Cooperation Partners

Finnish Cooperation Partners

Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations STEA

Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations (STEA) is a state-aid authority responsible for the preparation, payment, monitoring, and impact evaluation of funds granted to social and health organisations. Interpedia’s adoption service received funding from STEA for adoption service provision.

Finnish Adoption Board

The Finnish Adoption Board acts as the Central Authority, pursuant to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption.

Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs supports Interpedia’s development cooperation projects.

Other partners

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Interpedia is a member of the following organisations:

EURADOPT – cooperation body between adoption organisations in Europe

Fingo – Finnish Development NGOs

The Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland (LSKL)

Nordic Adoption Council (NAC)

Interpedia’s foreign adoption partners approved by the Finnish Adoption Board

Bulgaria:
Family National Association (FNA), Sofia

South Africa:
Abba Specialist Adoption & Social Service, Pretoria

India:
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), New Delhi

Colombia:
Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), Bogotá
La Casa de la Madre y el Niño (LCMN), Bogotá
La Fundación Ayuda a la Infancia Hogar Bambi Chiquitines, Cali

Thailand:
Department of Children and Youth (DCY), Bangkok