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EURISCO National Inventory Focal Points

The National Focal Points (NFPs) are the unique link between the EURISCO and the European National Inventories (NIs) and national documentation systems.

Within their countries, NFPs have the responsibility for the creation, development and national-level coordination of PGR inventories. They ensure the appropriate flow of data between NIs and EURISCO. Their roles are primarely technical, but they are also expected to give clearance for the online publication of country passport data.
The NFP of the NI accepts the following responsibilities regarding the data to be replicated in EURISCO:

  • It will acquire and manage the appropriate data of the National Ex situ Plant Genetic Resources Inventory (NI), inter alia, for upload to EURISCO.
  • It will replicate the data in the EURISCO uploading format.
  • It will manage any authorizations or consents required in relation to replicating the data, and resolve any disputes which might arise from these issues.
  • It will assist Bioversity International* in resolving any disputes or claims with respect to the collective data of EURISCO, where this concerns NI data. Bioversity International*, on behalf of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR)** Secretariat and the NFP of the NI, dedicate themselves to mutually beneficial collaboration.

*Effective 1 December 2006, IPGRI and INIBAP operate under the name
Bioversity International, Bioversity for short. 
** In 2007, ECP/GR changed its name to ECPGR.

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The total number of National Focal Points is 43.

Hover over a country to see its National Focal Point, and click to send an email. The countries highlighted in dark green all have focal points.



Full list of National Focal Points

AlbaniaArmenia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Estonia - Finland -France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary -Ireland - Israel - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Macedonia (FYR) - Malta - Moldova - Montenegro - Netherlands - NordGen - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russian Federation - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain  - Sweden  - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom 

Albania

Mr Belul 
Gixhari

Albanian Genebank
Agricultural University of Tirana

Albania

Tel mob: (355)
692112252
Fax: (355-43)
62419
Email:
gixharibelul@
yahoo.com

Armenia

Ms Marina 
Hovhannisvan

Armenian State Agrarian University
Plant Gene Pool and Breeding Laboratory
74 Tervan str., 0009
Yerevan
Armenia
www.armagrar-uni.am

Tel:(374-10)
5663840
Fax: (374-10)
581597
Email:
pgr_lab@mail.ru

Austria

Mr Wolfgang 
Kainz

Austrian Agency for Health
and Food Safety

Plant Genetic Resources
Wieningerstrasse 8
4021, Linz
Austria
www.genbank.at

Tel: (43) 50555
41231
Fax:(43) 50555
41119
Email:
wolfgang.kainz@
ages.at

Azerbaijan

Mr Afig 
Mammadov

Genetic Resources
Institute
Head of International Relations, Coordination and Information Department

155-Azadlig ave., Baku,
1106, Baku
Azerbaijan
www.biodiversity.az

Tel: (994-50) 463 6327
Fax: (994-50) 449 9221
Email:
afiq_memmedli@
yahoo.com

Belarus

Mr Uladzimir
Harelik

SPC NASB for Arable Farming
RUP "Scientific-Practical Centre
of the National Academy
of Science of Belarus for Arable Framing

Timiryazeva str., 1
222160 Zhodino
Minsk Regiona, 
Belarus

Tel: (375)
177536674
Fax: (375)
177537066
Email:izis@
tut.by

or
belgenbank@
gmail.com

Belgium

Mr Marc
Lateur

Dept. of Biological Control
and Plant Genetic
Resources

Centre Wallon de
Recherches
Agronomiques
C.R.A. - W
Rue de Liroux 4
5030, Gembloux
Belgium
www.cra.wallonie.be/
craw/units/d3/

Tel: (32 81)
620314
Fax: (32 81)
620348
Email: lateur@
cra.wallonie.be

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mrs Lidija
Tomic

Institute for Genetic Resources
University of Banjaluka

78000 Banjaluka
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tel: (387)
51330941
Fax: (387)
51330933
Email: lidijatomic@gmail.com

Bulgaria

Ms Nikolaya Velcheva

Institute of Plant Genetic
Resources

"K. Malkov"
Str Drujba 2
4122, Sadovo,
Plovdiv district
Bulgaria
www.genebank.hit.bg

Tel: (359-32)
629026
Fax: (359-32)
629026
Email:
nikolaya_velcheva@
abv.bg

Croatia

Ms Mirta 
Culek

State Institute for Seed
and Seedlings

Vinkovacka cesta 63c
31000, Osijek
Croatia
www.zsr.hr

Tel: (385-31)
275718
Fax: (385-31)
275701
Email:
m.culek@zsr.hr

Cyprus

Mr Angelos 
Kyratzis

Agricultural Research Institute
P.O. Box 22016
1516, Nicosia
Cyprus

Tel: (357)
22403131
Fax: (357)
22316770
Email:
A.kyratzis@arinet.
ari.gov.cy

Czech Republic

Ms Iva 
Faberová

Genebank Department Crop
Research Institute (CRI)

Drnovská 507
161 06, Praha 6 -
Ruzyne
Czech Republic
http://genbank.vurv.cz/
genetic/resources/

Tel: (420)
233022478
Fax: (420)
233022286 (genebank)
/233310636 (institute)
Email:
faberova@vurv.cz

Estonia

Mr Vahur 
Kukk

Estonian National Committee
on PGR

Linnumetsa 8-9
48309, Jõgeva
Estonia
www.hridir.org/
countries/estonia/
PROVCOUN/estonian

Tel: (372)
5058224
Fax: (372)
7766902
Email: vahur.kukk@
jogevamv.ee

Finland

Mrs Merja 
Vetelainen

MTT Agrifood Research Finland
Biotechnology and Food Research/Genetic diversity

H-house
31600, Jokioinen
Finland
www.mtt.fi/english/

Tel: (358)
341883683
Fax: (358)
341883618
Email: merja.vetelainen@
mtt.fin

France

Mr Dominique 
Planchenault

Bureau des Ressources
Génétiques (BRG)

16 rue Claude Bernard
75231, Paris Cedex 05
France
www.brg.prd.fr/
index_an.php

Tel: (33)
144087261
Fax: (33)
144087263
Email:
dominique.
planchenault@
agroparistech.fr

Georgia

Ms Tamar
Jinjikhadze

Institute of Botany
Cultural flora department
Address: Kodjori road #1
0131, Tbilisi
Georgia
www.cac-biodiversity.
org/ geo/geo_inst.htm

Tel: (995-32)
227326
Fax: (995-32)
595386/
001153
Email:
tamrikoj@
yahoo.com

Germany

Mr Frank
Begemann

Information and
Coordination Centre for
Biological Diversity (IBV)

Federal Agency for
Agriculture and Food
(BLE)
Deichmanns Aue 29
53179, Bonn
Germany
www.ble.de

Tel: (49-228)
6845 3239
Fax: (49-228)
6845 3105
Email:
frank.begemann
@ble.de

Greece

Mrs Parthenopi 
Ralli

Agricultural Research
Centre of Northen Greece
NAGREF
P.O. Box 60458
57001, Thermi-
Thessaloniki
Greece
www.nagref.gr/

Tel: (30)
2310471110
Fax: (30)
2310471209
Email:
kgeggb@otenet.gr

Hungary

Mr Attila 
Simon

Central Agricultural
Office,
Directorate of Plant
Production and
Horticulture
Research Centre
for Agrobotany

Külsömezö 15
2766, Tápiószele
Hungary
www.rcat.hu/english/
english.htm

Tel: (36-53)
380070
Fax: (36-53)
380072
Email:
jesen@agrobot.
rcat.hu

Ireland

Mr Noel 
Collins

Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food

Backweston Farm
Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Ireland

Tel: (353)
1 6302921
Fax: (353)
1 6280634
Email:
NoelD.Collins@
agriculture.gov.ie

Israel

Mr Rivka 
Hadas

Israeli Gene Bank for
Agriculture Crops
ARO Volcani Center

POB 6
50250, Bet-Dagan
Israel

Tel: (972)
3 9683896
Fax: (972)
3 9683895
Email:
rihadas@volcani.
agri.gov.il

or

igb@agri.gov.il

Italy

Mrs Petra
Engels

CRA-Centro di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura
Via Fioranello, 52
00134, Roma
Italy
www.inea.it/isf/
institute/ index.htm

Tel: (39) 0679348109
Fax: (39) 0679341058
Email:
petra.engels@
gmail.com

Latvia

Mrs Anita 
Gaile

Genetic Resources Centre
Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"

Rigas Str. 111
LV-2169, Salaspils
Latvia
www.genres.lv

Tel: (371)
67949945
Fax:
Email:
anita.gaile@silava.lv

Lithuania

Mr Raimondas 
Baltrenas

Plant Gene Bank
Stoties str. 2, Akademija
58343, Kedainiai district
Lithuania
www.agb.lt

Tel: (370)
347 37289 
Fax: (370)
347 37002
Email:
r.baltrenas
@agb.lt

Macedonia (FYR)

Ms Suzana 
Kratovalieva

Department of
Seed Control
Institute of Agriculture
- Skopje

Bul. Aleksandar
Makedonski bb
1000, Skopje
Macedonia (FYR)
www.zeminst.edu.mk/
eng/ home.asp

Tel:(389-2)
3230910
Fax: (389-2)
3114283
Email:
s.kratovalieva@
zeminst.edu.mk

Malta

Ms Maureen 
Delia

Agricultural Services
Laboratories

Agricultural Services
and Rural Development
Division
Ministry of Rural Affairs
and Environment
Ghammieri, Marsa
Malta

Tel: (356)
25904135
Fax: (356)
21236176
Email:
delia.maureen
@gov.mt

Moldova

Mr Anatol 
Ganea

Centre for Plant Genetic
Resources

Academy of Sciences of
Moldova
P.O. Box 302
MD-2001, Chisinau
Moldova

Tel: (373-22)
550249
Fax: (373-22)
550249
Email:
aganea@mail.md
or
a_ganea@
yahoo.com

Montenegro

Mr Miroslav 
Cizmovic

University of Montenegro
Biotechnical Faculty Podgorica
Center for Subtropical Cultures-BAR
Ul. Bjelisi bb
85000 Bar
Montenegro 

Tel: (382)
69516165
Fax:
Email:
miroslaw
@t-com.me

Netherlands

Mr Theo J L 
van Hintum

Centre for Genetic
Resources,
the Netherlands (CGN)

Wageningen University
and Research Centre
P.O. Box 16
67001 AA, Wageningen
The Netherlands
www.cgn,wur.nl/UK/CGN+
Plant+Genetic+Resources

Tel: (31-317)
477078
Fax: (31-317)
423110
Email:
theo.vanhintum
@wur.nl

NordGen

Mr Jonas
Nordling 

Nordic Genetic Resources Center (NordGen)
P.O. Box 41
230 53, Alnarp
Sweden
www.nordgen.org/ngb

Tel: (46-40)
536654
Fax: (46-40)
536650
Email:
Jonas.Nordling@
nordgen.org

Norway

Mr Åsmund 
Asdal

Norwegian Genetic
Resources
Centre

c/o Bioforsk Øst
Landvik
PB 115
4886, Grimstad
Norway

Tel: (47)
40622920
Fax: (47)
37044278
Email:
aasmund.asdal@
planteforsk.no

Poland

Ms Zofia 
Bulinska-
Radomska

Plant Breeding and
Acclimatization Institute
(IHAR)

National Plant Genetic
Resources Centre
Radzików
05870, Blonie
Poland
www.ihar.edu.pl/en/

Tel: (48-22)
7254715
Fax: (48-22)
7254714/15
Email:
z.bulinska@
ihar.edu.pl

Portugal

Ms Celina Rodrigues Matos

Instituto Nacional Recursos Biologicos (INRB)
INIA-Oeiras
QUINTA do Marques
2784 - 505 Oeiras
Portugal
www.iniap.min-
agricultura.pt/
default.aspx?uni=9

Tel: (351)
2144035000
Fax: (351)
214416011
Email:
cfr.matos
@gmail.com

Romania

Mr Neculai 
Cristea

Banca de Resurse
Genetice
Vegetale Suceava

Bdul. 1 Mai nr.17
720224, Suceava
Romania
www.svgenebank.ro/

Tel: (40-230)
524189/521016
Fax: (40-230)
521016
Email:
neculai_c@
yahoo.com

Russian Federation

Mr Vladimir Korneev

N.I. Vavilov Institute of
Plant Industry (VIR)

42, Bolshaya
Morskaya str.
190000, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
www.vir.nw.ru

Tel: (7-812)
3144727
Fax: (7-812)
5718762
Email:
korneev
@vir.nw.ru

Serbia

Mrs Milena 
Savic Ivanov

Adviser Plant Protection Directorate
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management Omladinskih

brigada 1
11070, Novi Beograd
Serbia
www.minpolj.gov.rs

Tel: (381-11)
2604720
Fax: (381-64)
8055747
Email:
milena.savicivanov@
minipolj.gov.rs

Slovakia

Mr Lubomir Mendel

Slovak Agricultural Research Centre
Research Institute of
Plant Production
Bratislavskà cesta 122
921 68, Piestany
Slovakia
www.vurv.sk

Tel: (421-33)
7722311
Fax: (421-33)
7726306
Email:
mendel@vurv.sk

Slovenia

Mr Vladimir 
Meglic

Crop and Seed Science
Department

Agricultural Institute of
Slovenia
Hacquetova 17
1000, Ljubljana
Slovenia
www.kis.si/eng/
poljedelstvo/
index.html

Tel: (386-1)
2805180
Fax: (386-1)
2805255
Email:
vladimir.meglic
@kis.si

Spain

Ms Edurne 
Aguiriano 

Centro de Recursos
Fitogeneticos
CRF-INIA

Autovia A2 km.36 -
Apdo. 1045
28800, Alcalá de
Henares,
Madrid
Spain
www.inia.es

Tel: (34) 91
8819286 Ext14
Fax: (34) 91
8819287
Email:
edurne@inia.es

Sweden

Mrs Lena 
Ansebo

Nordic Genetic
Resources Center

Box 41
SE-230 53,Alnarp
Sweden

Tel: (46) 0 40536640
Fax:
Email:
lena.ansebo@
nordgen.org

Switzerland

Mr Gert 
Kleijer

Station de Recherche
Agroscope Changins-
Wädenswil

Case postale 1012
1260, Nyon 1
Switzerland
www.acw.admin.ch/
aktuell/ index.html?
lang=en

Tel: (41-22)
3634444/4726
(dir)
Fax: (41-22)
3634690
Email:
geert.kleijer@
acw.admin.ch

Turkey

Mr Ahmet
Semsettin 
Tan

Aegean Agricultural
Research
Institute (AARI)

P.O. Box 9, Menemen
35661, Izmir
Turkey
www.aari.gov.tr

Tel: (90-232)
8461331
Fax: (90-232)
8461107
Email:
etae@aari.
gov.tr

or
webadmin@
aari.gov.tr

Ukraine

Ms Kseniia Dokukina

Yurjev Plant Production
Inst. of UAAS

National Centre for PGR
of Ukraine
Moskovs'kyi pr. 142
61060, Kharkov
Ukraine

Tel: (38-057)
7797763
Fax: (38-057)
7797763
Email:
ncpgru@kharkov.
ukrtel.net

United Kingdom

Mr Ian D. 
Thomas

Institute of Biological,
Environemental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)

Aberystwyth University
Ceredigion Y23 3EB
United Kingdom
www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/

Tel: (44-1970)
823226
Fax: (44-1970)
823 243
Email:
idt@aber.ac.uk

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