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National Focal points of the Protocol on Water and Health

A
ALBANIA

Mr. Arduen Karagjozi
Director at Directory of Strategic Management, WRMA
Prime Minister Office - Water Resources Agency
Bulevardi "Zhan D'Ark", Prona nr. 33, Shtepia e Ushtarakeve
Tirana
Phone: 00355 692 473380
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Zhaneta Miska
Sanitary Engineer
Public Health and Primar Care Sector
Bulevardi Barjam Curri Nr. 1
Tirana
Phone: +355 423 646 22
E-mail: [email protected]

 

ANDORRA

Ms. Celia Vendrell
Health and Welfare Ministry
Av. Princep Benlloch,nm.30, 4t
Andorra de Vella
Phone: +37 628 376860345
E-mail: [email protected]

 

ARMENIA

Ms. Lilit Abrhamyan
Head of Water Policy Department
Ministry of Environment
Phone: +374 118 18 527
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Nune Bakunts
Deputy Director General
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Ministry of Health
10, G. Hovsepyan St., Norq-Marash
0047 Yerevan
Phone: +374 10 651 660
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

AUSTRIA

(to be confirmed)

 

AZERBAIJAN

Ms. Leylakhanim Taghizade
Chief Adviser on Communal Hygiene Department
Republican Hygiene on Epidemiology Centre
Ministry of Health
22 A. Manafov Street
Az-1002 Baku
Phone: +994 503 521 813
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Asif Verdiyev
Director of the Hydrology Center of the National Hydrometeorological Service
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
K. Kazimzadeh str. 100 A, Baku
Phone: +99412 510 32 26
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

B
BELARUS

Ms. Victoria Voronova
Ministry for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
10, Kollektornaya St.
200048 Minsk
Phone: +375 17 200 59 67
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Alena Drazdova
Head of the Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Health Risk Assessment
Republican Scientific Practical Centre of Hygiene
Ministry of Health
8, Academicheskaya str.
220012 Minsk
Phone: +375 17 284 13 86
E-mail: [email protected]

BELGIUM

Mr. Kris Van Den Belt
Flemish Environment Agency-Water Division
Graaf de Ferraris-gebouw, Koning Albert II-laan 20, bus 16
B- 1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 2 553 21 19
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Marie Lesenfants
Scientist
Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Epidemiology and public health
Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels
Phone no. of Sciensano: +32 2 642 51 11
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Tom Goetmaeckers
Policy officer
Flanders Environment Agency
Koning Albert II Laan 30 
1000 Brussels
E-mail: [email protected]  
 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Ms. Jelena Vicanovic
Head of the Department for the Protection and Water Use
Water Agency for the Sava River District
Milosa Obilica 51, 76300 Bijeljina
Phone: +387 55 221 392
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

BULGARIA

(to be confirmed)

C
CANADA

(to be confirmed)
 

CROATIA

Mr. Alan Cibilic
Deputy Head of Development Section
Croatian Waters
Ul. Grada Vukovara 220
10 000 Zagreb
Phone: +385 1 6307 321
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Milica Simic
Head of Public Water Supply Service
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Ul. Grada Vukovara 220
10 000 Zagreb
Phone: +385 6307 576
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Magdalena Ujevic Bosnjak
Head of the Water Safety Department
Croatian Institute of Public Health
Rockefellerova 7, I0000 Zagreb
Phone: +385 1 4863 217
Email: [email protected]

CYPRUS

Mr. Dinos Poullis
Water Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
100-110 Kennedy Avenue
Pallourriotissa
CY-1047 Nicosia
Phone: +357 22609216
E-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLIC

Mr. Frantisek Kozisek
Researcher
National Institute of Public Health
Srobarova street, 48
CZ-10042 Prague
Phone: +420 267082302
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Ms. Eva Adamová
International Relations Department
Ministry of Environment
Vršovická 1442/65 · 100 10 Praha 10
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Dominika Bachmanová
International Relations Department
Ministry of Environment
Vršovická 1442/65 · 100 10 Praha 10
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Marta Havlíčková
Department of Water Protection
Ministry of Environment
Vršovická 1442/65 · 100 10 Praha 10
E-mail: [email protected]

D
DENMARK

Ms. Kirsten Flemming Hansen
Land Unit
National Forest and Nature Agency
Ministry of the Environment
Haraldsgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Phone: +45 3947 2000
E-mail: [email protected]

E
ESTONIA

Mr. Harry Liiv
Deputy Secretary General
Ministry of Environment
Paldiski maantee 96
13522 Tallinn
Phone: +372 626 2802
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Leena Albreht
Head of Planning and Monitoring Department
Health Protection Inspectorate
Paldiski mnt 81
10617 Tallinn
Phone: +372 694 3525
E-mail: [email protected]

F
FINLAND

 

Mr. Jarkko Rapala
Ministerial Adviser
Minsitry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
P.O. Box 33
00023 Helsinki
Phone: +358 295 163 315
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Turo Hjerppe
Senior Specialist
Ministry of the Environment
Aleksanterinkatu 7
PO Box 35
00023 Helsinki
Email: [email protected]

Ms. Johanna Kallio
Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Hallituskatu 3 A
00023 Helsinki
E-mail: [email protected]

FRANCE

(to be confirmed)

G
GEORGIA

Ms. Nana Gabriadze
Head of Environmental Health Division
National Center for Disease Control & Public Health
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affrairs of Georgia
9 M. Asatiani str.
0177 Tbilisi
Phone: +995 32 39 89 46
E-mail: [email protected]

GERMANY

Ms. Heide Jekel
Head of Division WR I 4 / Cooperation in International River Basins,
Freshwater Management Conventions, International Freshwater Protection Law
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 12 06 29
D-53048 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 99 305 2521
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Birgit Mendel
German Federal Ministry of Health
Division 624 "Drinking Water"
Rochusstr. 1
D-53123 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 941 3242
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Bettina Rickert
Scientist
German Environment Agency (UBA)             
Schichauweg 58  
12307 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 8903 4133 
E-mail: [email protected]
 

GREECE

(to be confirmed)

H
HUNGARY

Mr. Peter Kovacs
Ministry of Interior
Jozsef Attila ut 2-4
1051 Budapest
Tel: +36 1441 1376
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Marta Vargha
Head of the Department of Hygienic Water Microbiology
National Institute of Environmental Health
Gyáli út 2-6
H-1097 Budapest
Phone: +36 1 476 1179
E-mail: [email protected]

I
ICELAND

Mr. Halldor Thorgeirsson
Ministry for the Enviornment
Vonarstraeti 4
150 Reykjavik
Phone: + 354 560-9600
E-mail: [email protected]

IRELAND

Mr. Cian Ó Lionáin
Water and Marine Director
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Newtown Road
Wexford
Phone: +353 53 911 7467
E-mail: [email protected]

ISRAEL

(to be confirmed)
 

ITALY

Mr. Luca Lucentini
Office Director of Section of Inland Water Hygiene
National Institute of Health
Viale Regina Elena 299
00179 Rome
Phone: +39 06 4990 2800
E-mail: [email protected]

K
KAZAKHSTAN

(to be confirmed)

 

KYRGYZSTAN

Ms. Bubuzhan Arykbaeva
Director General
Office on Noncontagious Disease Prevention
and State Sanitary Control
148 Moskovskaya  St.
720040 Bishkek
Phone: +0312323940; +0555713720
E-mail: [email protected]

L
LATVIA

Ms. Jana Feldmane
Head of Division of Environmental Health
Department of Public Health
Ministry of Health
72 Brivibas iela
LV-1011 Riga
Phone: +371 67 876 119
Email: [email protected]

LIECHTENSTEIN

Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein
Rue de Montbrillant 54-56
Case postale 158
1211 Genève 20, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 734 29 00
E-mail: [email protected] 

LITHUANIA

Mr. Romualdas Sabaliauskas
Director
Center for Health Education and Disease Prevention
Kalvariju Street 153
LT-08352 Vilnius
Phone: +370 5 270 01 07
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

LUXEMBOURG

Mr. Marc Hans
Administration of Water Management
Water Management Agency
1 Avenue du Rock'n'Roll, Esh-sur-Alzette
L-4361 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 2455 69 26
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Bruno Alves
Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
4 Place de l'Europe
L-1443 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 247 86 864
E-mail: [email protected]

M
MALTA

Ms. Claire Pace
Environmental Health Officer
Environmental Health
Department for Health Regulation
Continental Business Centre
Trejqa Tal-Ferrovija
Santa Venera, Malta
Phone: +356 23343254
E-mail: [email protected]

MONACO

(to be confirmed)
 

MONTENEGRO

Ms. Dijana Djurovic
Specialist of Sanitary Chemistry
Institute of Public Health of Montenegro
Dzon Dzekson bb, 81000 Podgorica
Phone: +38267266459
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Zorica Duranović
Head
Department for Water Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Rimski Trg 46
81000 Podgorica
Phone: +382 20 482260
E-mail: [email protected]                     

N
NETHERLANDS

Mr. Wilfred Appelman     
Senior policy advisor drinking water
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management
Rijnstraat 8, The Hague
2515 XP The Hague          
Phone: +31 (0)6 57 565067
E-mail: [email protected]

NORTH MACEDONIA

Ms. Ljupka Zajkov
Deputy Head of Department for Water
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Presveta Bogorodica Square, No. 3
1000 Skopje
Phone: +389 76 455 364
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Mihal Kochubovski
Chief of Department of the Water Safety and Environmental Sanitation
Institute of Public Health
Mikhail Chakov St. 7/3-21
1000 Skopje
Phone: +389 2312 5044 ext. 214
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

NORWAY

Ms. Ingrid Vigerust
Special adviser
Department of Public Health
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Teatergata 9
0030 Oslo
Phone: +4790124697
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Kjetil Tveitan
Ministry of Health and Care Services
P.O. Box 8011 Dep.
N-0030 Oslo
Phone: +47 22 24 87 66
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

P
POLAND

(to be confirmed)

 

PORTUGAL

Ms. Helena Costa
The Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority
Rua Tomás da Fonseca, Torre G-8
1600-209 Lisboa
Phone: +351 210 052 200
E-mail: [email protected]

R
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Mr. Ion Salaru
Head of Department for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
National Agency for Public Health
Gh. Asachi Str., 67A
Chisinau 2028
Phone: +373 22574677 +373 69233323                     
Email: [email protected]

Ms. Anna Casuta
Main consultant at the Directorate for Integrated Water
Resources Management Policies
Ministry of Environment
Chisinau
Phone: +373 22204283
E-mail: [email protected]

ROMANIA

Mr. Ioan Chirila
Senior Physician, National Institute of Public Health
Ministry of Health
C. Popisteanu St. 1-3, Sector 1
010024 Bucharest
Phone: +40 740 868 084
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Carmen Neagu
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests                           
Water Resources Management Directorate
Calea Plevnei nr. 46-48
010233 Bucharest
Phone: 0040 758 232 751
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Ms. Zoya Sereda
Head of Unit Division of International Cooperation and Public Relations
Ministry of Health
Rakhmanovskiy per,
3 127994 Moscow
Phone: +7 (495) 627 26 24
E-mail: [email protected]

S
SERBIA

Ms. Biljana Filipović Đušić
Senior Advisor for International Multilateral Cooperation
Ministry of Environmetal Protection
Nemanjina 22-26
11000 Belgrade
Phone: +381 648 166 490
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Dragana Jovanovic
Independent expert in drinking and recreational water quality
Institute for Health Protection "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut"
Dr Subbotica St. 5
111000 Belgrade
Phone: +381 11 26 85 476
E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVAKIA

Ms. Klára Paganová
Public Health Authority
Trnavska cesta 52
826 45 Bratislava
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Lenka Letavajova
Senior advisor
Ministry of Environment
Namestie L. Stura 1
812 35 Bratislava
Phone: +421 2 59563231
E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVENIA

Ms. Breda Kralj
Adviser
Directorate for Public Health
Ministry of Health
Stefanova 5
1000 Ljublana
Phone: +386 1 478 6916
E-mail: [email protected]

SPAIN

Ms. Concepcion Marcuello Olona
Coordinator of International Issues
Directorate General of Water
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and
the Demographic Challenge
Madrid
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. David Caceres Monllor
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
C / Paseo del Prado 18-20
28071 Madrid
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Margarita Palau
Head of Sanitary Water Quality Area
Subdirectorate General for Environmental Health and Occupational Health
General Directorate of Public Health, Quality and Innovation
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
C / Paseo del Prado 18-20
28071 Madrid
E-mail: [email protected]

SWEDEN

Ms. Gerda Kinell
Desk Officer
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Government Offices of Sweden
1003 33 Stockholm
Phone: +46 (0)8 405 42 22
E-mail: [email protected]

SWITZERLAND

Ms. Awilo Ochieng Pernet
Division of International Affairs
Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office Bern
Schwarzenburgstrasse 155
CH-3003 Bern
Phone: +41 31 322 0041
Email: [email protected]

Ms. Sibylle Vermont
Deputy Head of Global Affairs Section
Federal Office for the Environment
3003 Bern
Phone: +4158 462 85 47
Email: [email protected]

T
TAJIKISTAN

(to be confirmed)
 

TURKEY

Mr. Mustafa Er
Chief of Section
Department of European Union and Foreign Relations
Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs
Bestepe, 06560
Ankara
Phone: +90 312 207 5407
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Ziya Pala
Researcher
Department of European Union and Foreign Relations
Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs
Bestepe. 06560
Ankara
Phone: + 90 312 207 5392
E-mail: [email protected]

TURKMENISTAN

(to be confirmed)

U
UKRAINE

Mr.Oleksandr Bon
Deputy Director
Department of Environmental Impact Assessment
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources
35 Mytropolyta Vasylya Lypkіvskogo Str.,
03035 Kyiv
Phone: +380679438413
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Tetyana Skapa
Head of the expert group on protection and preservation of health and prevention of non-communicable diseases
Ministry of Health 
7 M. Hrushevsky street
01601Kyiv
Phone: +380509349281
E-mail: [email protected]

UNITED KINGDOM

Mr. Jolyon Thomson
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
55 Whitehall, London, SW1 2EY
E-mail: [email protected]
 

UNITED STATES

Ms. Caroline Broun
Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer
Office of Economic and Scientific Affairs
Permanent Mission of the United States of America
Route de Pregny 11
1295 Chambésy, Geneva
Phone: +41 22 749 4610
E-mail: [email protected]

 

UZBEKISTAN

Ms. Olga Mirshina
Chief Specialist
Ministry of Health
12, Navoi St.
100011 Tashkent
Phone: +998 71 276 6742
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

 

Last update date: February 8, 2024