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
Mrs. Carine PETIT
HORIZON EUROPE NCP CLUSTER 5&6
CLIMATE, BIOTECHNOLOGIES, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT
Rue de Rodeuhaie 1
B-1348 - Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgique
Tel: +32 (0)487 895503
Email: carine.petit@ncpwallonie.be
View the website
Mr Simon DE WACHTER
Beleidsmedewerker EU-financiering
Vlaamse overheid
VLAAMS ENERGIE- EN KLIMAATAGENTSCHAP
Cluster Energie- en klimaattransitie
Tel: 02 553 11 70
Email: simon.dewachter@vlaanderen.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
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 Chrystalla Papastavrou
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
1498 Lefkosia
Phone: +357 22408925
E-mail: cpapastavrou@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
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Mr HOLMEN Anders Rosenbeck
Tel: +45 40 14 77 24
Email: anroh@mst.dk
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Mrs Steiner Henriksen Victoria Iris
Tel: 0045 4172 9115
Email: VISHE@kefm.dk
View the website
Ms Maris Arro
Senior Officer
Ministry of Climate
Tel: +372 626 2986
Ms Krista Tõnisson
Adviser
Ministry of Climate
Narva mnt 7a
15172 Tallinn
Tel: +372 626 0727; +372 5246601
E-mail: krista.tonisson@kliimaministeerium.ee
Ms Annika Varik
Senior Officer
Ministry of Climate
Narva mnt 7a
15172 Tallinn
Tel: +372 626 2961
E-mail: annika.varik@kliimaministeerium.ee
View the website: Ministry of Climate
Finland
Ms Heta-Elena HEISKANEN
Ministry of the Environment
Aleksanterinkatu 7
Helsinki P.O.Box 35
00023 GOVERNMENT
TEL.: +358 295 250 380
E-mail: heta.heiskanen@gov.fi
View the website: Ministry of the Environment
France
M. Samuel LAVAL
Ministère de la transition écologique
Direction générale de l’énergie et du climat
Service Climat et Efficacité Énergétique
Département de Lutte Contre l'Effet de Serre
Bureau des Politiques Climat et Atténuation
Tour Séquoia
F - 92055 La Défense cedex
Tel : + 33 (0)1 40 81 20 31
E-mail: samuel.laval@developpement-durable.gouv.fr; lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
View the website: Ministry of the Ecological Transition
LIFE Federal Advisory Office
Ms Ruth BRAUNER
Zentrale LIFE-Beratungsstelle (LIFE Federal Advisory Office)
Zukunft - Umwelt - Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
Tel.: +49 30 72618 0228
E-Mail: life@z-u-g.org
Ms Julia OLDENBURG
Zentrale LIFE-Beratungsstelle (LIFE Federal Advisory Office)
Zukunft - Umwelt - Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Stresemannstr. 69-71
D- 10963 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 72618 0228
E-Mail: life@z-u-g.org
View the website
Regional contact points
Ms Johanna BAMBERGER
Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft (Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector)
Referat 14 - EU-Politik und -Förderung, Internationales, Under2-Coalition
Kernerplatz 9
D-70182 Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 711 126-2663
E-Mail: Johanna.Bamberger@um.bwl.de
Ms Julia BURKEI
Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie und Mobilität (Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility)
Referat t 23, Schutzgebiete und -objekte, Natura
Referat 23, Schutzgebiete und -objekte, Natura 2000, Biotopmanagemen
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 1
D-55116 Mainz
Tel.: +49 6131 164429
E-Mail: julia.burkei@mkuem.rlp.de
Ms Anastasia FELD
Ministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz des Saarlandes (Saarland Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection)
Referat A/4 - Haushalt, Zuwendungen
Keplerstraße 1
D-66117 Saarbrücken
Tel.: +49 681 5014117
E-Mail: a.feld@umwelt.saarland.de
Mr Dr. Mathias GRABS
Die Senatorin für Umweltschutz, Klima und Wissenschaft der Freien Hansestadt Bremen (The Senator for Environmental Protection, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen)
Referat 42 - Umweltinnovationen und Umweltbildung
An der Reeperbahn 2
D-28217 Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 3612516
E-Mail: mathias.grabs@umwelt.bremen.de
Mr Falk GROHMANN
Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft (Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture)
Referat 23 - Förderstrategie
Wilhelm-Buck-Straße 2
D-01097 Dresden
Tel.: +49 351 56422307
E-Mail: Falk.Grohmann@smekul.sachsen.de
Mr Dr. Stefan HEITEFUSS
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz (Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection)
Referat 62 - Natura 2000, Schutzgebiete
Archivstr. 2
D-30169 Hannover
Tel.: +49 511 1203531
E-Mail: stefan.heitefuss@mu.niedersachsen.de
Ms Andrea HIEMANN
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of Saxony-Anhalt)
Referat 25 – Biodiversität, Großschutzgebiete, Naturschutzfördermaßnahmen
Leipziger Str. 58
D-39112 Magdeburg
Tel.: +49 391 5671555
E-Mail: Andrea.Hiemann@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Mr Georg KEGGENHOFF
Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Referat III 1 - Haushalts- und Querschnittsaufgaben, Naturschutzgroßprojekte, EU-Projekte im Naturschutz
Emilie-Preyer-Platz 1
D-40479 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 211 4566714
E-Mail: georg.keggenhoff@munv.nrw.de
Mr Jochen KREBUEHL
Stiftung Natur und Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate Nature and Environment Foundation)
Diether-von-Isenburg Straße 7
D-55116 Mainz
Tel.: +49 6131 165075
E-Mail: jochen.krebuehl@snu.rlp.de
Ms Eva-Lotte MAY
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg)
Behörde für Umwelt, Klima, Energie und Agrarwirtschaft
Neuenfelder Straße 19
D-21109 Hamburg
Tel.: +4940 42840-3435
E-Mail: internationales@bukea.hamburg.de
Mr Stefan MITTERER
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz (Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection)
Referat K26 - Förderschwerpunkt Klimaschutz, Förderangelegenheiten EU
Rosenkavalierplatz 2
D-81925 München
Tel.: +49 89 92142389
E-Mail: stefan.mitterer@stmuv.bayern.de
Mr Thomas PUPHAL
Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung (MELUND) (Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation)
V653
Mercatorstr. 3
D-24106 Kiel
Tel.: +49 431 9887218
E-Mail: Thomas.Puphal@mekun.landsh.de
Ms Diana REINHARDT
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of Saxony-Anhalt)
Referentin EU-Naturschutzförderprogramme
Leipziger Str. 59
D-39113 Magdeburg
Tel.: +49 391 5671684
E-Mail: Diana.Reinhardt@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Ms Elisabeth THIENEMANN
Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt (Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment)
G I - EU-Angelegenheiten und Internationales – G I 3 Gruppenleitung EU- und Bundesfördermittel
Am Köllnischen Park 3
D-10179 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 90251822
E-Mail: LIFE_NCP@SenUMVK.Berlin.de
Ms. Chariklia Kloukinioti
Ministry for the Environment and Energy - Environmental Licensing Directorate
Mesogion avenue 119
10192 Athens
Tel: +30 2131513547
E-mail: c.kloukinioti@prv.ypeka.gr
View the website
Mr Kőbányai Dénes
Ministry of Energy/ Climate Policy Department
e-mail: denes.kobanyai@em.gov.hu ; lifeclimate@em.gov.hu
Tel: +36301087756; +3617957216
View the website
Iceland
Björg María Oddsdóttir
Sérfræðingur | Senior Advisor - NCP
Rannsókna- og nýsköpunarsvið | Research and Innovation Division | LIFE & Horizon Europe
Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands - Rannís | The Icelandic Centre for Research - RANNIS
Borgartún 30, IS-105 Reykjavík, Iceland
Sími | Tel: +354 515 5864
Farsími | Mobile: +354 867 4108
bjorg.m.oddsdottir@rannis.is
Ireland
General contact email: LIFE@dccae.gov.ie
Ms Aideen Reilly
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, D02 X285
Email: Aideen.Reilly@decc.gov.ie
View the website
Italy
Mr. Federico Benvenuti
Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security - Directorate General for European, International Affairs and Sustainable Finance - Office for European Affairs Coordination
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 5722 8150
E-mail: benvenuti.federico@mase.gov.it
General E-mail: life@mase.gov.it
Ms Carmen Gangale
Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security - Directorate General for European, International Affairs and Sustainable Finance - Office for European Affairs Coordination
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 5722 8254
E-mail: gangale.carmen@mase.gov.it
General E-mail: life@mase.gov.it
Ms Simonetta Pulicati
Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security - Directorate General for European, International Affairs and Sustainable Finance - Office for European Affairs Coordination
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 5722 8231
E-mail: pulicati.simonetta@mase.gov.it
General E-mail: life@mase.gov.it
Ms Giulia Pérez Almodóvar
Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security - Directorate General for European, International Affairs and Sustainable Finance - Office for European Affairs Coordination
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Phone: +39 06 5722 8174
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
E-mail: perezalmodovar.giulia@mase.gov.it
General E-mail: life@mase.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
Ms Lina Čeičyté
Ministry of Environment
A. Jaksto St 4/9
01105 Vilnius
Tel : +370 706 61 855
Email: l.ceicyte@am.
View the website
Luxembourg
Ms Claudia Hitaj
Ministère de l’Environnement, du Climat et du Développement durable
4, Place de l'Europe
L-1449 Luxembourg
Tél.: (+352) 247-86878
Adresse postale
L-2918 Luxembourg
E-mail: claudia.hitaj@mev.etat.lu
Ms Nora Elvinger
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: nora.elvinger@mev.etat.lu
View the website: Portail de l'Environment
Malta
Ms Rachella Zammit
Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour
6, Qormi Road, Santa Venera, Malta
Tel: +356 23316232
Email: rachella.zammit@gov.mt; life.meer@gov.mt
View the website
Moldova
Ms Cristina LESNIC
Public Institution National Office for
Environmental Projects Implementation
e-mail: cristina.lesnic@onipm.gov.md
Netherlands
Mr John Heynen
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2527
E-mail: john.heynen@rvo.nl
Ms Astrid Hamer
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2730
E-mail: astrid.hamer@rvo.nl
View the website: Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
North Macedonia
Ms. Teodora Grncarovska
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
E-mail:t.grncarovska@moepp.gov.mk; moeppgovmk@gmail.com
Ms. Fani Avramovska
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
E-mail:f.avramovska@moepp.gov.mk
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
Ms Eliza OSIŃSKA
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 924
E-mail: Eliza.Osinska@nfosigw.gov.pl
Ms Zuzanna ZACHAREWICZ
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 924
E-mail: Zuzanna.Zacharewicz@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mrs. Anna ŻOCHOWSKA
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 924
E-mail: Anna.Zochowska@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mr. Wojciech PIOTROWSKI
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 930
E-mail: Wojciech.Piotrowski@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mr. Andrzej MUTER
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 930
E-mail: Andrzej.Muter@nfosigw.gov.pl
Mr. Ireneusz Mirowski
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 922
E-mail: Ireneusz.Mirowski@nfosigw.gov.pl
Ms. Hanna PIASECKA
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 4595 922
E-mail: Hanna.Piasecka@nfosigw.gov.pl
View the website
Portugal
Mr Pedro Baptista
Head of Division /Division of Sustainable Finance and Adaptation Climate Change Department
Address: Rua da Murgueira 9 – Zambujal - Alfragide 2610-124 Amadora
e-mail: pedro.baptista@apambiente.pt
financiamentoclima@apambiente.pt
Tel: (+351) 214721433
Website: 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
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: life@apambiente.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
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
Email: marisanda.piriianu@mmediu.ro
View the website Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes
Slovenia
Ms Nives Nared
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Dunajska cesta 47
1000 Ljubljana
Tel. +386 1 478 73 39
Email: nives.nared@gov.si
View the website
Slovakia
Ms. Elena Molnárová
Ministry of Environment / Directorate of Environmental Programs 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. Erik Barát
Ministry of Environment / Directorate of Environmental Programs and Projects
Námestie Ľ. Štúra 1
SK- 812 35 Bratislava
Slovakia
Office: Karloveská 2, 841 04 Bratislava
E-mail: erik.barat@enviro.gov.sk
View the website
Spain
Alicia Valle Salgado
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, 10. CP 28071. Madrid
Tel: 0034 915 976 031
Email: avalle@miteco.es; bzn-life@miteco.es
Ms. Rosa Sofía Xuclá Lerma
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, 10. CP 28071. Madrid
Tel: 0034 915 976 905
Email: rsxucla@miteco.es; bzn-life@miteco.es
Mr. José Manuel Blanco López
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, 10. CP 28071. Madrid
Tel: 0034 915 976 905
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