The New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention (11/CP.8) and the amended work programme (9/CP.13) highlighted that Parties, as part of their national programmes and activities in implementing the Convention, could designate and provide support to, a national focal point for Article 6 activities and assign specific responsibilities 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 Focal Point for Article 6

The 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 Focal Point for Article 6 will be added to the list below.

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	Robert OWEN-JONES - Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Negotiations Branch, International Division, Department of Climate Change
BELGIUM	Jean-Pascal VAN YPERSELE DE STRIHOU - Institut d'astronomie et de géophysique G. Lemaître, GTII du GIEC
BELIZE	Ann GORDON - National Meteoroloigst Service
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	Milya DIMITROVA - 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
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	Romy Montiel HERNANDEZ - Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnológia y 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	Amarilis POLONIA - Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
EGYPT	Lydia Mohamed Kamel ELEWA - Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
EUROPEAN UNION	Tony CARRITT - European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action, Communications section
FINLAND	Outi LESKELÄ - Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Protection Department
FRANCE	Marie JAUDET - Mission interministérielle de l'effet de serre
GABON	Georges BAYONNE MBOUMBA - Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development
GAMBIA	Fatou GAYE - Minister of Forestry and The Environment
GEORGIA	Mariam DARCHIASHVILI - Minister of Forestry and The Environment
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
KENYA	Ali Daud MOHAMED - Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources Fatuma M. HUSSEIN - Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
LIBERIA	Samuel K. BOAKAI - Environmemtanl Protection Agency of Liberia
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)
MONENEGRO	Djordjije VULIKIC - Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
MOROCCO	Taha BALAFREJ - Ministry of Territorial Planning, Water and Environment, Partnership, Communication & Cooperation
MOZAMBIQUE	Dinis Jose MACIA - Ministerio Para a Coordenacao da Accao Ambiental, Direccao National de Promocao Ambiental
THE NETHERLANDS	D. BOTH - SenterNovem, Utrecht
OMAN	Mohamed bin Rashid AL-SINIDI - Internation Co-operation Department, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
PANAMA	Rene LOPEZ - Environmental National Authority of Panama (ANAM), Climate Change and Desertification Unit
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
SIERRA LEONE	Alpha BOCKARI - Meteorological Department
SLOVENIA	Darja PICIGA - Government Office of Climate Change
SOMALIA	Khalid OMAR ALI - Ministry of Fishers, Marine Resources and Environment
SPAIN	Francisco HERAS HERNÁNDEZ - Centro Nacional de Educación Ambiental, 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	Kerstin HEIKENFELDT - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Section
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	Aribo LAWRENCE - Climate Change Unit, Ministry of Water and Environment
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
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	Arkadiy LEVINTANUS - Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC)
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)	Maria KHOVANSKAYA

updated on: 28 March 2012