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STEP national contact points

The STEP contact points are government officials in each EU country who oversee and support the implementation of STEP there. Their role includes: : 

• mobilising EU funding for STEP priorities and sectors, including under the RRF and cohesion policy funds.
• promoting investments and funding opportunities at national and regional level and ensuring industrial and research ecosystems are informed of upcoming funding opportunities.
• linking local, regional and national authorities with the central government departments guiding STEP, and the projects promoters/funding recipients, while playing a central role in the consultation/ identification process.
• advising businesses and research organisations active in critical technologies and sectors about sources of finance relevant to their needs at national and European level (e.g. grants, loans, guarantees, equity).
• connecting companies with networks at the European, national or regional levels, such as business angel networks, start-up communities, etc.

Contact the STEP contact point in your country

Country	Name & Contact	Title	Institution
Austria	sandra [dot] mathisbmf [dot] gv [dot] at (Sandra Mathis)	n/a	Ministry of Finance
Belgium	a [dot] peeterswbi [dot] be (Anne Peeters - Wallonie) mark [dot] antonissenvlaio [dot] be (Mark Antonissen - Flanders) abillouezsprb [dot] brussels (Aurélie Billouez - Bruxelles-Capitale)	n/a	n/a
Bulgaria	i [dot] b [dot] ivanovminfin [dot] bg (Ivan Ivanov)	Head of Central Coordination Unit	Ministry of Finance
Croatia	STEPHRNCPmrrfeu [dot] hr (STEP Croatia)	Sector for Industrial Transition and Coordination of Investments from EU Instruments and Support for the Implementation of the Just Transition Process	Directorate for Strategic Planning and Coordination of EU Funds at the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
Cyprus	eepaminondoumof [dot] gov [dot] cy (Evgenios Epaminondou)	Planning Officer A’	Ministry of Finance, Directorate for Cohesion Policy and the MFF
Czech Republic	nkmstepmpo [dot] gov [dot] cz (Pavel Juráš)	Head of Strategy Unit	Ministry of Industry and Trade
Denmark	ClaIveerst [dot] dk (Clara-Sofie Rolighed Iversen) deerst [dot] dk (Other)	Head of Sector	Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial affairs
Estonia	rita [dot] tubarikfin [dot] ee (Rita Tubarik)	Adviser at Foreign Funding Unit	Ministry of Finance, State Budget Department
Finland	Heini [dot] Guntherbusinessfinland [dot] fi (Heini Günther) Elina [dot] Holmbergbusinessfinland [dot] fi (Elina Holmberg) Markus [dot] Rannebusinessfinland [dot] fi (Markus Ranne)	n/a	Business Finland
France	Baptiste Kuentz	n/a	Prime Minister's Office - General Secretariat for EU Affairs
Germany	NCASTEPbmwe [dot] bund [dot] de (STEP Germany)	n/a	Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
Greece	eyse-stepmou [dot] gr (Evangelia Voumvouraki) eysemou [dot] gr (Other)	Director	Special Service for the Coordination of Implementation
Hungary	beatrix [dot] szekelynfk [dot] gov [dot] hu (Ms. Beatrix Székely)	n/a	National Development Centre
Ireland	Cassandra [dot] Hinchyper [dot] gov [dot] ie (Cassandra Hinchy) John [dot] Stewartper [dot] gov [dot] ie (Other)	Assistant Principal	Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Italy	f [dot] busillogoverno [dot] it (Federica Busillo)	Director General	Department for cohesion policies and for the South
Latvia	steplvem [dot] gov [dot] lv (Ilze Lore) egita [dot] aizsilniece-ibemaliaa [dot] gov [dot] lv (Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema)	Lead expert of the Business Development Department; Head of the Latvian Office for Innovation and Technology in Brussels	Ministry of Economics, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Lithuania	aurelija [dot] kazlauskieneeimin [dot] lt (Aurelija Kazlauskienė)	Advisor to the EU Investments Planning Division	Ministry of the Economy and Innovation
Luxemburg	pierre [dot] colbacheco [dot] etat [dot] lu (Pierre Colbach)	Director	Ministry of Economy; Directorate for Industry, new technologies and research; Department of regional policy
Malta	maria [dot] dimech [dot] 1gov [dot] mt (Maria Dimech)	Senior Manager	Ministry for European Funds, Equality, Reforms and Social Dialogue
Netherlands (the)	h [dot] s [dot] weijerminez [dot] nl (Harry Weijer)	Policy Advisor in Directorate for Top sectors and industrial policy	Ministry of Economic Affairs
Portugal	Rui [dot] Inacioadcoesao [dot] pt (Rui Inácio)	Board Member	Agency for the Development and Cohesion
Poland	justyna [dot] gorzochmrit [dot] gov [dot] pl (Justyna Gorzoch) Other	Head of Technology Policy Unit	Ministry of Development and Technology
Romania	laura [dot] marinasmfe [dot] gov [dot] ro (Laura Marinaș) rostepmfe [dot] gov [dot] ro (Other)	General Director of the Directorate-General for Programming and Systems Coordination	Ministry of investments and European projects
Slovenia	simona [dot] grobelnikpodjetniskisklad [dot] si (Simona Grobelnik)	Head of Department for Strategic Development	Slovenian Entrepreneurship Fund
Slovakia	frantisek [dot] kaspermirri [dot] gov [dot] sk (František Kašper)	n/a	Programming Unit of the Programme Slovakia, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
Spain	DGFondosEuropeossepg [dot] hacienda [dot] gob [dot] es (STEP Spain) SGPROGEVsepg [dot] hacienda [dot] gob [dot] es (Other)	n/a	Ministry of Finance and Public Administration - Directorate General for EU funds
Sweden	Asa [dot] LoveliusKeberttillvaxtverket [dot] se (Åsa Lövelius Kebert)	n/a	Agency for Economic and Regional Growth