| CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Name of Office (In
National Language) |
Defensor del Menor en la Comunidad
de Madrid |
| Name of Office (In
English) |
Ombudsman for Children in Madrid |
| Postal Address |
Calle Ventura
Rodriguez
7
28008 Madrid
Espaņa/Spain |
| Telephone |
+34 91 563 4411 |
| Fax |
+34 91 561 8173 |
| Email address |
jefegabinete@dmenor-mad.es |
| WWW |
www.dmenor-mad.es |
| Title of Ombudsman |
Defensor del Menor en la Comunidad
de Madrid |
| Name of Ombudsman |
Mr. Pedro Nuņez
Morgades |
| Name of contact person for
ENOC |
Carmen Gonzalez Madrid |
| OFFICE SIZE AND STRUCTURE |
| Number of staff members |
18 people |
| List of staff members and
functions |
OMBUDSMAN FOR CHILDREN
Two secretaries for the Ombudsman for Children
Chauffeur
OMBUDSMAN FOR CHILDRENīS DEPUTY
Secretary of the Ombudsman for Childrenīs Deputy
Two Juridical Adviser
Sanitary Adviser
Sociologist Adviser
Psychologist Adviser
Information and Counselling Assistant
Supporting Administrative
GENERAL-SECRETARY
Secretary of the General-Secretary
Head of the Economic-Adminsitrative Department
Supporting Administrative
Security-Guard |
Summary of annual budget for 1999 |
Staff: 1.036.169 Ï
Current Expenditure on goods and services, studies, etc.: 480.329Ï
Investments: 15.626 Ï |
| Summary of annual income |
1.532.124 Ï from public funds |
| Date the office was
established |
26/09/1996 |
| HISTORY OF THE OFFICE |
| Initiator of the Ombudsman
office |
Parliament (Asamblea de Madrid),
with the agreement of all the parties |
| Steps
involved in establishing office |
20/03/95 - Act
6/1995, anticipates the creation of an Ombudsperson in Madrid
26/09/96 -Act 5/1996 creating the Ombudsman for Children in Madrid
07/10/96 - Appointment of the first Ombudsman |
| Major changes
in structure, focus and activities since the original formation |
| There have been no
major changes, only the growth of the staff |
| Legislation
establishing office |
| Law 5/1996, July 8th,
"Ombudsman for Children in the Community of Madrid Law". "Organization
and Functioning of the Ombudsman for Children in Madrid Office Regulation" (November
18th, 1997).
Only available in Spanish. |
| Terms of
Reference or Mission Statement |
- Supervision of the actions of the Children Protection Entities, public
and private
- Receive and investigate complaints regarding situations which could be dangerous or
harmful to children
- Information and Counselling
- Foster changes in procedures and laws, in order to improve the defence of
children’s rights
- Formulation of Warnings, Recommendations and Suggestions
- Propitiate the knowledge, divulgation and exercise of children’s rights
- Approach children and young people to get to know their problems, interests and needs
|
| AIMS AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES |
| Action with
Children |
 | Direct consultations with individual children |
| Telephone hotline |
| Community meetings with groups of children |
| National fora with children |
| Other: Mail |
|
| Activities Office
undertakes |
| Influencing policy development at regional level |
| Influencing policy development at local/community level |
| Data collection on children |
| Monitoring the impact of laws/policies on children |
| Monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child |
| Individual casework |
| Education/awareness raising on children’s rights |
| Training of professionals or other groups on children’s rights |
| Other activities (please describe) - Visits to children in schools,
associations etc. |
|
| Areas of greatest
experience |
| The justice system |
| Local and municipal government |
|
| Principal themes
for the current year |
| Non -Discrimination |
| Child Participation |
| Freedom of Expression |
| Access to appropriate information |
| Protection from harmful information |
| Protection from all forms of violence |
| Sexual exploitation |
| Children in institutions |
| Disabled children |
| Health - Children born with syndrome of abstinence, Children with
cancer, Children with mental disease |
| Education - Day-nurseries, Marginated children, School Integration |
| Juvenile justice |
| Minority children |
| Refugee children |
| Other - Children living in dugouts |
|
| EVALUATION/STUDIES |
Evaluation of the
effectiveness/impact of your office
| Continuous self-evaluation |
| Annual report to Parliament |
| Press |
|
Other publications
or studies available
PUBLICATIONS:
| Fact sheet for children, explaining the functions of the office.
Published in Spanish, English and Braille |
| Fact sheet and book about prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Different books and videotape about coexistence in Educational Centres |
| Folder: "The Ombudsman for Children Answers" |
| Fact Sheet and Book about Pasive tobacco habit in Infancy |
STUDIES:
| Studies about violence on TV (Spanish) |
| Abstinence syndrome in newborn children |
| Foster Families |
| Social representation of children in viedotapes |
| Leisure and Free-time activities |
| International Adoption |
| Behaviour of childrenīs consumption |
| Youth and alcohol |
| Madrid Family Courts |
| Toys and playing |
| Children imprisoned with their mothers |
| Newborn identification |
| Bullfighting psychological impact on children |
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