In each EU country there is a national contact point for the LIFE programme. They can help you with your application and organise information/networking events and proposal writing workshops. They can also support you in communicating and disseminating your project results. The countries are in alphabetical order.
Mr Florian Eywo
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Stubenbastei 5
1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 71100 611 351
Email: florian.eywo@bmk.gv.at
View the website
Belgium
Ms Stefanie Hugelier
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Place Victor Horta 40 bte 10
1060 Bruxelles
Tel: +32 2 524 96 88
Email: stefanie.hugelier@milieu.belgie.be
Website: Federal Public Service: Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Bulgaria
Ms Sylvia RANGELOVA
Head of NCP Bulgaria
Ministry of Environment and Water
22 Maria Luisa Blvd
1000 Sofia
Tel: +359 2 940 6244
Email: rangelova@moew.government.bg - lifencp@moew.government.bg
Ms Margarita STOYKOVA
Expert
Ministry of Environment and Water
22 Maria Luisa Blvd
1000 Sofia
Tel: +359 2 940 6294
Email: mstoykova@moew.government.bg - lifencp@moew.government.bg
Website: Ministry of Environment and Water
Croatia
Ms Nikolina PETKOVIC GREGORIC
Ministry of Energy and Sustainable Development
Radnička cesta 80
10 000 Zagreb
Tel.: +385 1 3717 209
Email: nikolina.petkovicgregoric@mingor.hr ; life@mingor.hr
View the website https://lifeprogramhrvatska.hr/hr/
Cyprus
Ms Marilena Papastavrou
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
1498 Lefkosia
Tel: +357 22 408 926
E-mail: mpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy
Dr. Charalambos HAJIPAKKOS
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
1498 Lefkosia
Phone: +357 22408927
E-mail: chajipakkos@environment.moa.gov.cy
View the website: Department of Environment – Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Czech Republic
Ms Markéta KONEČNÁ
Ministry of the Environment
Vršovická 65
100 10 Prague 10
Tel.: +420 267 12 24 47
Email: life@mzp.cz
Website: Ministry of the Environment
Ms. Jette Raal Stockholm
Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Environmental Protection Agency
Tolderlundsvej 5
5000 Odense C
Tel: +45 29 32 78 23
E-mail: jerst@mst.dk
View the website: Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Ms. Ida Kristine Søkilde Jelnes
Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Environmental Protection Agency
Tolderlundsvej 5
5000 Odense C
Tel: +45 24 44 20 62
E-mail:idksj@mst.dk
View the website: Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Mr Olav OJALA
Adviser, Environment, Water Issues
Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Water Department
Tel: +372 626 2919
E-mail: olav.ojala@envir.ee
Mr Mihkel KRUSBERG
Adviser, Resource efficiency
Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Management Department
Tel: +372 626 0752
E-mail: mihkel.krusberg@envir.ee
Mr Ivo KRUSTOK
Senior Officer
Foreign Financing Department
Estonian Ministry of the Environment
Narva mnt 7a
EE - 15172 Tallinn
Tel: +372 6262 965
E-mail: ivo.krustok@envir.ee
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Finland
Mr Pekka HARJU-AUTTI
Ministry of the Environment
Aleksanterinkatu 7
Helsinki P.O.Box 35
00023 GOVERNMENT
Tel.: +358 295 250 339
E-mail: pekka.harju-autti@ym.fi
Ms Milka PARVIAINEN
Ministry of the Environment
Aleksanterinkatu 7
Helsinki P.O.Box 35
00023 GOVERNMENT
TEL.: +358 295 250 037
E-mail: milka.parviainen@ym.fi
View the website: Ministry of the Environment
France
Mme Julia PEREIRA DA PONTE
Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire
Ministère de la cohésion des territoires
Secrétariat général - Service des affaires européennes et internationales
Bureau environnement et risques
Arche Sud
F - 92055 La Défense Cedex
Email: : lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
View the website: Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire
LIFE federal advisory office
Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Ruth Brauner
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
Tel: +49 228 99305-4363
Email: life@z-u-g.org
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Regional contact points
Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Frau Friederike Lanfermann
Referat 14
Kernerplatz 9
D-70182 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 126 2745
E-mail: friederike.lanfermann@um.bwl.de
View the website
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit
Herr Ernst Polleter
Rosenkavalierplatz 2
D – 81925 München
Tel: +49 89 9214-2165
E-mail: ernst.polleter@stmug.bayern.de
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Frau Sybille Schultz-Hüskes
Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz
Referat I A
Brückenstr. 6
D – 10179 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 9025-2492
E-mail: Sybille.Schultz-Hueskes@senuvk.berlin.de
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Senator fûr Umwelt, Bau und Verkehr der Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Frau Dr. Diana Wehlau
Referat 20
Ansgaritorstraße 2
D - 28195 Bremen
Tel: +49 421 361 6058
E-mail: diana.wehlau@umwelt.bremen.de
View the website
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
Behörde für Umwelt und Energie
Frau Brigitte Köhnlein
Neuenfelder Str. 19
D-21109 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42840 3435
E-mail : brigitte.koehnlein@bue.hamburg.de
Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaf und Verbraucherschutz
Herr Dr. Bernd Bracht
Referat I 1
Mainzer Straße 80
D - 65189 Wiesbaden
Tel: + 49 611 815 1189
E-mail: bernd.bracht@umwelt.hessen.de
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Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz
Herr Dr. Stefan Heitefuss
Referat 53: Förderprogramme, Vertragsnaturschutz und Referat 28. EU-Naturschutzförderprogramme, Beihilferecht, Erschwernisausgleich
Archivstr. 2
D- 30169 Hannover
Tel: +49 511 1203531
E- Mail: stefan.heitefuss@mu.niedersachsen.de
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Ministerium für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Herr Georg Keggenhoff
Referat III 1 Haushalts- und Querschnittsaufgaben, Naturschutzgroßprojekte, EU-Projekte im Naturschutz
Schwannstraße 3
D- 40476 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 211 4566 714
E-mail: georg.keggenhoff@mulnv.nrw.de
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Ministerium für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Ernährung, Weinbau und Forsten des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Frau Clarisse Furkel-Ortmann
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 1
D – 55116 Mainz
Tel. +49 6131 16 4634
E-mail: clarisse.furkel-ortmann@mueef.rlp.de
Stiftung Natur und Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz
Herr Jochen Krebuehl
Diether-von-Isenburg Straße 7
D – 55116 Mainz
Tel.: +49 6131 165075
E-mail: jochen.krebuehl@snu.rlp.de
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Ministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz, Saarland
Frau Anastasia Feld
Referat A/4
Keplerstraße 18
D – 66117 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 681 501 4117
E-mail: a.feld@umwelt.saarland.de
Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft
Referat 23 (Förderstrategie)
Frau Karin Tussing
Archivstraße 1
D – 01097 Dresden
Tel: +49 351 564 22309
E-mail : karin.tussing@smul.sachsen.de
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Ministerium Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Energie des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Herr Joachim Keller
Leipziger Straße 58
D – 39112 Magdeburg
Tel: +49 391 567 1814
E-mail:joachim.Keller@mule.sachsen-anhalt.de
Ministerium Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Energie des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Frau Marion Stekly
Leipziger Straße 58
D – 39112 Magdeburg
Tel: +49 391 567 1796
E-mail: marion.steckly@mule.sachsen-anhalt.de
Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt Natur und Digitalisierung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
V6011
Herr Norbert Hölcker
Mercatorstraße 3
D – 24106 Kiel
Tel: +49 431 988 7111
E-mail:norbert.hoelcker@melur.landsh.de
Thüringer Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Naturschutz
Herr Andreas Hirsch
Referat Umweltpolitik, Fachministerkonferenzen
Beethovenstraße 3
D - 99096 Erfurt
Tel.: + 49 361 57 3911411
E-mail: andreas.hirsch@tmuen.thueringen.de
Mr. George PROTOPAPAS
Ministry for the Environment, Energy & Climate Change
Green Fund
Address: Vila Kazouli
L. Kifissias 241, GR - 14561, Kifissia
Tel: +30 210 5241903 / +30 210 5241913
Fax: +30 210 5241833
E-mail: g.protopapas@prv.ypeka.gr
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Mr. András Guti
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture
Address: H-1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Tel.: +36 1 795 5763
E-mail: andras.guti@am.gov.hu
Ireland
Ms Beatrix Aigner
Environment Advisory Unit
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Newtown Road
IRL - Wexford
Tel: +353 (0) 1 678 2084
Email: LIFE@dccae.gov.ie
View the website
Italy
Dr Stefania Betti
Ministry for the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea
Via Cristoforo Colombo, 44
00147 Roma
Tel. +39 06 57 22 8252 and +39 06 57 228 274
Email: lifeplus@minambiente.it
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Latvia
Ms Ilona Mendziņa
Ministry of Environment Protection and Regional Development
Peldu 25
1494 Rīga
Tel.: + 371 67 026 432
E-mail: ilona.mendzina@varam.gov.lv
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Lithuania
Ms. Sigita Alčauskienė
Chief Desk Officer of European Union Funds Management Division, European Union Support Management Department, Ministry of Environment
A. Jaksto St 4/9
LT - 01105 Vilnius
Tel : +370 706 63532
s.alcauskiene@am.lt
View the website
Luxembourg
Mr Gilles Biver
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
4, place de l'Europe
1499 Luxembourg
Tél: +352 2478 6822
E-mail: gilles.biver@mev.etat.lu
Ms Nora Elvinger
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
4, place de l'Europe
1499 Luxembourg
Tél: +352 2478 6822
E-mail: nora.elvinger@mev.etat.lu
View the website: Portail de l'Environment
Ms Evelina Maria Colacino
Senior Manager, Project Research and Funding Unit within the division for the Environment and Climate Change
Ministry for Environment, Climate Change and Planning
6 Triq Hal Qormi
Santa Venera, Malta
Tel +356 22926200
Email: life.mecp@gov.mt; evelina-maria.colacino.1@gov.mt
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Marjolijn Ooijevaar
Policy-related issues
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
P.O. Box 20901
2500 EX Den Haag
Mobile: +31 6 15 120 545
Email: marjolein.ooijevaar@minienw.nl
Teun Bolder
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 6 53 92 86 13
E-mail: LIFE@rvo.nl
John Heynen
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2527
E-mail: LIFE@rvo.nl
View the website: Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
Poland
Mr Andrzej Muter
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 459 05 43
E-mail: Andrzej.Muter@nfosigw.gov.pl
Portugal
Ms Isabel Lico
Portuguese Environment Agency
Rua do Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide
P – 2610-124 Amadora
Tel: +351 214 721 442
E-mail: isabel.lico@apambiente.pt
Ms Ana Margarida Santos
Portuguese Environment Agency
Rua da Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide
P – 2610-124 Amadora
E-mail: anam.santos@apambiente.pt
Mr José Paulino
Portuguese Environment Agency
Rua do Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide
P – 2610-124 Amadora
E-mail: jose.paulino@apambiente.pt
Mr Pedro Ivo Arriegas
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, IP
Avenida da República 16
P - 1050-191 Lisboa
Tel.: +351 213 507 900
E-mail: pedro.arriegas@icnf.pt
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Ms Marisanda Pîrîianu
Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests
B-dul. Libertății, Nr. 12, Sector 5
București 040129
Tel: +40 21 408 95 87
Mobil: +40 756 08 99 72
E-mail: marisanda.piriianu@mmediu.ro
View the website Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes
Slovenia
Ms. Tatjana ORHINI VALJAVEC
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Environment Directorate
Dunajska cesta 47
SI - 1000 Ljubljana
Tel. +386 1 478 74 54
tatjana.orhini-valjavec@gov.si
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Slovakia
Ms Elena Molnárová
Ministry of Environment / Directorate For Environmental Programmes and Projects
Námestie Ľ. Štúra 1
SK - 812 35 Bratislava
Office: Karloveská 2, 841 04 Bratislava
Tel: +421 906 314 266
E-mail: elena.molnarova@enviro.gov.sk
Mr. Denis Knotka
Ministry of Environment / Directorate For Environmental Programmes and Projects
Námestie Ľ. Štúra 1
SK- 812 35 Bratislava
Slovakia
Office: Karloveská 2, 841 04 Bratislava
Tel: +421 906 314 245
E-mail: denis.knotka@enviro.gov.sk
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Spain
Mr. Santiago Santillán Fraile
Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica
Subdirector General de la Oficina Presupuestaria
Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz s/n
28071 Madrid
Tel +34 91 597 60 76
Email: bzn-life@miteco.es
View the website
Sweden
Ms Anna Lindhagen
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Nature Department
106 48 Stockholm
Tel: + 46 10 698 16 52
E-mail: anna.lindhagen@naturvardsverket.se
Ms Emma Bergman
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Virkesvägen 2
106 48 Stockholm
Tel: +46 10 698 00 00
E-mail: Emma.Bergman@Naturvardsverket.se
View the website: Swedish Environment Protection Agency
Mr Tom Tangye
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House
City Road
Peterborough PE1 1JY
Tel: 44 01 733 562 626
Email : tom.tangye@jncc.gov.uk and UKLIFE@jncc.gov.uk
Ms Jessica Magnus
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House
City Road
Peterborough PE1 1JY
Tel: 44 01 733 562 626
Email: jessica.magnus@jncc.gov.uk and UKLIFE@jncc.gov.uk
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