Anerkennung als Beratungsstelle zur Schwangerschaftskonfliktberatung

If you want to set up a counselling centre for pregnancy conflict counselling, you can do so under certain conditions.

Pregnancy conflict counselling centres advise every woman and every man in questions of sexual education, contraception and family planning as well as in all questions concerning pregnancy.

In order to set up a pregnancy conflict counselling centre, you must submit an application and meet certain requirements.

Proof of the required qualification of the counselling staff of the counselling centre

For recognition as a counselling centre for pregnancy conflict counselling, you must fulfil the following requirements:

• You must ensure that there is sufficient qualified staff available to provide professional counselling.
• You must ensure that other specialists can be called in at short notice to carry out the counselling.
• You must cooperate with all agencies that provide public and private assistance to mothers and children.
• They must not have any organisational or economic links with any body where abortions are performed.

In order to be recognised as a counselling centre for pregnancy conflict counselling, you must submit an application.

• To do this, you can contact a member of staff at the office responsible for you by telephone.
• There you will receive all information about the necessary application documents and the legal regulations as well as the corresponding forms for your application.
• The application must be signed in a legally binding manner by the person who can be held liable for the advice centre.
• You submit the complete application with the attachments to the office responsible for you.
• After completion of the examination by the application office responsible for you, you will receive a notice of recognition.
• The notification will contain instructions on what you can do if you do not agree with the decision.

The individual federal states have specific implementing regulations.

• The right to file an action with the competent administrative court in writing or on the record of the clerk of the office of the competent court.
• It is also possible to file an action electronically.

• State recognition of a counselling centre according to the Pregnancy Conflict Act (SchKG)
• State recognition as a counselling centre is mandatory in order to be able to provide counselling on pregnancy conflicts.
• The establishment of a pregnancy conflict counselling centre can be applied for by independent providers and by municipalities.
• Doctors can also be recognised as counselling centres.
• In order to be recognised, certain requirements must be fulfilled, which must be proven upon application
• Public funding for a recognised counselling centre is granted under certain conditions
• Qualified staff for the counselling centre must be available and can be selected by the counselling centre itself; the staff must meet certain qualification requirements

Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg