On 24th-25th June, 2010 in the town of Troyan, Lovech district, EQ/HHC conducted training on adoption as a child protection measure for child protection officers from Lovech district.

The training was lead by Nadezhda Petrova, psychologist, with extensive experience in providing services for adoptive parents at the Centre of Social Support in Russe. It was attended by 10 representatives from 4 CPDs who are responsible for assessing candidates and 1 representative from the Regional Directorate of Social assistance who deal directly with national adoption and matching children with families. We discussed the implications for the children of current practices and how the process should be improved to meet better the interest of the child.