The Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention invites Parties to designate and provide support, including technical and financial support, and access to information and materials to a national focal point for Article 6 activities and assign specific responsibilities (15/CP.18, Annex, paragraph 22 (a)), which could include:

• the identification of areas for possible international cooperation and opportunities for strengthening synergies with other conventions
• the coordination of the preparation of the Article 6 chapter in the national communications, ensuring that relevant contact information, including web site addresses, is provided therein.

Procedure to nominate a National Focal Point for Article 6 of the Convention

The respective UNFCCC National Focal Point needs to send an e-mail to the secretariat (secretariat@unfccc.int) indicating

• Name
• Title
• Institution
• Contact details

of the nominee. Once the communication is received, the newly nominated National Focal Point for Article 6 of the Convention will be added to the list below.

Party	National Focal Point for Article 6 of the Convention
AFGHANISTAN	Rohullah AMIN - National Protections Agency of Afghanistan (NEPA)
ALBANIA	Jonila HAXHILLARI - Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration
ALGERIA	Rafik HIAHEMZIZOU - Office of Cooperation with International Environmental Funds, Directorate of Environment and Sustainable Developmen, General Directorate of Economic and Cooperation Affairs, Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ANGOLA	Lucas Marcolino MIRANDA - Ministère d'urbanism et de l'environnement
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Diann BLACK-LAYNE - Environment Division
ARGENTINA	Daniela Sol PETRILLO - Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development
AUSTRALIA	Karla JURANEK - Executive Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
BELGIUM	Aurélie REIZER - Communications Officer, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment - Climate Change Section
BELIZE	Ann GORDON - National Meteoroloigst Service
BENIN	Médard Comlan OUINAKONHAN - Direction Générale de la Gestion des Changements Climatiques
BHUTAN	Tshering TASHI - National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS) JIGMI - National Environment Commission Secretariat
PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA	Cynthia Silva MATURANA - Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Forest Management
BURKINA FASO	Mahamadou TIENDREBEOGO - Direction Générale de la Préservation de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable (DGPEDD)
BULGARIA	Mariya TODOROVA-YAKIMOVA - Ministry of Environment and Water
CAMBODIA	SUM Thy - Climate Change Department, Ministry of Environment
CANADA	Normand TREMBLAY - Environment Canada, Climate Change International
CHAD	Minde NGAKOUGNON - Division de la Climatologie, Ministere de l'Hydraulique Urbaine et Rurale
CHILE	Julio CORDANO - Head, Department of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Constance NALEGACH - Advisor, International Affairs Office, Ministry of the Environment
COLOMBIA	Carlos Ernesto PEREZ - Periodista - Grupo de Comunicaciones Martha PEREZ - Environment Management
COMOROS	Mohamed MINDHIRI - Maison de l'Ecotourisme de Moheli
CONGO	Paulette EBINA TARAGANZO - Ministère de Développement Durable, Economie Forestière et Environnement
COOK ISLANDS	Cook Islands National Environment Service
CÔTE D'IVOIRE	Kouadio Désiré N’GORAN - Bureau Changement Climatique, Ministère de l’Environnement
CROATIA	Sinisa OZIMEC - Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning & Construction, Climate Change and Ozone Layer
CUBA	Argelia FERNANDEZ MARQUEZ - Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnológia y Medio Ambiente, Agencia de Medio Ambiente
CZECH REPUBLIC	Marie ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ - Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change Department
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	Mubilayi KABEYA - Burueau à la Division des Changements Climatiques
DOMINICA	Collin GUISTE - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment, Climate Change Environment Coordinating Unit Lloyd PASCAL - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment, Climate Change Environment Coordinating Unit
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Omar RAMÍREZ-TEJADA - Executive Vicepresident, National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism in the Dominican Republic
EGYPT	Lydia Mohamed Kamel ELEWA - Climate Change Research Department
ETHIOPIA	Belete Geda TORBI - Awareness and Education Directorate Director, Environmental Protection Authority
EUROPEAN UNION	Tony CARRITT - European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action, Communications section
FINLAND	Harri LAURIKKA - Chief Negotiator, Ministry of the Environment
FRANCE	Marie JAUDET - Mission interministérielle de l'effet de serre
GABON	Georges BAYONNE MBOUMBA - Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development
GAMBIA	Aji Binta KINTA - Ministry of Environment Parks and Wildlife, National Environment Agency
GEORGIA	Nalalia ARKANIA - Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia
GERMANY	Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety
GHANA	Emmanuel TACHIE-OBENG - Environmental Protection Agency
GUINEA	Mohamed Lamine DOUMBOUYA - Direction National de l'Environnement
GUINEA-BISSAU	Alexandre CABRAL - Ministère des ressources naturelles et de l'environnement
HONDURAS	Karen RICO - Natural Resources and Environment Secretariat
INDONESIA	Amanda KATILI NIODE - Communication, Information and Education Division, National Council on Climate Change
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN	Seyyed AMIR FATEH VAHDATI - Department of Environment
IRELAND	Conor O'RAGHALLAIGH - Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Environment & Heritage Awareness
JORDAN	Wafa' DA'BIS - Ministry of Environment
KAZAKHSTAN	Gulmira SERGAZINA - Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
KENYA	Ali Daud MOHAMED - Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources Fatuma M. HUSSEIN - Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
LESOTHO	Motebang LEBUSA - Lesotho Meteorological Services
LIBERIA	Samuel K. BOAKAI - Environmemtanl Protection Agency of Liberia
MADAGASCAR	Lantonirina RATOVONJANAHARY - Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts
MALI	Ibrahima MAIGA - Chef de département Communication Formation Documentation, l'Agence de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
MAURITIUS	Dominique Sin Lan Ng Yun WING - Ministry of Environment & Sustainable Development Doolaree BOODHUN (Alternate) - Ministry of Environment & Sustainable Development
MEXICO	Instituto Nactional de Ecologia (INE)
MONTENEGRO	Djordjije VULIKIC - Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
MOROCCO	Mustapha BENDEHBI - Secrétariat d'Etat chargé de l'Environnement
MOZAMBIQUE	Ivete Joaquim MAIBAZE - National Director for Environmental Promotion Institution
THE NETHERLANDS	D. BOTH - SenterNovem, Utrecht
NIGERIA	Nyazi Henrietta ALHASSAN - Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment
OMAN	Mohamed bin Rashid AL-SINIDI - Internation Co-operation Department, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
PANAMA	Silvano VERGARA - Administrador General, Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente
PERU	Leopolodo MACERA MESONES - Consejo Nacional del Ambiente
ROMANIA	Reteaua de Actiune pentru Clima-Romania
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Lev KARLIN - Russian State Hydrometeorological University Inna GRITSEVICH - National Centre for Energy Efficiency
RWANDA	Rachael TUSHABE - Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)
SAINT LUCIA	Crispin D'AUVERGNE - Ministry of Physical Development, Environment and Housing, Sustainable Development and Environment Section
SEYCHELLES	Jeanette LARUE - Ministry of Environment & Energy
SIERRA LEONE	Alpha BOCKARI - Deputy Director, Meteorological Department
SLOVENIA	Darja PICIGA - Government Office of Climate Change
SOMALIA	Hassan Haji IBRAHIM - Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources & Environment
SPAIN	Francisco HERAS HERNÁNDEZ - Centro Nacional de Educación Ambiental, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino Isabel GARROTE GONZÁLEZ - Oficina Española de Cambio Climático, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
SRI LANKA	Jayalath Ranasinghe Wimalasena DISSANAYAKE - Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources
SURINAME	Ramesh MALAHE - Climate Compatible Development Agency
SWAZILAND	Hlobsile SIKHOSANA - National Climate Change Unit, Ministry Of Tourism and Environmental Affairs
SWEDEN	Mats KULLBERG - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
TAJIKSTAN	Ilhomjon RAJABOV - Agency on Hydrometeorology of the State Committee on Environmental Protection and Forestry, Climate Change Center
TURKEY	Turkey Country Office of Regional Environmental Center for Central & Eastern Europe (REC Turkey)
UGANDA	Joseph EPITU - Ministry of Water and Environment
UKRAINE	Roman KHARYTONOV - State Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine
UNITED KINGDOM	Helen MARTIN - Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Global Atmosphere Divisdion (GA4)
URUGUAY	Luis SANTOS - Ministerio De Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente, Unidad de Cambio Climatico - DINAMA
UZBEKISTAN	Tatyana OSOSKOVA - National Hydrometeorological Service
VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of)	Isabel DI CARLO QUERO - Responsable del Escritorio de Cambio Climático Oficina de Asuntos Multilaterales y de Integración del Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relacioned Exteriores Azucena MARTÍNEZ - Directora General de Educación Ambiental y Participación Comunitaria

Organizational Focal Points for Article 6 of the Convention

Organization	Focal Point for Article 6 of the Convention
Radanar Ayar Association	Thura AUNG - Director of Programme
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)	Maria KHOVANSKAYA
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	Arkadiy LEVINTANUS - Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC)

updated on: 16 July 2014