National Focal points of the Water Convention

The 8th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention (Astana, Kazakhstan, 10-12 October 2018) adopted decision VIII/2 on the designation and responsibilities of focal points (ECE/MP.WAT/54/Add.2).

The decision explains the importance of having national focal points in countries (both Parties and non-Parties) as they play a critical role in the implementation of the Convention and represent the main channel of communication between the secretariat, the country concerned and other countries on Convention-related matters.

The decision requests Parties and encourages non-Parties to officially designate one or more national focal points for the Convention through an official communication to the secretariat signed by the concerned Ministry(ies).

More detailed information on the responsibilities of the Water Convention focal points available here.

A

Afghanistan

Mr. Wais Ahmad Basiri
Director General of Water Resource Management
Ministry of Energy and Water
Phone: +93 799 100382
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Mohd Hassan Faizee
Deputy Director General of Border Affairs and Transboundary Water
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: +93 788034190
E-mail: [email protected]

Albania

Ms. Gerta Lubonja
General Director of Water Resources Management Agency
Water Resources Management Agency
Prime Minister’office Bulevardi “Deshmoret E Kombit”
1001 Tirana
Phone: +355 6720 705 76
E-mail: [email protected]

Algeria

Ms. Hassina Hammouche
Assistant Director
Ministry of Water Resources
Phone: 00213 557 585 024
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Linda Hacici
Assistant Director
Ministry of Water Resources
Phone: 00213 560 978 051
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Rachid Djettou
Head of Department
National Resource Agency
Phone: 00213 777 034 545
E-mail: [email protected]

Andorra

Mr. Marc Rossell
Director General for Environment and Sustainability
Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability
Edifici Administratiu del Govern - C/Prat de la Creu, 62-64
Andorra la Vella
Phone: +376 875 700
E-mail: [email protected]

Angola

Mr. Carolino Manuel Mendes
Director General of the Administration Office of the Cunene, Cubango and Cuvelei Hydrographic Basins
Ministry of Energy and Waters
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Manuel Quintino
Director General of the National Institute of Water Resources
Ministry of Energy and Waters
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Argentina

Minister Corina B. Lehman
Director of environmental affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
Esmeralda 1212, Piso 14, oficina 1408
1007 Buenos Aires
Phone: +54 (11) 48 19 74 14
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Armenia

Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations in Geneva
16 Pare du Chateau-Banquet
1202 Geneva
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Lilit Abrhamyan
Head of the Water Policy Department of the Ministry of Environment
Republic Square, Government House 3,
0010 Yerevan
Phone: +374 11 818 527
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Australia

Ms. Erika Oord
Director, Water Security Section
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
GPO Box 858
Canberra City Act 2601
Phone: +61 2 6178 5205
E-mail: [email protected]

Austria

Mr. Christian Schilling
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
Directorate-General I - Water Management
Marxergasses 2
1030 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 71100 607111
E-mail: [email protected]

Azerbaijan

Ms. Farida Alakbarova
Senior Advisor
Water Resources Management Division
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
B. Aghayev Street 100A
Baku
Phone: +99455 255 57 74; ++99412 538 5381
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

B

Bangladesh

Mr. Malik Fida Khan
Executive Director
Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
A Public Trust Under the Ministry of water resources
Phone: 8801 819 261 274
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Mohammad Abul Hossen
Member
Joint Rivers Commission
Bangladesh
Phone: +8801718154748
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Belarus

Ms. Victoriya Voronova
Ministry for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
10, Kollektornaya St.
200048 Minsk
E-mail: [email protected]

Belgium

Mr. Steven Vinckier
Head of Unit International Environmental Policy
Flemish Environment Agency-Water Division
A. Van De Maelestraat, 96
B- 9320 Erembodegem
Phone: +32 53 72 64 33
E-mail: [email protected]

Benin

Mr. Philippe Armand Adjomayi
General Director
General Direction of Water
Ministry of Water and Mining
Avenue Jean-Paul II Cotonou
Cotonou
Phone: +22997101287
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Agossou Benoit Koukponou
Researcher-IWRM Specialist and Management of Water Uses
Ministry of Water and Mining
Avenue Jean-Paul II Cotonou
Cotonou
Phone: +2299 745 85 88 / 6029 79 79
E-mail: [email protected]

Bolivia

Mr. Jose Enrique Colodro
Boundaries, Borders and International Transboundary Waters Director General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Ivana Bellido Manzano
Watersheds and Water Resources General Director
Ministry of Environment and Water
E-mail: [email protected]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

(nomination pending)

Brazil

Ms. Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas
Head of the Division for Environmental Policy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: +55 61 2030 9556
E-mail: [email protected]

Bulgaria

Ms. Rumyana Rangelova-Bratovanova
State Expert, Water Management Directorate
Ministry oF Environment and Water
22, Maria Luisa Blvd.
1000 Sofia
Phone: +359 2 940 6509
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Violeta Roiatchka
State Expert, Water Management Directorate
Ministry oF Environment and Water
22, Maria Luisa Blvd.
1000 Sofia
Phone: +359 2 940 6561
E-mail: [email protected]

Burkina Faso

Mr. Serge Modeste Dizoun Traore
General Directorate of Water Resources
Ministry of Water and Sanitation
Secteur 28
01 BP 3834 Ouagadougou
Phone: +226 70 23 95 74
E-mail: [email protected]

C

Cameroon

Ms. Pélagie Ngo Biemble
Chief of Water Information Unit
Ministry of Water Resources and Energy
Phone: +237 699 3483 13
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Gérance Zambo
Chef du Bureau des Traités Multilatéraux
Direction des Affaires Juridiques et des Engagements Internationaux de l'Etat
Ministère des Relations Extérieures
BP 18 Yaounde
Phone: +237 694383928
E-mail: [email protected]

Canada

Mr. Steve Cobham
Senior Policy Advisor for Transboundary Water International Affairs Branch
Environment and Climate Change
E-mail: [email protected]

Central African Republic

Mr. Jean Christophe Robembe
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Phone: +236 755 036 87/72 779875
E-mail: [email protected]

Chad

Mr. Walbadet Aina Appolos
Hydrologist, Director of Water and Sanitation Regulations
Department of Water Knowledge and Regulation
Ministry of Water and Sanitation
Ndjamena
Phone: +235 66 28 52 75
E-mail: [email protected]

Chile

Mr. Juan Pablo Aristegui Sierra
Head of the Department of Environment, Territorial Analysis, and Shared Water Resources
National Directorate of State Borders and Limits (DIFROL)
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Macarena Bahamondes Ortiz
Head of the Unit of Environment and Shared Water Resources
National Directorate of State Borders and Limits (DIFROL)
E-mail: [email protected]

Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division (DIMA)
E-mail: [email protected]

Colombia

Mr. Fabian Mauricio Caicedo Carrascal
Technical Director for Integrated Water Resources Management
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Calle 37, No. 8-40, Bogotá
Phone: +571 3323400
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Mauricio Molano Cruz
Advisor, International Affairs Office
Calle 37 No. 8 – 40, Bogotá
Phone: +57(601)3323400 Ext. 2346
E-mail: [email protected]

Congo

Mr. Herve Didas Christian Amboulou
Director General of Hydraulics
25 rue Ontsouanva Nkombo Brazzaville
BP 2120 Brazzaville
Phone: 00242 06 633 10 85
E-mail: [email protected]

Costa Rica

Mr. Jose Miguel Zeledon Calderon
Director of Water
Ministry of Environment and Energy
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Esteban Alonso Arias Carvajal
Advisor to the Department of Limit and Border Treaties
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
E-mail: [email protected]

Côte d'Ivoire

Mr. Wonnan Eugène Yeo
Director General of Water Resources
Ministry of Water and Forests
20 BP 650 Abidjan 20
Phone: +225 2722 43 32 44
E-mail: [email protected]

Croatia

Ms. Elizabeta Kos
Water Management and Sea Protection Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Ulica Grada Vukovara 220
10000 Zagreb
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Sanja Genzic Jurisevic
Water Management and Sea Protection Directorate
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Ulica Grada Vukovara 220
10000 Zagreb
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Ivan Pavic
Croatian Waters
Ulica Grada Vukovara 220
10000 Zagreb
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Kresimir Maldini
Josip Juraj Strossmayer Water Institute
Savska ulica 100 b, 10373 Hruscica
[email protected]

Czech Republic

Ms. Marta Havlíčková
Ministerial Council
Department of International Cooperation and
Water Planning Department of Water Protection
Ministry of Environment
Vrsovicka 65
100 10 Prague 10
Phone: +420 267 122 375
E-mail: [email protected]

D

Dominican Republic

Ms. Claudia Marcela Taboada Flores
Director for Science, Technology, and Environment
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Avenida Independencia No. 752,
Estancia San Gerónimo,
Santo Domingo
Phone: + 1 809 987 7065
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Denmark

(nomination pending)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ms. Marie-Rose Mayele Mukonkole
Head of Division
Directorate of Water Resources
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
15 Avenue Papa Ileo
Kinshasa-Gombe B.P. 12.348 Kin I
Phone: +243 8989 38 677
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Henri Muyembe Ngasili
Head of Legal Studies and Regulatory Division
Environmental Regulation and Contentious Direction
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
15 Avenue Papa Ileo
Kinshasa-Gombe B.P. 12.348 Kin I
Phone: +243 815 165 776
E-mail: [email protected]

Djibouti

Mr. Moustapha Nour Osman
Head of Subdivision Studies, Planning and Management of Water Resources
Directorate of Rural Hydraulics
Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fisheries in charge of Fish Resources
Barwaqo, Municipality of Balbala
399 Djibouti
Mobile: 0025377881222
E-mail: [email protected]

E

Ecuador

Mr. Luis Arturo Cevallos
Secretariat for Water
Phone: +593 381 5640 ext. 2304/ +593 998 323 164
E-mail: [email protected]

El Salvador

Mr. Roberto Adolfo Cerón
Manager of Hydrology
Directorate-General of the Observatory of Threats and Natural Resources
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
San Salvador
Phone: +503 7856-3370; +503 2132-9617
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Sol María Muñoz
Technical Engineer in Soils and Water Resources
Directorate-General of Water Security
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
San Salvador
Phone: +503 2132-9243
E-mail: [email protected]

Estonia

Mr. Harry Liiv
Special Envoy for Transboundary Waters
Ministry of Climate of Estonia
Suur-Ameerika 1
10122 Tallinn
Phone: +372 6262850 / +372 5011828
E-mail: [email protected]

Ethiopia

Permanent Mission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland
Rue de Moillebeau 56, 1209 Geneva
Phone: +4122 919 7011
E-mail: [email protected]

Equatorial Guinea

Mr. Deogracias Ikaka Nzamio
General Directorate of Water Resources and Coasts
Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources
Km5 aeropuerto s/n
568 Malabo
Phone: 00240 333099217
E-mail: [email protected]

F

Finland

Mr. Turo Hjerppe
Senior Specialist
Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 35, FI-00023 Government
Phone: +358 295 250 204/ +358 50 310 5707
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Annukka Lipponen
Chief specialist on water resources management
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 39, FI-00023 Government
Phone: +358505757402
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Antti Rautavaara
Special Envoy for Water
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 176, FI-00023 Government
Phone: +358503316172
E-mail: [email protected]

France

Ms. Fanny-Tsilla Koninckx
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
27, rue de la Convention 75015 Paris
Tél : +33 (0) 6 99 89 05 21
E-mail: [email protected]

G

Gabon

Mr. Victor Boumono
Adviser-in-Charge of water issues
Ministry of Water, Energy Development and Industrialization of Mineral Resources
Boulevard Triomphale, Immeuble du 2 décembre
Libreville
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Jocelyn Bouyou Mavoungou
General Director of Water
Ministry of Water, Energy Development and Industrialization of Mineral Resources
Boulevard Triomphale, Immeuble du 2 décembre
Libreville
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Steeve Davy Essono
Director of Sanitation
Ministry of Water, Energy Development and Industrialization of Mineral Resources
Boulevard Triomphale, Immeuble du 2 décembre
Libreville
E-mail: [email protected]

Gambia

Mr. Landing Bojang
Chief Hydrologist and Hydrological Adviser of The Gambia with WMO
Department of Water Resources
7 Marina Parade
Banjul
Phone: +220 2373 151/ 594 3473
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Georgia

Ms. Mariam Makarova
Head of the Water Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
6 Marshal Gelovani Ave.
0159 Tbilisi
Phone: +995 595 11 97 04
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
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 228 99 305-2521
E-mail:[email protected]

Ghana

Ms. Bernadette Araba Adjei
Director, Legal and Monitoring Department
Water Resources Commission
P.O. Box CT 5630, Cantonments
Accra
Phone: +233 266 00 33 70
E-mail: [email protected]

Greece

Ms. Spyridoula Liakou
Head of the Directorate for the Protection and Management of Aquatic Environment
Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy
Phone: +30 213 1513 119
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Spyros Tasoglou
Officer, Directorate of Protection and Management of Aquatic Environment
Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy
Phone: +30 213 1513 137
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Alexandros Kolliopoulos
Legal Counsellor at the Legal Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10 Zalokosta street
10671 Athens
Phone: 0030 210 3683648; 0030 210 3683757
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Guatemala

Ms. Elisa Colom
Sovereignty and Domain Unit Advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Arnoldo Alfredo Pérez Pérez
Boundaries and International Waters General Deputy Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
E-mail: [email protected]

Guinea

Mr. Alsény Marie Camara
Lawyer
Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics
Almamya, Commune de Kaloum
Conakry 1217
Phone: +224661310137
E-mail: [email protected]

Guinea-Bissau

Mr. Hilario Sanha
Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy
Av. Joao Bernardo Vieira, Polacio do Governo Caixa Postal no. 399, Bissau
E-mail: [email protected]

H

Haiti

Mr. Astrel Joseph
Environment and Water Management
Director of Water Resources Management
Ministry of Environment
# 11, Rue 4, Pacot
Phone: (509) 4898 8606
E-mail: [email protected]

Honduras

Mr. Oscar Godoy
Special Director of Sovereignity
National Commission on Sovereignity and Borders
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Tegucigalpa
Phone: +504 9500 1767; +504 2236 0200 and 2236 0300 Ext. 3202
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Ms. Sonia Carpio
Ambassador, Advisor to the National Commission on Sovereignty and Borders
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Tegucigalpa
Phone: +504 8761 0655; +504 2236 0200 and 2236 0300 Ext. 3203
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

H.E. Mr. Lucky Halach Medina Estrada
Minister of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
Edificio Principal, 200 metros al Sur del Estadio Nacional
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: +504 2232-9200 Ext.201
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Ms. Carmen Cartagena Gomez
Director, General Directorate of Water Resources
Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
Edificio Principal, 200 metros al Sur del Estadio Nacional
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: (504) 2235-4529, 2235-8580
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Hungary

Ms. Ida Nagyne Sos
Senior Advisor for Water Management, Department of European Cooperation
Ministry of Interior
2-4 József Attila street
H-1051 Budapest
Phone: +36 30 491 2624
E-mail: [email protected]

I

India

Ms. Barkha Tamrakar
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of India to the UN and other International Organizations
9 Rue du Valais
Geneva 1202, Switzerland
Phone: +4122 731 85 68
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Naveen Kumar
Senior Joint Commissioner-II
Permanent Indus Commission, Department of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR,RD&GR)
Ministry of Jal Shakti (Water Resources)
E-mail: [email protected]

Iran

Mr. Ezzatollah Hemmati
Director of Border Legal Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: +(98)(21)61154322
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Jabbar Vatanfada
Director General of the Transboundary Rivers and Shared Water Resources Office
Ministry of Energy
Phone: +(98)(21)81606315; +(98)(21)81607081
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Iraq

Ms. Sarya Laith
Chief Engineer, Deputy Head of the International Water Studies Department
Ministry of Water Resources
Baghdad
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Luay Al-Daloo
International Water Studies Department
Ministry of Water Resources
Baghdad
E-mail: [email protected]

Israel

Mr. Yechezkel Lifshitz
Deputy Director General
Energy Infrastructures & Water Resources
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Danieal Roichman
Adviser
Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Avenue de la Paix 1-3
1202 Geneva
Phone: +41 22 716 05 00
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Ayelet Rosen
Head Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Alon Zask
Senior Deputy Director General For Natural Resources
Ministry Of Environmental Protection
E-mail: [email protected]

Italy

Ms. Martina Bussettini
Superior Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Stefano Tersigni
National Institute of Statistics
E-mail: [email protected]

J

Jordan

Jihad Al Mahamid
Secretary General
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
P.O. Box 2412-5012
Amman 11118
E-mail: [email protected]

Mohammad Al Dwairi
Secretary General Assistant for Strategic Planning
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
P.O. Box 2412-5012
Amman 11118
Phone: +962 7 7574 4046
E-mail: [email protected]

Faisal Abu Zaid
Director of the Strategic Projects and International Agreements
Director of the media and Awareness
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
P.O. Box 2412-5012
Amman 11118
Phone: +962 798244442
E-mail: [email protected]

K

Kazakhstan

Mr. Arsen Zhakanbayev
Director of the Department of Transboundary Rivers
Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources
Phone: +7 7013 836333
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Kenya

Ms. Nancy Koech
Ministry of Water and Sanitation
Maji House
P.O. Box 49720-00100
Nairobi
Phone: +254 727 149 438
E-mail: [email protected]

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Mr. Inthavy Akkharath
Director General
Department of Water Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Phone: +85621241744
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Kingkham Manivong
Deputy Director General
Department of Water Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
E-mail: [email protected]

Latvia

Ms. Iveta Teibe
Head of Water Resources Division
Department of Environmental Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
LV 1494 Riga
Phone: +371 670 265 74
E-mail: [email protected]

Lebanon

Ms. Mona Fakih
Director of Water
General Directorate of Hydraulic and Electric Resources
Ministry of Energy and Water
Courniche Elnaher, Beirut-Lebanon
Phone: +9611565097
E-mail: [email protected]

Lesotho

Mr. Lisema Lekhooana
Chief Economic Planner
Ministry of Water
Christie House
Maseru 100
Phone: +266 6200 7337
E-mail: [email protected]

Liberia

Mr. Bolton Dennis
Assistant Minister for Community Services
Office of the Deputy Minister Rural Development
Ministry of Public Works
P.O. Box 9011 Lynch Street South
Monrovia
Phone: +231 886747426/ +231 770129821
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Anthony Kullie
Director
Liberian Hydrological Service
Department of Mineral Exploration and Environmental Research
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Phone: +23 777 000 838 / 886603638
Email: [email protected]

Liechtenstein

Mr. Andreas Gsthöl
Head of Division of Environmental Protection
Office for Environment
Office of Foreign Affairs
Gerberweg 5
FL-9490 Vaduz
Phone: +423 236 61 86
Email: [email protected]

Ms. Heke Summer
Head of Bureau of International Affairs and Climate
Office for Environment
Office of Foreign Affairs
Gerberweg 5
FL-9490 Vaduz
Phone: +423 236 61 86
Email: [email protected]

Lithuania

Mr. Tomas Želvys
Advisor of Pollution prevention policy department
Ministry of Environment
A. Jaksto Street 4
LT-01105 Vilnius
Phone: +37069674940
E-mail: [email protected]

Luxembourg

Mr. Bruno Alves
Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
4 Place de l'Europe
L-1449 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 24786864
Email: [email protected]

Mr. Marc Hans
E-mail: [email protected]

M

Malawi

Mr. Hastings Mbale
Chief Water Resources Development Officer (Transboundary)
Ministry of Water and Sanitation
Private Bag 390
Lilongwe
Phone: +265 999379 817
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr. Joel Immanuel Matonga
Senior Legal Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 30315
Lilongwe
Phone: +265 993 625 644
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mali

Mr. Nouhoum DEMBELE
Senior Advisor, National Directorate of Sanitation and Pollution Control, Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development
Phone: +223 76 30 05 14
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Sekou DIARRA
National Director of Water, Ministry of Energy and Water
Phone: +223 79 07 15 84
E-mail: [email protected]

Mauritania

Mr. Moulaye El Hassen Ahmedou
Technical Adviser to the Minister for Water and Sanitation
Nouakchott
Phone: +222 340 21982
E-mail: [email protected]

Mexico

Ms. Silvia Chavéz Cereceda
Head of International Cooperation, CONAGUA
National Water Commission
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Monaco

(nomination pending)

Montenegro

Mr. Zeljko Furtula
Director General for Water Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Phone: +382 20 482 108
Email: [email protected]

Morocco

Mr. Belkassem Dhimi
Head of Mission to the General Secretariat
Ministry of Equipment and Water
Phone: +212 661 784 064
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Kmal Yaalaoui
Head of the Hydrology Department, Directorate of Water Research and Planning
Ministry of Equipment and Water
Phone: +212 663 131 107
E-mail: [email protected]

Myanmmar

Mr. Zaw Win Myint
Director, Watershed Management Division
Forest Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
Bldg. No. 39, Nay Pyi Taw
Phone: +95 67 405 115
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

N

Namibia

Ms. Maria Amakali
Director: Directorate of Water Resource Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform
Private Bag 13193
Windhoek
Phone: +264 61 2087161
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Ndina Nashipili
Deputy Director: Directorate of Water Resource Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform
Private Bag 13193
Windhoek
E-mail: [email protected]

Netherlands

Mr. Niels Vlaanderen
Coordinator International Water Affairs
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Directorate-General for Water & Soil
Marine and International Water Policy
Rijnstraat 8
2515 XP
The Hague
Phone: +316 525 96600
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Fleur Verhoef
Policy Advisor
Climate Adaptation & Water International
Rijnstraat 8
2515 XP
The Hague
Phone: +31 6 25682237
E-mail: [email protected]

Nigeria

Mr. Adeyinka Adenopo
Director, Water Resources Planning and Technical Support Services
Federal Ministry of Water Resources
Area 1, P.M.B. 159, Garki, Abuja
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Elizabeth Ugoh
Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation
Federal Ministry of Water Resources
Area 1, P.M.B. 159, Garki, Abuja
Phone: +234 805 969 2633
E-mail: [email protected]

North Macedonia

Mr. Ylber Mirta
Head of Department for Water
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Presveta Bogorodica Square No. 3
1000 Skopje
Phone: +389 76 455 405
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Norway

Ms. Julie Gjørtz Howden
Adviser
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Postboks 8013 Dep
0030 Oslo
Phone: 0047 901 02 491
Email: [email protected]

O

Oman

Mr. Ali Bin Mohammad Bin Ali Al Qassabi
Director of Rainfall Enhancement Center
Directorate General of Water Resources Assessment
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources Resources
E-mail: [email protected]

P

Pakistan

Ms. Rushna Fawad
Assistant Director
Ministry of Climate Change
LG&RD Complex Complex, Sector G-5/2, Islamabad
Phone: +92 51 924 5529
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Panama

Ms. Karima Lince
Director of Water Security
Ministry of Environment
Albrook, Calle Broberg, Edificio 804
Phone: +507 500-0855 ext. 6711
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Yarid Guevara
Head of the Department on Integrated Management of River Basins, Water Security Directorate
Ministry of Environment
Albrook, Calle Broberg, Edificio 804
Phone: +507 500-0855 ext. 6896
E-mail: [email protected]

Paraguay

Mr. David Elias Fariña Gómez
Director General
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Phone: +595981307651
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Ms. Flavia Fiore
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Luis Carlos García
Director of Cuenca del Plata and River Navigation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: + 595 21 414-8813 / + 595 981 220-700
Email: [email protected]

Poland

Ms. Agnieszka Delis-Szeląg
Senior Specialist
Water Policy Department
Department of Water Management and Inland Navigation
Ministry of Infrastructure
6/12 Nowy Swiat Street
00-400 Warsaw
Phone: +48 881 090 709
Email: [email protected]

Portugal

Ms. Maria Felisbina Quadrado
Director of the Department of Water Resources
Portuguese Agency for Environment
Rua da Murgueira, 9-Zambujal -Alfragide, 2610-124 Amadora
Email: [email protected]

Mr. Luis Chainho
Portuguese Agency for Environment
Rua da Murgueira, 9-Zambujal -Alfragide, 2610-124 Amadora
Email: [email protected]

Q

Qatar

Mr. Abdulla Anbar Al-Jassim
Director of the International Cooperation Unit
Qatar General Electricity and Water Cooperation
Phone: +974 4484 52226
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Jamal Youssef Albderbesti
Head of Water Resources Department
Qatar General Electricity and Water Cooperation
Phone: +974 4484 69 77
E-mail: [email protected]

R

Republic of Moldova

Ms. Victoria Gratii
Acting Head of the Department for Integrated Water Resources Management Policies
Ministry of Environment
Chisinau
Phone: +373 222 04283
Email: [email protected]

Mr. Radu Cazacu
Deputy Director of the "Apele Moldovei" Agency
Ministry of Environment
Chisinau
Phone: +373 222 80965
Email: [email protected]

Romania

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
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Russian Federation

Ms. Ekaterina Veselova
Deputy Head of the Division of International Organizations and Conventions,
Department of International Cooperation and Climate Changes
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Bolshaya Gruzinskaya street 4\6
125993 Moscow
Russian Federation
Phone: +7 (495) 252 2359, ext.16-35
Email: [email protected]

S

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Essam Fallatah
Director
National Water Database
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Phone: +966 548 340 820
E-mail: [email protected]

Senegal

Mr. Youssoupha Kamara
Coordinator
Organization for the Development of the Senegal River
Dakar
Phone: +221 33 864 27 96
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Bakary FATY
Director
Directorate of Water Resources Management and Planning
Ministry of Water and Sanitation
Hamo 2
14484 Dakar
Phone: +221 77 664 70 29
Email: [email protected]

Serbia

Ms. Olivera Jankovic
International Cooperation Workplace
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Water Directorate
Bulevar Umetnosti 2a
Novi Beograd 11070
Phone: +381 11 201 33 51
E-mail: [email protected]

Slovakia

Ms. Danka Thalmeinerova
Strategic water planning officer
Ministry of Environment
Namestie L. Stura 1
812 35 Bratislava
Phone: +421 2 5956 3233
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Peter Bulák
Ministry of Environment
Namestie L. Stura 1
812 35 Bratislava
Phone: +421 2 5956 3203
E-mail: [email protected]

Slovenia

Mr. Ales Bizjak
Water Directorate
Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning
Dunajska cesta 48
1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 1 478 7179
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Mitja Bricelj
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Dunajska cesta 48
1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 1 478 7477
E-mail: [email protected]

Somalia

Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
Director of Hydrometeorology and River basin development
Ministry of Energy and Water Resources
Mogadishu
Phone+ 252 617 543459
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

South Sudan

Mr. Francis Wajo Wani
Director for Transboundary Water Resources and Policy Development
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
Plot no. 11,Block No. AXII, Hai el-Cinema
Phone: +211 919 207 266
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
Pl. San Juan De La Cruz, S/N
28071 Madrid
E-mail: [email protected]

State of Palestine

Mr. Deeb Abdelghafour
Director of Water Resources Department
Palestinian Water Authority
Phone: +970 2 298 7665
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Nujoud Abdo
Head of Aids Coordination Unit
Palestinian Water Authority
Phone: +970 2 298 7665
E-mail: [email protected]

Sudan

Mr. Ammar Abbker Abdalla
Executive Secretary, Water Resources Technical Organ
Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity
P.O. Box 878 Nile Avenue
11111 Khartoum
Phone: 0024 9912 357 344
E-mail: [email protected]

Suriname

Ms. Chermaine Rozenblad-Dennen
Policy Officer
Ministry of Natural Resources
Mr. D. J. C. de Mirandastraat 13-15
Phone: +597 47 46 66
E-mail: [email protected]

Sweden

Mr. Anders Wallberg
Deputy Director
Department for the Natural Environment
Ministry for Climate and Enterprise
Phone: +46 8 405 92 17
E-mail: [email protected]

Switzerland

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

Syrian Arab Republic

Ms. May Mayhoub Abdullah
Director of International Waters
Ministry of Water Resources
E-mail: [email protected]

T

Tanzania

Mr. Robert K.M. Sunday
Senior Hydrologist and Acting Assistant Director Water Resources responsible for Transboundary Waters
Ministry of Water
Government City
Maji Street, P.O. Box 456
Dodoma
Phone: +255 753 559 692
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Togo

Mr. Konlani Gninpale
Director of Water Resources
Ministry of Water and Village Hydraulics
01 BP 119 Lome
Phone: +228 90 11 22 68
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Hatimi Tchabore
General Secretary
Ministry of Water and Village Hydraulics
01 BP 119 Lome
Phone: +228 90 041814
E-mail: [email protected]

Tunisia

Ms. Hayet Ben Mansour
Director of Surface Water
Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries
43. Rue de la Manoubia Montfleury
1008 Tunis
Phone: +216 98623632
E-mail: [email protected]

Turkmenistan

Mr. Yanov Pashiyev
Head of Water Management Division
Water Management Department of the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan
Phone: +993 124 483 23
E-mail: [email protected]

U

Uganda

Mr. Callist Tindimugaya
Commisioner for Water Resources Planning and Regulation
Ministry of Water and Environment
P.O. Box 20026
Kampala
Phone: 256 772 521 413
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Ukraine

Mr. Mr. Vitalii Zhuk
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources
35 Mytropolyta Vasylya Lypkіvskogo Str.,
Kyiv
Phone: (044) 206 31 76, (066) 218 45 67
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

United States

Ms. Elisabeth Ericson
Program Analyst
Department of State
Office of Conservation and Water
Phone: +1 202 647 3367
E-mail: [email protected]

Uruguay

Mr. Alberto Manganelli
Technical Director of CeReGAs
Ministry of Environment
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Karen Denis Montaño
Ministry of Environment
E-mail: [email protected]

Uzbekistan

Mr. Nabijon Kuvondikov
Head of Division for Transboundary Water Cooperation and Climate Change
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: +998 9031953 99
E-mail: [email protected]

V

Vietnam

Mr. Ngo Manh Ha
Deputy Director General of the Department of Water Resources Management
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Ha Noi
Phone: +84 915139147
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Z

Zambia

Mr. Mweshi Katongo
Principal Planner
Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation
Phone: +260 978 96 0020
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Ngosa Howard Mpamba
Assistant Director - International Waters
Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation
Phone: +260 977 74 07 27
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Bentry Siamalambwa
Principal Economist
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Phone: +260 975 724 700
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Thulani Chimbalanga Banda
State Advocate-International Law and Agreements
Ministry of Justice
Phone: +260 977 25 68 46
E-mail: [email protected]

Zimbabwe

Mr. Norest Ndawana
Deputy Legal Advisor
Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries Water and Rural Development
Ngungunyana Building
1, Borrowdale Road
Private Bag 7701 Causeway
Harare
Phone: +263 718 768 728
E-mail: [email protected]

EU

European Union

Ms. Dagmar Behrendt Kaljarikova
Unit F.1 - Planetary Common Goods, Universal Values and Environmental Security
DG Environment
European Commission
Office BRE 07/DCS
1040 Brussels
Phone: +32 2-2980969
E-mail: [email protected]