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Focal Points General Info

Every EU Member State has a Focal Point for election observation related matters, either within their own Ministry of Foreign Affairs or in a related external agency. The Focal Points are responsible for the recruitment and proposal of their own country’s candidates for selection as Short-Term and Long-Term Observers to EU Election Observation Missions.

They are involved with the selection of candidates for NEEDS training and many offer their own training opportunities in their countries. They organise briefings and offer various kinds of information to potential observers. You will find their contact details in the table below:

Country
 Address
E-mail
Telephone
Fax
AUSTRIA
 Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Human Rights Department, Minoritenplatz 8, A-1014 Vienna
+435011503754
+435011593754
BELGIUM
 Foreign Affairs | S3.1 Conflict prevention and peace building | 15, Karmelieten Street | 1000 BRUSSELS
+3225018957
+3225014448
+3225018583
BULGARIA
 Mrs. Elena Bradvarova, Head of Unit, Diplomatic Personnel Department, Human Resources Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, 2, Alexander Zhendov Str., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria
+35929482608
+35928734345
CYPRUS
 Mr. Kyriakos Pogiatzis
Department of Multilateral Relations and International Organizations - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cyprus
+35722401244
+35722661881
CZECH REP.
 Ms. Isabella Havlova, Department for Human Resources
Mr. Jan Kaminek, Department for Human Rights
Mr. Pavel Hrncir, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Loretanske namesti 5, 11800 Praha 1
+420224183371
+420224183236
+420224182057
DENMARK
 Ms. Hanne B.Elmelund Gam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Humanitarian Office, Asiatisk Plads 2, DK-1448 Copenhagen C. Ms. Karen Soboleosky, NIRAS, Oerestads Boulevard 35, DK-2300 Copenhagen S.
+4533921579
+4523215476
+4533921421
+4548104611
ESTONIA
 Mr. Ott Vainomaa and Karin Rannu, MFA of Estonia, Islandi väljak 1, 15049, Tallinn, Estonia
+3726377181
+3726377183
+3726377398
FINLAND
Hanna Luhtala, Political Department
Unit for Security Policy and Crisis Management
Laivastokatu 22.C, P.O.Box 420 FI-00023
Government, Finland
+358916056179
+358916056550
FRANCE
 Pascal DELUMEAU, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes, 57, Boulevard des Invalides, 75007 Paris, France
+33153693220
+33153693799
GERMANY
 Ms. Francoise Donner, Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) gGmbH
Center for International Peace Operations
Ludwigkirchplatz 3-4, 10719 Berlin - Deutschland
www.zif-berlin.org
+4930520056576
+4930520056590
GREECE
 Mr Vasileios Kostantineas
A8 Division of Latin America, 2nd Floor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vassilissis Sophias 11
Athens - Greece
+302103683747
+302103683517
+302103683705
+302103683753
+302103683691
HUNGARY
 Ms. Anna MIKLÓS and Mr. Erik Haupt, Department of International Organisations and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Bem rkp. 47, 1027 Budapest
+3614582125
+3614581410
+3612017893
IRELAND
 Ms. Brid Costello, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Abdi Hassan Ibrahim, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs
Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
+35318546932
+35318546930
+35318748570
ITALIA
 Mr. Simone Razzauti, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights Office, Department for Political Cooperation - Piazzale della Farnesina 1, 00194, Roma
+390636917228
+390636918187
+390636918149
LATVIA
Ms Anda Orchard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Personnel Department
Personnel Rotation and Planning Division
3, K.Valdemara Street, Riga, LV – 1395, LATVIA
+37167016169
+3717828121
LITUANIA
Ms Dalė Mickienė, Ms Liana Vazbienė, Second secretaries of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, J. Tumo Vaizganto 2, LT-01511 Vilnius, Lithuania
+37052362517
+37052362428
+37052362519
LUXEMBURG
 Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Direction Politique
5, rue Notre-Dame, L-2240 Luxembourg
+35224782469
+352221989
MALTA
 Kerstin Spiteri, Election Observation Focal Point, Directorate Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palazzo Parisio, Valletta CMR 02, Malta
+35622042238
+35622042249
+35621240210
POLAND
 Mrs. Justyna Chrzanowska, First Secretary
Mrs. Marta Kaczmarska, Senior Expert
Department for Proceedings before Human Rights Protection Bodies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
+48224555342
+48224555506
+48224555348
PORTUGAL
 IPAD – Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento, Avenida da Liberdade n.º 192
1250-147 Lisboa
+351(21)3946203
+351(21)3176700
+351(21)3176826
ROMANIA
 Viorica Vasilu, Focal Point Romania
MFA, Aleea Alexandru NR.31
Sector 1, Bucharest 011822
+40214311105
+40213192367
SLOVAKIA
 Mr. Peter Bircak, Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Hlboka cesta 2, Bratislava 833 36
+421259783644
+421259783649
SLOVENIA
 Bozena Forstnaric, Urška Kosin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia - Department for Multilateral Affairs - Prešernova 25 - 1000 Ljubljana
+38614786628
+38614786725
+38614782015
SPAIN
 Ms. Isabel Menchón, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación, Oficina de Derechos Humanos, C/ Serrano Galvache, 26, 28004 Madrid
+34913798572
SWEDEN
 SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Ms. Gunilla Ankers and Ms Birgitta Hallberg
AKTSAM/RIU, S-105 25 Stockholm, Sweden
+4686985399
+4686985004
+4686985502
SWITZERLAND
 Ms Marianne Gerber, Mr Jost Herrman, Claudia Rizzo (Training Coordinator), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peacebuilding - Focal point for Election Observation, Bundesgasse 32, CH-3003 Berne - Swizterland, Web: www.eda.admin.ch/pd4e
+41313223794
+41313226147
+41313226352
+41313238922
THE NETHERLANDS
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HDPO/PM/WS-km
Attn: ms. N.M.C. Soerel
P.O. Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague
The Netherlands
+31703484833
+31703486702
UNITED KINGDOM
Mark Brownjohn, Desk Officer
Westminster Foundation for Democracy & Elections, Human Rights and Democracy Department, Room E3.315
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH

+44(0)2070083880

+44(0)2079284366