federacio.oaa@gmail.com
Members:
- National Registry of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption and Claims and Incidents
Chapter VI of Royal Decree 573/2023, of July 4, which approves the Regulation on International Adoption, provides for the creation of theNational Registry of Accredited Organizations for International Adoption and Claims and Incidents.
This Registry is unique for the entire national territory and is attached to the General Directorate of Childhood and Adolescence Rights of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood.
The Registry consists of two sections:
First Section: Registry of Accredited OrganizationsThis section is public, general, and free of charge. However, access to the data on the composition of the technical team of the accredited body and its respective modifications, as well as to the identity of the representative in the country of origin, may only take place when the existence of a legitimate interest for this is accredited.
Section Two: Register of Claims and Incidents. Access to this section will be granted, among others, to users of an intermediary organization who have filed a claim or incident related to the services provided by it, both in Spain and in the country of origin, as well as to the recipient organizations of these, regarding the cases they have processed.
Access to the data in this Registry can be made through the Electronic Headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood, for which a specific application form called has been created"Procedures related to accredited international adoption agencies"· You can access it through the following link:
Electronic Headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood - Procedure for Procedures related to accredited international adoption agencies.
To obtain more information regarding the use of this form, you can download the document with the Instructions for Accessing the Data Contained in the Register of Accredited International Adoption Agencies and of Claims and Incidents”.
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