| CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Name of Office (In
National Language) |
Kinder & JugendAnwaltschaft
für Oberösterreich |
| Name of Office (In
English) |
Ombudsoffice for Children and
Youth for Upper Austria |
| Postal Address |
Oö. Kinder
und Jugendanwaltshaft
A-4020 Linz
Starhembergstraße 14
|
| Visiting Address |
see above |
| Telephone |
+43 70 779777,
+43 732 7720 - 0
|
| Fax |
+43 732 7720
- 14077
|
| Email address |
kija@ooe.gv.at
|
| WWW |
www.kija.at
|
| Title of Ombudsman |
Kinder und Jugendwältin
(Leiterin) |
| Name of Ombudsman |
Dr Maria Fischnaller |
| Name of contact
person for ENOC |
Dr Maria Fischnaller |
| OFFICE SIZE AND STRUCTURE |
| Number of staff members |
6 |
| List of staff members and
functions |
Dr Maria
Fischnaller
Mag. Astrid Egger
Mag. Christine Winkler-Kirchberger
Dr Roswitha Zeisel
Margit Doppler
Karin Nimmervoll
|
Ombudsman
for Children and Youth, Head
Psychologist
Lawyer
Lawyer
Secretary
Secretary
|
| HISTORY OF THE OFFICE |
| Date the office was established |
March 1992 |
| Initiator of the Ombudsman
office |
| The Jugendwohlfahrtgesetz 1989
"opened the door" and the Legislature of the State of Upper Austria passed the
OÖ. Jugendwohlfahrtsgesetz 1991 with the legal foundation for the office. |
| Steps Involved in establishing
office |
|
| Major changes in structure,
focus and activities |
|
| Legislation establishing the
office |
|
Upper Austrian
Child Welfare Act 1991; Federal Child Welfare Act 1989.
For detailed information
please contact: kija@ooe.gv.at
|
| Terms of reference or Mission
Statement |
Tasks and powers of the
Office of the Ombudsperson for Children and Youth (in particular):
 | To advise children, youth,
parents, legal guardians and statutory agents in all matters concerning
the minor and the duties of the parents and legal guardians. |
| To assist in disagreements
and arguments about care and education. |
| To apply to Courts, administrative
bodys and other institutions on behalf of children and youth. |
| To survey and initiate
draft laws and orders, as far as the interests of children and
youth are concerned. |
| To provide information
about the rights and duties and the interests of children and
youth, and the tasks of the Ombudsoffice for Children and Youth
in Upper Austria, and to issue recommendations. |
The services of the Ombudsoffice
for Children and Youth in Upper Austria are free of charge, easily
accessible and all requests are dealt with confidentially and anonymously
if desired.
The basic principle and foundation
of our work is the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the welfare
of children, ban of discrimination, participation.
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| AIMS AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES |
| Action with Children |
|
Counseling
and advice for children in individual cases
Telephone
hotline
Visits
in schools, youth centres and other institutions for children
and young people (information about legal matters concerning young
people, lectures, workshops or other projekts, e.g. peer-mediation)
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