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Conference Schedule October 8 2007

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8 October 2007
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From: Arun Dohle <arun.dohle@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007, 07:24
Subject: conference shcedule
To: Roelie Post <roelie.post@gmail.com>, hilbrand westra <uai.hwestra@gmail.com>

I´d offered to make a presentation…..Mr. Pati, Dy Director told me that he thinks I m not “balanced”. There is no speaker from the activist. No real critical person.

This are all the OLD faces…apart from Bharati das Gupta, but she wither organization CSA has the aim of promoting adoptions.

 

Rgds

 

Arun

 

 

 

 

 

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

 

Day 1 (8th Oct. 2007)            

 

Registration                                     :           4.00 PM to 6.00 PM

 

Inaugural & Cultural Programme  :           6.15 PM to 8.00 PM

 

Reception & Dinner                                   :           8.00 PM to 10.00 PM

 

Day 2 (9th Oct. 2007)                                   

 

Plenary 1                                                      :           9.30 AM to 1.30 PM

 

(i)                 Preparing Parents for International Adoption-Sweden Central Authority

(ii)                Hague Compliance & Safeguards - Rep from Hague (proposed)

(iii)              Adjustment of overseas children in USA  - Mr. Adam Pertman, USA

(iv)              Trans-cultural adoption & Identity-Children placed in International adoptions: Mr. Hoksbergen, R.A.C

(v)               United Nations Guidelines on Homeless Children – Issues and Challenges – Representatives from International Social Service – Geneva.

 

Plenary 2                                                      :           2.30 PM to 5.30 PM

 

(i)                 Adoption under JJ Act & Child Protection Scheme of Govt of India : Ms. Loveleen Kacker, Joint Secretary, Child Welfare, M/o WCD, Govt. of India.

(ii)                Family preservation issues (family foster care & sponsorship issues) : Dr. Nilima Mehta, Mumbai

(iii)              Heritage Tour and Search of Roots – Mrs. Roxana Kalyanwala, Pune (proposed)

(iv)              Sourcing of Children and Principle of Subsidiary (issues of priority) – Ms. Daisy Narayan, Patna (proposed)

(v)               Preparing older and special needs children – Dr. Aloma Lobo, Bangalore (proposed)

 

Day 3 (10th Oct. 2007)

 

Plenary 3                                                      :           9.30 AM to 1.30 PM

 

(i)                 Presentation by central authorities (to improve mutual relations)

(ii)                Transparency & Ethical issues in Inter-country Adoption – Representatives from JCICS (proposed)

(iii)              Statistics and Global Trends in Inter-country Adoption – Prof. Peter Salman

(iv)              Salient Features of New guidelines on Adoption - to be presented by CARA

(v)               Open session for all participants (the participants are free to raise any particular issue not covered in preceding sessions)

 

Plenary 4                                                      :           2.30 PM to 3.45 PM

 

(i)                 Efficacy of chat groups - Mrs. Bharti Dasgupta, Pune (proposed)

(ii)                Feedback from older adoptees - to be contributed by older adoptees

 

Valedictory                                                   :           4.00 PM to 5.30 PM

 
Joint Council on International Children's Services, Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), International Social Service (ISS) - Germany, Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority (MIA), International Social Service (ISS)
Rene Hoksbergen