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 country’s candidates for selection as Short-Term and Long-Term Observers to EU Election Observation Missions.
They are involved with the pre-selection of candidates for EODS long term observers trainings and some offer their own training opportunities in their countries. They organise briefings and offer various kinds of information to potential observers. Their contact details are in this list and in the map below:
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Mr. Georg Lack Mrs. Gerda Ruzsiczka Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Department I.7., Human Rights A-1014 Vienna, Minoritenplatz 8 |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| beobachtungsmission@bmeia.gv.at Georg-Christian.LACK@bmeia.gv.at gerda.ruzsicska@bmeia.gv.at |
+435011503375 | +435011593589 |
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Mr. Denis Valois PFS Foreign Affairs; S3.1 Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Desk Rue des Petits Carmes / Karmelietenstraat, 15 B-1000 Brussels |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| observateurs.ue@diplobel.fed.be | +3225018957 | |
| waarnemers.eu@diplobel.fed.be |
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Mrs. Lila Georgieva Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria; Career Planning and Development Department 2, Alexander Zhendov Str., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| lila.GEORGIEVA@mfa.bg | +35929482608 | +35928734345 |
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Ms. Maja Drmac Division for Human Rights and Regional International Organisations and Initiatives Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Croatia Trg N. Å . Zrinjskog 7-8, Zagreb |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| maja.drmac@mvep.hr | +38514569841 | +38514597414 |
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Mrs. Gabriella Michaelidou Ministry of Foreign Affairs; EU EOM Focal Point, Department of Multilateral Relations and International Organizations Presidential Palace Avenue, 1447, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| gmichaelidou@mfa.gov.cy | +35722401244 | +35722661881 |
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Mr. Jan Kaminek Mr. Jan Latal (Deputy to Mr. Kaminek) Ms. Isabella Havlova (MFA, Dep. for Human Resources) Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dep. for Human Rights Loretanske namesti 5, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| jan_kaminek@mzv.cz jan_latal@mzv.cz isabella_havlova@mzv.cz nkm@mzv.cz |
+420224183236 +420734362629 +420224182756 +420224182739 +420224183371 |
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Ms. Hanne B.Elmelund (Gam, MFA) Mr. Rasmus Klitgaard (NIRAS/IHB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Security Department Asiatisk Plads 2; DK 1448 K NIRAS/IHB; Orestads Boulevard 35; DK 2300 S |
| Telephone | Fax | |
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ssp@um.dk |
+4533920661 +4524690632 +4548104611 |
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Ms. Evelin Loman EOM Focal Point Personnel development and international personnel policy division Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affaires Islandi valjak 1, 15049, Tallinn, Estonia |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| evelin.loman@mfa.ee | +3726377326 |
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Ms. May-Len Svenskberg Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Unit for Security Policy and Crisis Management Political Department Directorate for OSCE, Council of Europe, Human Rights, Asymmetric Risks and Nonproliferation Laivastokatu 22.C, P.O.Box 420 FI-00023, Valtioneuvosto, Finland |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| may-len.svenskberg@formin.fi | +358295351756 +358504391596 |
+358916056550 |
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Mr. Pascal Delumeau Ministère des Affaires étrangères Direction des Nations unies, des Organisations internationales des Droits de l'Homme et de la Francophonie. Délégation des Fonctionnaires Internationaux 57 boulevard des Invalides, 75700 Paris, 07 SP France |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| observations.electorales@diplomatie.gouv.fr | +33153693799 |
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Ms. Kerstin Broering Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) gGmbH Ludwigkirchplatz 3-4, 10719 Berlin - Deutschland www.zif-berlin.org |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| k.broering@zif-berlin.org | +4930520056574 | +4930520056590 |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Athens A6 Directorate (Northern Africa, Middle East, Iran and Iraq) A8 Directorate (Latin America & the Caribbean) A9 Directorate (Sub-Saharan Africa) A10 Directorate (Asia and Oceania) |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| a06@mfa.gr a08@mfa.gr a09@mfa.gr a10@mfa.gr |
+302103681303 +302103684555 +302103682926 +302103682004 |
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Ms. Anna Biró-Kerekes Mr. Gergő Kocsis (Desk Officer) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary; Department of International Organizations and Human Rights Budapest, 1027, Nagy Imre ter 4; Hungary |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| AKerekes@mfa.gov.hu gkocsis@mfa.gov.hu |
+3614581687 +3614583418 |
+36114581639 |
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Mr. John Crowe Ms. Claire Coughlan Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid Centre, 27 - 31 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| john.crowe@dfa.ie claire.coughlan@dfa.ie |
+35361774088 +35361774083 |
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Ms. Silvia Vinci Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Directorate General for Political and Security Affairs European Foreign Affairs and Security Division Piazzale della Farnesina 1, 00194, Roma, Italia |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| silvia.vinci@esteri.it | +390636913488 | +39063236151 |
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Ms. Ieva Cesniece Personnel Planning and Development Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Kr. Valdemara Street 3; Riga; LV-1395 |
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| Ieva.Cesniece@mfa.gov.lv
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+37167016338 |
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Ms. Jolita Lancinskiene Mr. Valdas Sakalys Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department International Missions and Conflict Prevention Division J. Tumo-Vaizganto g. 2; LT-01511 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| jolita.lancinskiene@urm.lt Valdas.SAKALYS@urm.lt |
+37052362877 +37052362428 |
+37052362519 |
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Mr. Laurent Weyland Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg - Political and European Affairs - EOM Focal Point 5, rue Notre-Dame/L-2240 Luxembourg |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| +35224782469 | +352223283 |
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Ms. Justine Micallef |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| election.observers@gov.mt justine.micallef@gov.mt |
+35622042381 |
+35621240210 |
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Ms. Beata Prądzyńska (Deputy Director) Ms. Iwona Wojtczak (Head of division) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland; Political Director`s Office Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23, 00-580 Warsaw, Poland |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| beata.pradzynska@msz.gov.pl iwona.wojtczak@msz.gov.pl |
+48225238903 +48225238138 |
+48224555348 |
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Mr. José Luis Coelho da Silva Ms. Eunice Vasco Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Directorate-general for External Policy, Largo do Rilvas 1399-030 |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| observadores@mne.pt | +351213946000 +351213946198 |
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Mrs. Viorica Vasiliu Directorate for OSCE, Council of Europe, Human Rights, Asymmetric Risks and Nonproliferation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania; Bucharest, Romania |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| viorica.vasiliu@mae.ro | +40214311105 | +40213192367 +351213946052 |
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Ms. Miriam Joklova Mr. Peter Bircak Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic; Human Rights and Council of Europe Department Hlboka Cesta 2, Bratislava |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| miriam.joklova@mzv.sk miriamslovak@hotmail.com peter.Bircak@mzv.sk |
+421259783643 +421259783641 |
+421259783649 |
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Ms. Katja Križnar Urbanc Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Presernova Ulica 25, Sl-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| tina.grgantov@gov.si | +38614786725 | +38614782215 |
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Ms. Isabel Menchon Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperacion Oficina Derechos Humanos Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders Serrano Galvache, 26. 28033 - Madrid, Espana |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| isabel.menchon@mae.es | +34913798572 +34913799594 |
+34913948650 |
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Mr. Niklas Lindskog FBA (Folke Bernadotte Academy) Drottning Kristinas väg 37, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| niklas.lindskog@fba.se | +46104562300 |
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Ms. Marianne Gerber (Focal Point EOM) |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| gmr@eda.admin.ch jost.herrmann@eda.admin.ch |
+41584623794 |
+41 58 463 89 22 |
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Ms. Betty Spijkers Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Human Resources Department, Unit Civilian Deployment & Election Observation (HDPO/PM/WS-Unit CMV), P.O. Box 20061 NL-2500 EB The Hague The Netherlands |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| 3W-Verkiezingen@minbuza.nl betty.spijkers@minbuza.nl |
+31703485970 | +31 70 348 67 02 |
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Mrs. Anne Sofie Molandsveen NORDEM |
| Telephone | Fax | |
| nordem-programme@nchr.uio.no |
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Mr. Devin O’Shaughnessy (Director of Programmes) |
| Telephone | Fax | |
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election.observation@wfd.org |
+442077991311 +442073401884 |
+44 (0) 20 7799 1312 |
