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 Wim SMITS
Deputy-director, Gebiedsgerichte Werking,
AGENTSCHAP NATUUR & BOS
Havenlaan 88 bus 75, 1000 Brussel
Tel.: +32 492237915
Email: wim.smits@vlaanderen.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
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
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
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
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@gov.fi
View the website: Ministry of the Environment
France
Marie-Christine SALMONA
Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire
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)1.40.81.3532
Fax : + 33 (0)1.40 81.82.55
Email: lifeplusfrance@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
View the website: Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire
LIFE federal advisory office
LIFE-Beratungsstelle, 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
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Herr Robin Naumann
Stresemannstr. 69-71
D-10963 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 700181 431
Email: life@z-u-g.org
View the website
Regional contact points
Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Herr Bodo Krauß
Referat 74 - Schutzgebiete und ökologische Fachplanungen
Kernerplatz 9
D-70182 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 126 2351
E-mail: Bodo.Krauss@um.bwl.de
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Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit
Herr Andreas Laudensack
Rosenkavalierplatz 2
D – 81925 München
Tel: +49 89 9214 3316
E-mail: andreas.laudensack@stmuv.bayern.de
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Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, Oberste Naturschutzbehörde
Frau Ellen Küchmeister
Referat III B 2 Am Köllnischen Park 3
D-10179 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 9025 1060
E-mail: ellen.kuechmeister@senuvk.berlin.de
Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft
Frau Corinna Fittkow
Referat 43 Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 2-13
D-14467 Potsdam
Tel: +49 331 866 7520
E-mail: corinna.fittkow@mlul.brandenburg.de
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
Frau Brigitte Köhnlein
Behörde für Umwelt und Energie Neuenfelder Str. 19
D-21109 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42840 3435
E-mail: brigitte.koehnlein@bue.hamburg.de
Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Frau Marie-Luise Waldenspuhl
Abteilung Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Forsten und Naturschutz Paulshöher Weg 1
D-19061 Schwerin
Tel: +49 385 588 6252
E-mail: marie-luise.waldenspuhl@lm.mv-regierung.de
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 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 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
Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt Natur und Digitalisierung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Herr Berthold Pechan
V508 Mercatorstr. 3
D-24106 Kiel
Tel: +49 431 988 7330
E-mail: berthold.pechan@melund.landsh.de
Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt Natur und Digitalisierung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Frau Tanja Radon
V508 Mercatorstr. 3
D-24106 Kiel
Tel: +49 431 988 7123
E-mail: tanja.radon@melund.landsh.de
Thüringer Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Naturschutz
Frau Lisa Weilandt
Referat 45: Naturschutzrecht, Landschaftspflege, Naturschutzförderung
Beethovenstr. 3
D-99096 Erfurt
Tel: +49 361 57 3911457
E-mail: 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
Ms. Rozália Érdiné Szekeres
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture
Address: H-1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Tel.: +36 1 795 2398
E-mail: rozalia.erdine.szekeres@am.gov.hu
View the website
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
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
via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228274 - 8150
E-mail: gangale.carmen@mite.gov.it
Ms. Simonetta Pulicati
Ministry of Ecological Transition
Directorate General for European and International Activity
Office for European Environmental Affairs
via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
Postal Code 00147 - Rome
Phone: +39 06 57228274
E-mail: pulicati.simonetta@mite.gov.it
View the website
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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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
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
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
Mr. Ireneusz Mirowski
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
3a Konstruktorska St.
02-673 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 459 01 67
E-mail: Ireneusz.Mirowski@nfosigw.gov.pl
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Portugal
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
Ms Isabel LICO
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (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
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
Mr Mário FREITAS
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas (Azorean Regional Government, Secretary for the Environment and the Climate Change)
Av. Antero de Quental, n.º 9C - 2º piso,
9500-160 Ponta Delgada, São Miguel - Açores
Tel.: +351 296 206 716
Email: Mario.NA.Freitas@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
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.
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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
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
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
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