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 Gerhard Bachner
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
Marxergasse 2
1030 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 71100 607137
Email: gerhard.bachner@bmlrt.gv.at
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 Eric JOIRIS
Direction de la nature et des espaces verts - Département de la nature et des forêts
SPW Agriculture, Ressources naturelles et Environnement
Avenue Prince de Liège, 15
5100 Namur
Email: eric.joiris@spw.wallonie.be
Mr Michaël MOENS
Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos
Herman Teirlinckgebouw
Havenlaan 88
1000 Brussel
Tel: +32 473 56 71 57
Email: michael.moens@vlaanderen.be
Bulgaria
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
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. STOCKHOLM Jette Raal
Tel: +45 29 32 78 23
Email: jerst@mst.dk
View the website: Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Ms Merike Linnamägi
Senior Officer
Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation Department
Narva mnt 7a
15172 Tallinn
Tel: +372 6262 965
E-mail: merike.linnamagi@envir.ee
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
Mme Aurélie GRIMAUD
Ministère de la transition écologique
Direction générale de l’aménagement du logement et de la nature/Direction de l’eau et de la biodiversité
Sous-direction de la protection et de la restauration des écosystèmes terrestres
Tour Séquoia
F - 92055 La Défense cedex
Tel +33(0)1 40 81 73 72
E-mail: lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Mr Neil SELLEN
Ministère de la transition écologique
Direction générale de l’aménagement du logement et de la nature/Direction de l’eau et de la biodiversité
Sous-direction de la protection et de la restauration des écosystèmes terrestres
Tour Séquoia
F - 92055 La Défense cedex
Tel +33(0)1 40 81 67 83
Email : : lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
View the website: Ministry of the Ecological Transition
LIFE federal advisory office
Mr Naumann Robin
Central Advisory Service (DE)
LIFE Advisory Centre, Future - Environment - Society (ZUG) gGmbH
Stresemannstr. 69-71-D-10963-Berlin
+49 30 700181 431
life@z-u-g.org
Ms Brauner Ruth
LIFE federal advisory office
Central Advisory Service (DE)
LIFE Advisory Centre, Future - Environment - Society (ZUG) gGmbH
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3-D-53175-Bonn
+49 228 99305 4363
life@z-u-g.org
www.life-deutschland.de
View the website
Regional contact points
Ms Bamberger Johanna
Baden-Württemberg (BW)
Unit 14 EU Policy and Funding, International Affairs, Under2-Coalition
Kernerplatz 9-D-70182-Stuttgart
+49 711 126-2663
Johanna.Bamberger@um.bwl.de
Mr Moldaschl Thomas
Baden-Württemberg (BW)
Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy-Unit 74
Kernerplatz 9-D-70182-Stuttgart
+49 711 126-2047
Thomas.Moldaschl@um.bwl.de
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Ms Klughardt Doris
Brandenburg (BB)
Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
Department of Nature Conservation Promotion, National Natural Landscapes
Lindenstr. 34a-D-14467-Potsdam
+49 331 866 7520
doris.klughardt@mluk.brandenburg.de
View the website
Ms Horn Maike
Hamburg (HH)
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Ministry for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture
Neuenfelder Str. 19 - D-21109-Hamburg
+49 (0)40 42840 2519
Maike.Horn@bukea.hamburg.de
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Mr Laudensack Andreas
Bavaria (BY)
Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection
Unit 64 - Landscape Management and Nature Conservation Promotion
Rosenkavalierplatz 2-D-81925-Munich
+49 89 9214 3316
andreas.laudensack@stmuv.bayern.de
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Mrs Thienemann Elisabeth
Berlin (BE)
Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment
G I - EU Affairs and International Affairs - G I 3 Group Management EU and Federal Subsidies
Am Köllnischen Park 3-D-10179-Berlin
+49 30 9025 1822
elisabeth.thienemann@senumvk.berlin.de
Mrs Waldenspuhl Marie-Luise
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV)
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Department of Sustainable Development, Forestry and Nature Conservation
Paulshöher Weg 1 -D-19061 - Schwerin
+49 385-588-16252
marie-luise.waldenspuhl@lm.mv-regierung.de
Mr. Heitefuss Stefan
Lower Saxony (NI)
Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection
Department N2: Natura 2000, Protected Areas
Archivstr. 2-D-30169-Hanover
+49 (0) 511-1203531
stefan.heitefuss@mu.niedersachsen.de
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Mr Keggenhoff Georg
North Rhine-Westphalia (NW)
Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia
Department III 1 Budgetary and cross-sectional tasks, large-scale nature conservation projects, EU projects in nature conservation
Emilie-Preyer-Platz 1-D-40479-Düsseldorf
+49 211-4566-714
georg.keggenhoff@munv.nrw.de
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Ms Furkel-Ortmann Clarisse
Rhineland-Palatinate (RP)
Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility
Department 27 Education for Sustainable Environment, International Environmental Policy
Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 1-D-55116-Mainz
+49 6131 16-4634
clarisse.furkel-ortmann@mkuem.rlp.de
Mr Krebuehl Jochen
Rhineland-Palatinate (RP)
Rhineland-Palatinate Nature and Environment Foundation
Diether-von-Isenburg Street 7-D-55116-Mainz
+49 6131 165075
jochen.krebuehl@snu.rlp.de
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Ms Field Anastasia
Saarland (SL)
Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection of Saarland
Department A/4, Budget, Grants
Keplerstrasse 18-D-66117-Saarbrücken
+49 681 501-4117
a.feld@umwelt.saarland.de
Mr Grohmann Falk
Saxony (SN)
Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture
Department 23 Promotion Strategy
Wilhelm-Buck-Strasse 2-D-01097-Dresden
+49 351 564-22307
Falk.Grohmann@smekul.sachsen.de
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Ms Hiemann Andrea
Saxony-Anhalt (ST)
Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
Department 25 - Biodiversity, Large Protected Areas, Nature Conservation Promotion Measures
Leipziger Str. 58-D-39112-Magdeburg
+49 391 567 1555
Andrea.Hiemann@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Ms Reinhardt Diana
Saxony-Anhalt (ST)
Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of Saxony-Anhalt
Desk officer EU nature conservation funding programmes
Leipziger Str. 59-D-39113-Magdeburg
+49 391 567 1684
Diana.Reinhardt@mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de
Mr Hoffmann Julia
Schleswig-Holstein (SH)
Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
Department of Nature Conservation V 501
Mercatorstr. 3D-24106-Kiel
+49 431 988 - 7074
julia.hoffmann@mekun.landsh.de
Ms Radon Tanja
Schleswig-Holstein (SH)
Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
V508 Mercatorstr. 3-D-24106-Kiel
+49 431 988 7123
tanja.radon@mekun.landsh.de
Ms Weilandt Lisa
Thuringia (TH)
Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation
Department 45: Nature Conservation Law, Landscape Management, Nature Conservation Promotion
Beethovenstr. 3-D-99096-Erfurt
+49 361 57 3934453
Lisa.Weilandt@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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Ms. Eva Sashalmi
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture
Address: H-1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Tel.: +36 1 896 3149
E-mail: eva.sashalmi@am.gov.hu
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
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Italy
Mr. Federico Benvenuti
Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security
Directorate General for European and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
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 and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228254
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 and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
Public official
Cristoforo Colombo Street, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 5722 8150 - 8254 - 8174 - 8181
E-mail: pulicati.simonetta@mase.gov.it
General E-mail: life@mase.gov.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
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 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
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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Ms Astrid Hamer
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2730
E-mail: astrid.hamer@rvo.nl
Mr Rogier Vogelij
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
Tel: +31 88 042 2580
E-mail: rogier.vogelij@rvo.nl
Ms Els Walburg
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Postbus 8242
3503 RE Utrecht
E-mail: els.walburg1@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 4595 968
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
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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 Ana SANTOS
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (Portuguese Environment Agency)
Rua do Murgueira, 9/9A – Zambujal- Alfragide
P – 2610-124 Amadora
Tel: +351 214 709 921
Email: anam.santos@apambiente.pt
Mr Pedro Ivo ARRIEGAS
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (Portuguese Institute for Nature and Forest Conservation)
Avenida da República 16,
P - 1050-191 Lisboa
Tel.: +351 213 507 900
E-mail: pedro.arriegas@icnf.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
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
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
E-mail: marisanda.piriianu@mmediu.ro
View the website Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes
Slovenia
Ms Julijana Lebez Lozej
Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor
Dunajska 48
1000 Ljubljana
Tel: +386 1. 01 478 74 83
E-mail: julijana.lebez-lozej@gov.si.
View the website
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
denis.knotka@enviro.gov.sk
View the website
Spain
Ms Rosa Sofia XUCLÁ LERMA
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: rsxucla@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 Anna Lindhagen
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Virkesvägen 2
106 48 Stockholm
Tel: + 46 10 698 16 52
Email: anna.lindhagen@naturvardsverket.se
Ms Emelie Waldén
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Virkesvägen 2
106 48 Stockholm
Tel: + 46 10 698 11 09
Email: Emelie.Walden@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
View the website