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 (download the list).
Mr Erich Purkarthofer
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Division of European and International Programmes
Sensengasse 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 (0)5 7755 - 4003
Fax: +43 (0)5 7755 - 94003
Email: erich.purkarthofer@ffg.at
Belgium
Mr Ludo HOLSBEEK
Vlaamse Overheid
Departement Omgeving
Afdeling Strategie, Internationaal, Digitalisering en Organisatie
Koning Albert II-laan 20 bus 8, 3G22
1000 Brussel
Tel: +32 (0)498 19 49 67
Email: ludo.holsbeek@vlaanderen.be
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Mr Mathias LUCAS
Advisor
LIFE
Rue de Rodeuhaie 1
1348 - Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgique
Tel: +32 487 895 503
Email: Mathias.LUCAS@ncpwallonie.be
View the website
Bulgaria
Mr Petar MARKOV
Ministry of Environment and Water
22 Maria Luisa Blvd
1000 Sofia
Tel: +359 2 940 0916
Email: pmarkov@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
View the website: Department of Environment – Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Czech Republic
Mr Michal PETRUS
Ministerstvo životního prostředí
Vršovická 1442/65
100 10 Praha 10
Tel: +420 267122898
E-mail: michal.petrus@mzp.cz
Ms Lucie BLAŽEJOVÁ
Ministerstvo životního prostředí
Vršovická 1442/65
100 10 Praha 10
Tel: + 420 267 122 389
E-mail: lucie.blazejova@mzp.cz
View the website
Christian Husum Nielsen
Fuldmægtig - Vild natur og biodiversitet
Miljøministeriet
Departementet
Holmens Kanal 42
1060 København
Tel: +45 30 50 26 64
Email: chhun@mim.dk
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Mr Olav Ojala
Adviser
Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Water Department
Tel: +372 626 2919
E-mail: olav.ojala@envir.ee
Mr Mihkel Krusberg
Adviser
Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Management Department
Tel: +372 626 0752
E-mail: mihkel.krusberg@envir.ee
Ms Krista Kupits
Senior Officer
Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Management Department
Tel: +372 626 0708
E-mail: krista.kupits@envir.ee
View the website: Ministry of the Environment
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@gov.fi
View the website: Ministry of the Environment
France
Ms Leïla MELLOUK
Ministry of the Ecological Transition
Ministry of the Territorial Cohesion
General Secretariat - Department for European and International Affairs
Bureau environnement et risques
Arche Sud
F - 92055 La Défense Cedex
Tel : + 33 (0)1 40 81 27 95 G139
E-mail: lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
View the website: Ministry of the Ecological Transition
Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Frau Ruth Brauner
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
Tel: +49 228 99305-4363
Email: life@z-u-g.org
Zentrale Beratungsstelle (DE)
Herr Robin Naumann
LIFE-Beratungsstelle, Zukunft - Umwelt - Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Stresemannstr. 69-71
D-10963 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 700181 431
Email: life@z-u-g.org
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Regional contact points
Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Frau Johanna Bamberger
Referat 14 EU-Politik und -Förderung, Internationales, Under2-Coalition
Kernerplatz 9
D-70182 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 126-2663
Email: Johanna.Bamberger@um.bwl.de
Die Senatorin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Mobilität, Stadtentwicklung und Wohnungsbau der Freien Hansestadt Bremen
Herr Mathias Grabs
Referat 20 „Umweltinnovationen & Anpassung an den Klimawandel“
An der Reeperbahn 2
D-28217 Bremen
Tel: +49 421 361 2516
Email: mathias.grabs@umwelt.bremen.de
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Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
Frau Brigitte Köhnlein
Behörde für Umwelt und Energie
Neuenfelder Str. 19
D-21109 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42840 3435
Email: brigitte.koehnlein@bukea.hamburg.de
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Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaf und Verbraucherschutz
Herr Bernd Bracht
"Referat I 1 – Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Planungsangelegenheiten, fachübergreifende Umweltangelegenheiten"
Mainzer Str. 80
D-65189 Wiesbaden
Tel: + 49 611 815 1189
Email: 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
Emilie-Preyer-Platz 1
D-40479 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 211 4566 714
E-mail: georg.keggenhoff@mulnv.nrw.de
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Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie und Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz (RP)
Frau Clarisse Furkel-Ortmann
Referat 27 Bildung für nachhaltige Umwelt, Internationale Umweltpolitik
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 1
D-55116 Mainz
Tel: +49 6131 16-4634
Email: clarisse.furkel-ortmann@mkuem.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 des Saarlandes
Frau Anastasia Feld
Referat A/4, Haushalt, Zuwendungen
Keplerstraße 18
D-66117 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 681 501-4117
Email: a.feld@umwelt.saarland.de
Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft
Herr Falk Grohmann
Referat 23 Förderstrategie
Wilhelm-Buck-Straße 2
D – 01097 Dresden
Tel: + 49 351 564-22307; +49 351 564-22340
E-mail : Falk.Grohmann@smul.sachsen.de
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Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Frau Andrea Hiemann
Referat 25 – Biodiversität, Großschutzgebiete, Naturschutzfördermaßnahmen
Leipziger Str. 58
D-39112 Magdeburg
Tel: + 49 391 567 1555
E-mail: Andrea.Hiemann@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Frau Diana Reinhardt
Referentin EU-Naturschutzförderprogramme
Leipziger Str. 58
D-39112 Magdeburg
Tel: + 49 391 567 1684
E-mail: Diana.Reinhardt@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Schleswig-Holstein (SH) Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung (MELUND)
Herr Thomas Puphal
Mercatorstr. 3
D-24106 Kiel
Tel: +49 431 988 7218
Email: Thomas.Puphal@mekun.landsh.de
Thüringer Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Naturschutz
Herr Andreas Hirsch
Referat 41 Umweltpolitik, Fachministerkonferenzen
Beethovenstr. 3
D-99096 Erfurt
Tel: + 49 361 57-3911411
Email: andreas.hirsch@tmuen.thueringen.de
Mr. George Protopapas
Ministry for the Environment and Energy - Green Fund
Vila Kazouli
L. Kifissias 241
14561 Kifissia
Tel: +30 210 5241903 / +30 210 5241913
E-mail: gprotopapas@prasinotameio.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
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Dr. Enikő Rózsa Gazdagné
Strategic desk officer for Environmental development
Ministry of Energy, Hungary
Department of Environmental Development and Strategy
Tel: +36 1 7951710
E-mail: eniko.rozsa.gazdagne@em.gov.hu
View the website
Iceland
Ms. Gyða Einarsdóttir
Senior Advisor - NCP
Research and Innovation Division - LIFE & Horizon Europe
The Icelandic Centre for Research – RANNIS
Borgartún 30, IS-105 Reykjavík, Iceland
Tel: +354 515 5864
Email: gyda.einarsdottir@rannis.is
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
Mr Gary Jones
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, D02 X285
Email: Gary.Jones@decc.gov.ie
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Italy
Mr. Federico Benvenuti
Ministry of Ecological Transition
Directorate General for European and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
Public official
via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228150
E-mail: benvenuti.federico@mite.gov.it
Ms. Carmen Gangale
Ministry of Ecological Transition
Directorate General for European and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
Public official
via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228274 - 8150
E-mail: gangale.carmen@mite.mite.gov.it
Ms. Simonetta Pulicati
Ministry of Ecological Transition
Directorate General for European and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
Public official
via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228274
E-mail: pulicati.simonetta@mite.gov.it
View the website
Latvia
Mr Jānis Vēbers
LIFE Help Desk Leader / CAP LIFE LAT Project Manager
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM)
Eksporta street 5,
Riga, LV-1010
E-mail: janis.vebers@varam.gov.lv
Tel: +371 28665583
View the website
Lithuania
Ms Sigita Alčauskienė
Ministry of Environment
A. Jaksto St 4/9
01105 Vilnius
Tel : +370 706 63 532
Email: s.alcauskiene@am.lt
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Luxembourg
Ms Jil Schmitz
Ministère de l’Environnement, du Climat et du Développement durable
4, Place de l'Europe
L-1449 Luxembourg
Tél.: (+352) 247-86822
Fax: (+352) 247-86835
Adresse postale
L-2918 Luxembourg
E-mail: jil.schmitz@mev.etat.lu
View the website: Portail de l'Environment
Ms Rachella Muscat
Manager II, Project Research and Funding Unit within the division for the Environment and Climate Change
Ministry for Environment, Climate Change and Planning
Office 6, Triq Hal Qormi
Santa Venera, Malta
Tel: +356 23316232
Email: rachella.muscat.1@gov.mt; life.mecp@gov.mt
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Mr Teun Bolder
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2594
E-mail: teun.bolder@rvo.nl
Mr John Heynen
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2527
E-mail: john.heynen@rvo.nl
View the website: Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
Poland
Ms Karolina Wądołowska
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 924
E-mail: Karolina.Wadolowska@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mr Robert Rodowski
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 930
E-mail: Robert.Rodowski@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mr Andrzej Muter
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 968
E-mail: Andrzej.Muter@nfosigw.gov.pl
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Portugal
Mr José PAULINO
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (Portuguese Environment Agency)
Rua do Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide,
P – 2610-124 Amadora
Tel.: +351 214 728 365
Email: jose.paulino@apambiente.pt
Ms Vanda PEREIRA
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (Portuguese Environment Agency)
Rua do Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide,
P – 2610-124 Amadora
Tel: +351 214 721 455
Email: vanda.pereira@apambiente.pt
Mr André CASTRO
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas (Azorean Regional Government, Secretary for the Environment and the Climate Change)
Avenida Antero de Quental n.º 9C - 3.º Andar, 9500-160 Ponta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel
Tel.: +351 295 403 802
Email: Andre.M.Castro@azores.gov.pt
Ms Teresa SILVA
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas (Azorean Regional Government, Secretary for the Environment and the Climate Change)
Rua Cônsul Dabney, Colónia Alemã, Apartado 140,
9900-014 Horta
Tel: +351 292 207 300
Email: teresa.me.silva@azores.gov.pt
Ms Dilia MENEZES
Divisão de Gestão e Valorização de Áreas Classificadas (DGVAC)
Caminho do Meio, Bom Sucesso
9064-512, Funchal – Madeira
Tel: (351) 291 211 200
Email: dilia.menezes@madeira.gov.pt
Mr José SIMAS
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas (Azorean Regional Government, Secretary for the Environment and the Climate Change)
Avenida Antero de Quental n.º 9C - 3.º Andar,
9500-160 Ponta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel
Tel.: +351 296 206 700
Email: jose.rc.simas@azores.gov.pt
View the website:
LIFE PT
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas
Mr Flavius ARDELEAN
Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests
B-dul. Libertății, Nr. 12, Sector 5
București 040129
Tel: +40 745 510 511
E-mail: flavius.ardelean@mmediu.ro
View the website: Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes
Slovenia
Ms Tatjana Orhini Valjavec
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Dunajska cesta 47
1000 Ljubljana
Tel. +386 1 478 74 54
E-mail: 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: ssantillan@miteco.es; bzn-life@miteco.es
Mr José Manuel BLANCO LÓPEZ
Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, 10
28071 Madrid
Email: jmblopez@miteco.es; bzn-life@miteco.es
View the website
Sweden
Ms Emma Bergman
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Virkesvägen 2
106 48 Stockholm
Tel: +46 10 698 12 76
E-mail: Emma.Bergman@Naturvardsverket.se
View the website: Swedish Environment Protection Agency
Ukraine
Mr. Viktor Bukovynskyi
Deputy Chief of Department of Strategic Planning and Recovery Projects
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Email: bvs@mepr.gov.ua
United Kingdom
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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