Contacts of the Central Authorities and accredited adoption bodies of foreign States
FRANCE
Central Authority
Mission De L’Adoption Internationale M. A. I. ; address: 244, boulevard Saint – Germain, 75303
Paris, 07 SP, tel. 01 43179180; e-mail: mai.dfae@diplomatie.gouv.fr ,
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/mai
Accredited adoption bodies:
Les Enfants De L’Esperance; address: 22 Allee Paul Eluard, 77420 Champ sur Marne; e-mail:
desjardins-didier@wanadoo.fr
ITALY
Central Authority
Commissione per le Adozioni Internazionali; address: Via Barberini, 38, 00187 Roma, tel. 39 06
481 61722; e-mail: cai.segretaria-enti@palazzochigi.it , www.commissioneadozioni.it/
Accredited adoption bodies:
Azione Per Un Mondo Unito – Onlus; address: C.so Vittoria Colonna, 78/B, 00047 Marino (RM),
tel. 06/9367071, e-mail: amu@focolare.org
La Primogenita International Adoption; address: Via Fiorini, 6/A, 29100 Piacenza, tel.
0523/716413; e-mail: piacenza@laprimogenita.org
www.laprimogenita.it/
Associazione Adozioni Alfabeto; address: Via Francesco Petrarca, 20, 61100 Pesaro, tel.
0721/53796-31652, fax. 0721/398518, e-mail:adozionialfabeto@libero.it , www.adozionialfabeto.it
USA
Central Authority
Contact information for United States Central Authority for the Hague Intercountry Adoption
Convention:
Office of Children's Issues, Office of Overseas Citizens Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs
(CA/OCS/CI), 2201 C Street NW, SA-29, Suite 400,Washington, DC 20520-2818, USA; fax. 202739-9080, e-mail: AdoptionUSCA@state.gov
Licensed adoption agencies:
Main street adoption service, address: 1713 Jeane Circle Martinez, CA 94553, tel. 99250 2289401, e-mail: info@mainstreetadoption.com , www.mainstreetadoption.com
Bethany Christian services, address: 901 Eastern Avenue N.E, P.O. Box 294 Grand Rapids, MI
49501 – 0295, tel. (616) 224 –7595, e-mail: bcsinternational@bethany.org , www.bethany.org
Adoption from the heart, address: 451b Woodland Avenue, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, tel. (856) 6655655, fax. (856) 665-5855, www.adoptionsfromtheheart.org
GERMANY
Central Authorities:
Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtsof, Referat Zentrale Behörden, address:
Heinemannstraße 6, 53175 Bonn, tel. 8 1049 228/58-0; e-mail: www.generalbundesanwalt.de
Landeswohlfahrtsverband Baden-Landesjugendamt-Postfach 4109, 76026 Karlsruhe, tel.(0721)
8107-0.
Bayerisches Landesjugendamt, Postfach 20 05 52, 80602 Muenchen, tel. (089) 13062-0.
Gemeinsame Zentrale Adoptionsstelle der Laender freie Hansestadt Bremen, Freie und Hansestadt
Hamburg, Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein - bei der Behoerde fuer Schule, Jugend und
Berufsbildung der Ferien und Hansestadt, Hamburg - Feuerbergstr. 43 B, 22337 Hamburg, tel.(040)
42849-0.
Landschaftsverband Rheinland - Landesjugendamt - 50663 Koeln, tel.(0221) 809-0.
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Accredited adoption body
Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen - Zentrale e.V., address: Agnes-Neuhaus-Strasse 5, 44135
Dortmund, tel.(0231) 55 70 26-0; e-mail: info@skf-zentrale.de , www.skf-zentrale.de
SWEDEN
Central Authority
The Swedish National Board for Intercountry Adoptions, address: Box 22086, S-104 22 Stockholm,
e-mail: adoption@nia.se , www.nia.se
Accredited adoption body
The Agency Children Above All – Adoptions, address: Kronhusgatan 16, SE – 411 05 Goteborg, tel.
46 31 13 90 67; e-mail: adoption@bfa-a.se , www.bfa-a.se
NORWAY
Central Authority
Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affaires, address: P.O. Box 8113 Dep.,
0032 Oslo, e-mail: post@bufolir.no, www.bufolir.no
POLAND
Central Authority
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Department of Social Welfare, address: 1/3/5 Nowogrodzka
str. 00-513 Warsaw, tel. 6610480, e-mail: Victoria_Biederman@mpips.gov.pl
AUSTRALIA
For the State of New South Wales: Manager, Adoption Services New South Wales Department of
Community Services, P.O. Box 3485, PARRAMATTA NSW 2124, tel. +61 (2) 8855 4900, fax.
+61 (2) 8855 4999, www.community.nsw.gov.au
For the State of Victoria: Manager, Adoption Services Victorian Department of Human Services,
address: G.P.O Box 4057, MELBOURNE VIC 3001, www.dhs.vic.gov.au/commcare/adoptions
For the State of Queensland: Manager, Adoption Services Queensland Department of Families,
Youth and Community Care, address: G.P.O. Box 806, BRISBANE QLD 4001,
www.families.qld.gov.au/adoptions/
BELARUS
Central Authority
The National Center of Adoption at the Ministry of Education, address: Platnova str. 22, Minsk,
220071.
LATVIA
Central Authority
Secretariat of Minister for Special Assignments for Children and Family Affairs Children Rights
Protection Department Adoption Division, address: Basteja boulevard 14, Riga, LV-1050, e-mail.:
pasts@bm.gov.lv
SPAIN
Central Authority
General Direction of the Families Cildren Ministry of labour and Social Affairs, address: c/Jose
Abascal 39, 28003 Madrid, e-mail: mmontanem@mtas.es
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Accredited adoption body
Asociacion Familia Universal, address: C.C.Botanico Locales 103-105 C/.Los Tenderetitos, s/n
35100 San Fernando de Maspalomas, tel.(34) 928 76 07 40, e-mail:
familiauniversal@telefonica.net
ENGLAND
Central Authority
The Department of Education and Skills, address: Wellington House 1.35-155 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8UG, tel.0207972 4014, e-mail: dhmail@doh.gsi.gov.uk , www.dfes.gov.uk
CANADA
Accredited adoption body
Enfance sansfrontieres, address: 7566, St-Martin Quest, Ste-Dorothee, Qc H7X , tel. (514) 9529441, e-mail: esf@videotron.ca
DENMARK
Ministry of Family and Consumer Department of Family Affairs, address: Ebelogade 1, 2100
Copenhagen, tel. +45 3392 3302, fax. +45 3297 1889, e-mail: civildir@civildir.dk ,
www.civildir.dk
SWITZERLAND
Federal Office of Justice Service for International Child Protection, address: Bundesrain 20, 3003
Bern, tel. +41 (31) 323 8864, fax. +41 (31) 322 7864, e-mail: david.urwyler@bj.admin.ch
AUSTRIA
Federal Ministry of Justice, address: Abteilung I 10, Postfach 63, 1016 Wien, tel. +43 (1) 52152
2134, fax. +43 (1) 52152 2829, +43 (1) 52152 2727, e-mail: werner.schuetz@bmj.gv.at
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