Focal Points

Every EU Member State and partner country 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:

Mr. Stephan Rutkowski Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Department I.7, Human Rights Minoritenplatz 8, A-1014 Vienna

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
stephan.RUTKOWSKI@bmeia.gv.at	+43(0)5011504549	NA

Mr. Denis Valois PFS Foreign Affairs - S3.1 Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Desk 15 Rue des Petits Carmes / Karmelietenstraat, B-1000 Brussels

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
observateurs.ue@diplobel.fed.be waarnemers.eu@diplobel.fed.be	+3225018957	NA

Human Resources Directorate Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria 2 Alexander Zhendov Street, 1040 Sofia

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
EOM-focal-point@mfa.bg	+35929482845	NA

Ms. Ivana Lončar Pavlinić Department for Human Rights and International regional organizations and initiatives Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Trg N. Š. Zrinjskog 7-8, 10 000 Zagreb

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
ivana.loncar-pavlinic@mvep.hr	+38514569841	NA

Mrs. Eleni Apeyitou Department of Multilateral Relations and International Organizations (C1) Directorate of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Presidential Palace Avenue | 1447, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
eapeyitou@mfa.gov.cy	+35722651143	NA

Mr. Jan Kaminek Mr. Jan Latal (Deputy to Mr. Kaminek) Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Dep. for Human Rights Loretanske namesti 5, 118 00 Praha 1

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
jan_kaminek@mzv.cz jan_latal@mzv.cz nkm@mzv.cz	+420224183236 +420734362629 +420224182756 +420224182739 +420224183371	NA

Mr. Anders Skovsø (MFA) Ms Anna Cecilie Varnild (NIRAS/FSB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Stabilisation and Security Policy Asiatisk Plads 2; DK 1448 Copenhagen 3rd floor, NIRAS/FSB Bredgade 30, DK-1260 Copenhagen

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
ssp@um.dk andecl@um.dk fsb-niras@niras.dk	+4533920623 | +45 50778666 +4533920000 | +45 24690632	+4524690632 +4532540533 | +4548104300

Ms. Kirsti Toomemets Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Personnel Development and International Personnel Policy Division Islandi väljak 1 15049 Tallinn

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
kirsti.toomemets@mfa.ee	+3726377181	+3726377398

Ms. May-Len Svenskberg, Ms. Tuula Cowen Ministry for Foreign Affairs Unit for Security Policy and Crisis Management - Political Department Laivastokatu 22.C, P.O.Box 420 - FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
May-Len.Svenskberg@formin.fi tuula.cowen@formin.fi	+358916055465 +358916055189	+358916056550

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

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
observations.electorales@diplomatie.gouv.fr	NA	+33153693799

Ms. Rebecca Meier Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) gGmbH Ludwigkirchplatz 3-4, 10719 Berlin - Deutschland www.zif-berlin.org

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
r.meier@zif-berlin.org	+4930 5200565-43	+4930520056590

Mr. Ioannis Mallikourtis 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)

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
mallikou@mfa.gr a12@mfa.gr a.vidouris@rp-grece.be p.emmanouilidou@rp-grece.be	+302103681303 +302103684555 +3225515636 +3225515611

Ms. Anna BIRÓ-KEREKES, Ms. Éva Császár Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and Trade of Hungary Departement for Security for Policy and Non- Proliferatio Bem rkp 47 - 1027 Budapest

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
elections@mfa.gov.hu electionj@mfa.gov.hu	+3614581687 +3614583418	+361457 5039

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin, Mr. John Crowe Irish Aid | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry Street - Limerick

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
john.crowe@dfa.ie patrick.mcloughlin@dfa.ie	+35361774088 +35361774096	NA

Ms. Maria Luisa Bartolucci Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate General for Political and Security Affairs European Foreign Affairs and Security Division Piazzale della Farnesina 1, I-00194 Roma

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
bartolucciml@esteri.it	+390636913860	NA

Ms Lilita Cirule Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Personnel Department Kr. Valdemara street 3, LV-1395 Riga

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
eu.eom.focal.point@mfa.gov.lv lilita.cirule@mfa.gov.lv	+37167016338	NA

Ms Ieva Arlauskienė, Ms Agnė Kriščiūnaitė Ministry of Foreign Affairs Personnel Management and Secondment Department Selection and Secondment Division J. Tumo-Vaižganto g. 2, LT-01511 Vilnius

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
ieva.arlauskiene@mfa.lt agne.krisciunaite@mfa.lt	+37052362877 +37052362528	+37052362519

Mr. Laurent Weyland Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political and European Affairs - EOM focal point 5, rue Notre-Dame, L-2240 Luxembourg

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
laurent.weyland@mae.etat.lu	+35224782314	NA

Mr. Alessandro Giuliano Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malta Directorate Global Issues Palazzo Parisio, Merchant Street - VLT1171 Valletta

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
alessandro.giuliano@gov.mt election.observers@gov.mt	+35622042279	+35621251520

Mr. Jacek Jankowski Ms. Anna Raduchowska-Brochwicz Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director`s Office Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23, PL-00-580 Warsaw

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
jacek.jankowski@msz.gov.pl anna.raduchowska-brochwicz@msz.gov.pl	+48225238903 +48225238138	NA

Mr. José Luis Coelho da Silva Ms. Eunice Vasco Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Directorate-general for External Policy Largo do Rilvas, P-1399-030 Lisboa

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
observadores@mne.pt	+351213946000	NA

Ms. Viorica Vasiliu Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania Directorate for OSCE, Council of Europe, Human Rights, Asymmetric Risks and Nonproliferation Aleea Alexandru nr. 31, Sector 1 - 011822 Bucharest

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
viorica.vasiliu@mae.ro	+40214311105	+40213192367

Ms. Miriam Joklova Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights and Council of Europe Department Hlboka cesta 2, 833 36 Bratislava 37

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
miriam.joklova@mzv.sk	+42125978 3783	NA

Mrs Sonja Slovša Končan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prešernova ulica 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
sonja.slovsa@gov.si	+38614782180	+38614782335

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación Oficina Derechos Humanos Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders Edificio Torres Ágora, Calle Serrano Galvache, 26 - E-28033 Madrid

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
observacionelectoral@maec.es	+34913799504	+34913799504

Ms. Sofia Hedlund Folke Bernadotte Academy Visiting address: Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Stockholm, Sweden Postal address: Sandövägen 1, SE-872 64 Sandöverken, Sweden

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
Sofia.Hedlund@fba.se	+46104562300	NA

Ms. Marianne Gerber, Focal Point EOM Mr. Jost Herrmann, Deputy Focal Point EOM Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peacebuilding Bundesgasse 32 - CH-3003 Berne www.eda.admin.ch/expertenpool

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
marianne.gmr.gerber@eda.admin.ch jost.herrmann@eda.admin.ch	+41584623794  +41584626147	+41 58 463 89 22

Ms. Betty Spijkers Ms. Sonja Kulp Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 3W | WorldWide Working Civil MIssions and Election Monitoring The Hague, The Netherlands

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
3w-cmv@minbuza.nl betty.spijkers@minbuza.nl	+31703485970	NA

NORDEM Norwegian Refugee Council Prinsensgate 2 (Map) 0152 Oslo

 

Email	Telephone	Fax
nordem@nrc.no	+4792015070	NA