Nordic Adoption Council

Danish Post Adoption
Services program to be reestablished from 2012.

All parties of the Folketing but Enhedslisten (Unity List) have agreed on
allocating DKK 5 million for Post Adoption Services. The concrete realization of
the funds have not yet been determined but in the light of the purely positive
evaluations of the pilot project it is anticipated that this project will be
reassumed.

Read EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT ON EARLY ADVICE
AFTER ADOPTION (POST ADOPTION SERVICES)
FINAL EVALUATION here Read summary here
(Both are in Danish language only.)

NORDIC ADOPTION ORGANISATIONS STAND UP AGAINST RACISM

At the bi-annual general meeting, the NAC (Nordic Adoption Council), in Stockholm, expresses its concern towards racism in the Nordic countries.

‘It is with great concern and significant worry, that our member organisations in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark report, how adoptees and others with a different background, are met with increasing signs of racism and discrimination’, says Sten Juul Petersen, chairman of NAC. ‘This demonstrates the need to stand up against this tendency and the need for a much wiser approach to diversity’, he says and continues: ‘We must view differences as a strength. In respect of the countries of origin, the biological parents, the adoptees and ourselves, we need to act now, and strongly stand up against racism and discrimination in all sectors of society’, Sten Juul Petersen concludes.

DON’T GIVE WINGS TO RACISM!

Nordic Adoption Council (NAC) is an umbrella association of 15 Nordic adoption organisations. 13 are intermediating organisations, 2 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 1 from Iceland, 3 from Norway and 4 from Sweden. 1 member from Denmark and 1 from Finland are adoptive family organisations. For more information about NAC, please visit our website at www.nordicadoption.org