Who's who

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Committee of Senior Officials (CSO)
Photo Name and Position Address Phone, Fax, E-mail

Professor Arif Adli

Country representative for Turkey 		The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Atatürk Bulvari, 221
Kavaklidere 06100 Ankara
Turkey 		Tel. +90 312 428 09 29
Fax +90 312 468 86 12
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Dr Almudena Agüero

Country representative for Spain

CSO-COST Spanish Representative

Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness
Deputy Direction of International and European Relations
C/ Albacete 5, 5ª Norte. Despacho 4
28027 Madrid
Spain 		Tel. +34 91 603 70 99
Fax +34 91 603 79 51
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Ms Laura Sue Armeni

Country representative for Malta

Alternate Delegate

 Ministry for Education and Employment
Great Siege Road
VLT 2000 Floriana
Malta 		Tel. +356 23602172
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Professor John Bartzis

Country representative for Greece

Director of Environmental Technology Laboratory

 University of West Macedonia
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bakola & Sialvera Street
50100 Kozani
Greece 		Tel. +30 24610 56620
Fax +30 24610 21730
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Ms Caroline Belan-Menagier

Country representative for France 		Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Mission Europe et international pour la recherche, l’innovation et l’enseignement supérieur
1 Rue Descartes
75231 Paris Cedex 5
France 		Tel. +33 1 55 55 58 58
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Ms Friederike Beulshausen

Country representative for Germany 		Project Management Agency - Part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) EUREKA/COST Bureau
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
53227 Bonn
Germany 		Tel. +49-228-382 11 672
Fax +49 228-382 11 360
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Ms Birgitta Boman

Country representative for Sweden 		Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA)
Mäster Samuelsgatan 56
10158 Stockholm
Sweden 		Tel. +46 8 4733017
Fax +46 8 4733005
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Dr Annette Borchsenius

Country representative for Denmark 		Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
1260 Copenhagen
Denmark 		Tel. +45 7231 8270
Fax +45 3544 6201
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Dr Maija Bundule

Country representative for Latvia 		Ministry of Education and Science
Valnu str 2
1050 Riga
Latvia 		Tel. +371 7047896
Fax +371 7047996
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Mr Stefan Cairén

Country representative for Sweden

Deputy Director

 Ministry of Enterprise
Division for Research, Innovation and Industry Development
Mäster Samuelsgatan 70
10333 Stockholm
Sweden 		Tel. +46 8 405 21 69
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Ms Biljana Čamur Veleselinović

Country representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 		Ministry of Civil Affairs
Trg BiH 1
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina 		Tel. +387 33 492 551
Fax + 387 33 49 26 32
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Professor Jaroslav Cihlár

Country representative for Czech Republic

Action involvement:
D41

Technical University of Brno
Institute of Materials Sciences and Engineering
Technická 2
616 69 Brno
Czech Republic 		Tel. +420 54114 3383
Fax +420 5 41143202
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Ms Cristina Ciobanu

Country representative for Romania

European Affairs Counsellor

 Ministry of National Education
National Authority for Scientific Research
21 - 25 D.I. Mendeleev Street
District 1 - 010362 Bucharest
Romania 		Tel. +40213183050
Fax +40213126617
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Professor Milan Dado

Country representative for Slovakia 		Zilina University
Faculty of Electrical engineering
Univerzitna 8215/1
01026 Zilina
Slovakia 		Tel. +421 41 513 2050
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Ms Andrea Dankova

Country representative for Slovakia 		Ministry of Education
Stromová 1
81330 Bratislava 1
Slovakia 		Tel. +421 259 10 26 15
Fax +421 259 10 26 21
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Ms Elena Dinu

Country representative for Romania 		Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
National Authority for Scientific Research, European Integration and International Cooperation Division
Mendeleev Street, 21-25
010362 Bucharest
Romania 		Tel. +4021 316 9275
Fax +4021 318 3065
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Professor Goran Djordjević

Country representative for Serbia 		University of Niš
Faculty of Science and Mathematics
Visegradska 33
18000 Niš
Serbia 		Tel. +381 18 274 660
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Ms Demetra Duleva

Country representative for Bulgaria 		Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU
Square Marie-Louise 49
1000 Brussels
Belgium 		Tel. +32 2 285 83 01
Fax +32 2 374 91 88
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Dr Carlo Duprel

Country representative for Luxembourg 		Fonds National de la Recherche
6, rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, BP 1777
1017 Luxembourg
Luxembourg 		Tel. +352 26 19 25 37
Fax +352 26 19 25 35
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Dr Trude Dypvik

Country representative for Norway 		The Research Council of Norway
P.O.Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen
0131 Oslo
Norway 		Tel. +47 22037310
Fax +47 22037362
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Ms Josiane Entringer

Country representative for Luxembourg 		Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche
Departement Recherche et Innovation
18, Montée de la Pétrusse
2912 Luxembourg
Luxembourg 		Tel. +352 24785217
Fax +352 460927
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Ms Danae Farmaki

Country representative for Greece 		General Secretariat for Research and Technology, International S&T Co-Operation Directorate Bilateral Cooperation Division
14-18 Messogeion Str.
115 10 Athens
Greece 		Tel. +30 210 7458100
Fax + 30 210 771 4153
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Ms Darka Tea Glažar

Country representative for Slovenia

Head of the International Cooperation and European Affairs Department

 Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
International Cooperation and European Affairs
Masarykova 16
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia 		Tel. +386 (1) 400 5294
Fax +386 (1) 400 5480
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Dr Roni Goldberg

Country representative for Israel 		Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
2 Clermont Ganneau St., Hakirya Hamizrahit, POB 49100
91490 Jerusalem
Israel 		Tel. + 97 2 5411812
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Professor Kiril Gramatikov

Country representative for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 		Faculty of Civil Engineering Republic of Macedonia
Blvd. Partizanski Odredi 24, POB 506,
1000 Skopje
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 		Tel. +389 2 311 6770
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Ms Mag. Andrea Höglinger

Country representative for Austria

Head of Sector European and international programmes

 Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Sensengasse 1
1090 Wien
Austria 		Tel. +43 57755-0
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Dr Josef Janda

Country representative for Czech Republic 		Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Department of International Cooperation in Research and Development
Karmelitska, 7
11812 Prague 1
Czech Republic 		Tel. +420 234 811 720
Fax +420 234 811 713
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Mr Damir Jelicic

Country representative for Croatia 		Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
Strossmayerov trg, 4
1000 Zagreb
Croatia 		Tel. +385 1 4594457
Fax +385 1 4819331
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Ms Asdis Jonsdottir

Country representative for Iceland 		Ministère de l'Education, de la Science et de la Culture
Solvholsgata 4
101 Reykjavik
Iceland 		Tel. +354 545 9500
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Ms Arja Kallio

Country representative for Finland 		Academy of Finland
PO Box 99
00051 Helsinski
Finland 		Tel. +358 9 7748 8433
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Ms Zane Kalnina

Country representative for Latvia 		Ministère de l'Education et de la Science
2 rue Valnu
1050 Riga
Latvia 		Tel. +371 6704 7813
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Mr Patrick Kelly

Country representative for Ireland 		Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
23 Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland 		Tel. 00 353 1 6312231
Fax 00 353 1 6312812
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Ms Ásgerður Kjartansdóttir

Country representative for Iceland

Counsellor for Education, Science and Culture

 Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Solvholsgata 4
101 Reykjavik
Iceland 		Tel. +354 545 9500
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Dr Eva M. Klaper

Country representative for Switzerland 		State Secretariat for Education and Research SER
Multilateral Research Cooperation
Hallwylstrasse 4
3003 Berne
Switzerland 		Tel. +41 31 3229667
Fax +41 31 3227854
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Ms Julia Lewis

Country representative for United Kingdom 		Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
International Knowledge and Innovation Unit (EU)
1 Victoria Street
SW1H 0ET London
United Kingdom 		Tel. +44 (0)20 7215 6920
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Ms Constantina Makri

Country representative for Cyprus 		Research Promotion Foundation
P O Box 23422
1683 Lefkosia
Cyprus 		Tel. +357 22 20 50 54
Fax +357 22 20 50 01
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Ms Maria Teresa Martins

Country representative for Portugal

Science Officer

 FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/ Foundation for Science and Technology
Departamento das Relações Internacionais/Department for International Relations
Av. D. Carlos I, 126 - 7º
1249-074 Lisbon
Portugal 		Tel. +35 121 391 1540
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Ms Janet Mifsud

Country representative for Malta

COST NCP and CSO Ministry

Action involvement:
B25

Ministry for Education and Employment
Great Siege Road
VLT 2000​ Floriana
Malta 		Tel. +356 23602172
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Mr Ammar Miraščija

Country representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 		Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trg BiH 3
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina 		Tel. +38 733 49 25 97
Fax + 38 733 49 26 32
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Mr Rui Munha

Country representative for Portugal

Scientific Officer

 Minstry of Education and Science
Department of International Relations - Foundation for Science and Technology
Avd. Carlos I, 126
1249-074 Lisbon
Portugal 		Tel. +351 213 911 543
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Ms Ülle Must

Country representative for Estonia 		Archimedes Foundation
Väike-Turu 8
51013 Tartu
Estonia 		Tel. +37-2-7 300 330
Fax +37-2-7 300 336
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Mr Pascal Newton

Country representative for France 		Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche
Mission Europe et international pour la recherche, l’innovation et l’enseignement supérieur
1 rue Descartes
75231 Paris Cedex 5
France 		Tel. +33 1 55 55 81 61
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Primož Pristovšek CSO Vice-President

Dr Primož Pristovšek

Country representative for Slovenia

Vice-President of the COST Association

Details

 Head of International Cooperation Department
Slovenian Research Agency
Tivolska cesta 30
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia 		Tel. +386 1 400 5971
Fax +386 1 400 5975
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Mr Steve Ringer

Country representative for United Kingdom

Head of Framework Programme Management

 Department for Business Innovation and Skills - BIS
The International Knowledge and Innovation Unit (EU)
1 Victoria Street
SW1H 0ET London
United Kingdom 		Tel. +44 207 215 1375
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Dr Ángeles Rodríguez-Peña

President of the COST Association

 c/o COST Office
Avenue Louise 149
1050 Brussels
Belgium 		Tel. +32 494 52 40 94
Fax +32 2 533 38 90
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Professor Giulia Rotundo

Country representative for Italy 		MIUR, Sapienza University of Rome
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9
00161 Roma
Italy 		Tel. +39 0649 766 303
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Ms Evelina Santa-Kahle

Country representative for Germany 		Federal Ministry for Education and Research
EU Research Policy; European Research Area (ERA)
Heinemannstraße 2
53175 Bonn
Germany 		Tel. +49 228 99 573277
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Ms Yvonne Schaap-Koenen

Country representative for Netherlands 		Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Research and Science Policy Department
Postbus 16375
2500 Den Haag
Netherlands 		Tel. +31 70 412 3401
Fax +31 70 412 2656
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Dr Kalypso Sepou

Country representative for Cyprus 		Research Promotion Foundation
PO Box 23422
1683 Nicosia
Cyprus 		Tel. +357 22 20 50 64
Fax +357 22 20 50 01
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Ms Orsolya Toth

Country representative for Hungary 		National Innovation Office
Neumann J. str. 1/c
1117 Budapest
Hungary 		Tel. +36 1 4842526
Fax +36 1 2660801
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Dr Maria Uccellatore

Country representative for Italy 		Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 20
00144 Rome
Italy 		Tel. +39 06 58497639
Fax +39 06 58497600
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Mr Juha VAAJOENSUU

Country representative for Finland 		Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
P.O. Box 69
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland 		Tel. +358 50 5577 898
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Dr Katrin VALGEIRSDOTTIR

Country representative for Iceland 		The Icelandic Centre for Research - RANNIS
Laugavegi 13
IS-101 Reykjavik
Iceland 		Tel. +3545155800
Fax +3545529814
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Ms Lieve Van Daele

Country representative for Belgium 		Federal Science Policy Office
Louizalaan 231 Avenue Louise
1050 Brussels
Belgium 		Tel. +32 2 2383487
Fax +32 2 2305912
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Dr Aiste Vilkanauskyte

Country representative for Lithuania 		Research Council of Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 3
1103 Vilnius
Lithuania 		Tel. +370 652 618 530
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Ms Albena Vutsova

Country representative for Bulgaria

Action involvement:
TA1201

Ministry of Education and Science National Science Foundation
Scientific Research Department
2A, Dondukov Blvd
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria 		Tel. +359 2 980 89 88
Fax + 359 2 981 14 04
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Ms Rita Ward

Country representative for Ireland 		Enterprise Ireland
International Technology Programmes
The Plaza, Eastpoint Business Park
Dublin 3
Ireland 		Tel. +353 1 7272767
Fax +353 1 8370178
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Ms Brigitte Weiss

Country representative for Austria

Head of Sector EU Coordination

 Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation an Technology
Innovation Department
Radetzkystraße 2
1030 Vienna
Austria 		Tel. +43 1 711 62 - 65 3300
Fax +43 1 711 62 - 65 2013
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Mr Marek Zdanowski

Country representative for Poland 		Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Department of Science Instruments Policy
Wspòlna 1/3
00529 Warsaw 53
Poland 		Tel. +48 22 529 2493
Fax +48 22 628 3289
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Mr Dukic Zelkja

Country representative for Serbia 		Ministry of Science, Education and Technology
Nemanjina 22-26
11000 Belgrade
Serbia 		Tel. +381 11 3616 529
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Dr Stanislovas Zurauskas

Country representative for Lithuania 		Ministry of Education and Science
Sierakausko 15
2600 Vilnius
Lithuania 		Tel. +370 5 219 1199
Fax +370 2 312 295
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