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Priority Area Coordinators

PRIORITY AREA COORDINATORS (PACs)

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Priority Area	Name and institution	Contact
PA 1: To improve mobility and intermodality 1a: Inland waterways
Austria	Mr Markus Simoner Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
	Mr Gert-Jan Muilerman Via donau – Austrian Waterway Management and Development Company
	Ms Viktoria Weissenburger Via donau – Austrian Waterway Management and Development Company
	Ms Iris Marstaller Via donau – Austrian Waterway Management and Development Company
Romania	Ms Monica Patrichi Head of Office, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure PA 1a Coordinator
	Mr Gabriel Bunduc Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
	Mr Cristian Dobritoiu Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

1b: Rail, road and air links
Slovenia	Ms Špela Cimerman Ministry of Infrastructure
	Mr Beno Fekonja Ministry of Infrastructure
	Mr Franc Žepič Ministry of Infrastructure
	Mr Igor Prinčič Ministry of Infrastructure
	Mr Iztok Vatovec Ministry of Infrastructure
Serbia
	Mr Jovko Jaćimović Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
	Ms Živana Luković Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
	Ms Ksenija Hajduković External consultant

PA 2: To encourage more sustainable energy
Czechia	Mr Tomáš Vondra Ministry of Industry and Trade
	Mr Vít Fencl Ministry of Industry and Trade
Hungary	Ms Annamária Nádor Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary
	Ms Zsuzsa Bálintné Vörös External Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
	Ms Ágnes Barber Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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PA 3: To promote culture and tourism, people to people contacts
Bulgaria	Mr Georgi Alipiev Ministry of Tourism
	Ms Dora Ivanova Ministry of Tourism
	Mr Nikola Manevski Ministry of Tourism
	Ms Zlatina Lyutova Ministry of Tourism
Romania	Mr Liviu Băileșteanu Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration
	Ms Irina Cozma Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration
	Mr Mihai Monoranu Ministry of Culture
	Ms Alina Huzui-Stoiculescu Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration
Montenegro	Ms Tamara Đukić Ministry of Tourism
	Ms Jelena Mugoša Ministry of Tourism

PA 4: To restore and maintain the quality of waters
Hungary	Mr Márton Pesel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade General Water Directorate
	Ms Zsuzsanna Kocsis-Kupper Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Acting PAC – EUSDR PA 4 Advisor
	Ms Diana Heilmann Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Slovak Republic	Ms Danka Thalmeinerová Ministry of Environment, Water Department
	Ms Andrea Vranovska Water Research Institute Bratislava
	Ms Alena Kurecova PAC4 Assistant Slovakia

PA 5: To manage environmental risks
Hungary	Mr László Balatonyi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Directorate General of Water Management
	Mr Viktor Oroszi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department for Water Diplomacy and the Danube Region Strategy
	Ms Kinga Perge Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department for Water Diplomacy and the Danube Region Strategy
Romania	Mr Gheorghe Constantin Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests
	Ms Elena Manuela Miron Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests

PA 6: To preserve biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils
Bavaria (DE)	Mr Florian Ballnus Bavarian State Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection
Croatia	Ms Ana Kobašlić Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition

PA 7: To develop the knowledge society (research, education and ICT)
Slovak Republic	Ms Ľubica Pitlová Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport Director, Science and Technology Division
	Ms Jaroslava Szüdi Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
	Mr Tomáš Tabiš Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
	Ms Barbora Baničová Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
	Ms Anna Krivjanska Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information

	Mr Matej Smrek Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Serbia	Mr Viktor Nedović Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
	Ms Dijana Štrbac Institute of Economic Sciences Belgrade, Department for Innovation Economics PAC’s Support Team

PA 8: To support the competitiveness of enterprises
Baden-Württemberg (DE)	Ms Carmen Hawkins Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
	Ms Alexandra Gölz Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
Croatia	Ms Helia Kovačević Grčić Ministry of Economy
	Mr Toni Lučić Ministry of Economy

PA 9: To invest in people and skills
Austria	Mr Jürgen Schick Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
	Mr Roland Hanak Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy
	Mr Jörg Mirtl Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy
	Ms Ms Anna Semenchenko Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy
	Mr Aaron Schilhan OeAD – Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation
	Ms Barbara Willsberger L&R Social Research
	Ms Flavia-Elvira Enengl L&R Social Research
Republic of Moldova	Ms Anna Gherganova Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
	Ms Ludmila Pavlov Ministry of Education and Research
Ukraine	Ms Oleksandra Husak Ministry of Education and Science
	Ms Viktoriia Karbysheva Ministry of Education and Science
	Ms Nadija Afanasieva Ukrainian Institute for International Politics (UIIP)

PA 10: To step up institutional capacity and cooperation
Austria	Ms Claudia Singer-Smith City of Vienna (EU Funding Agency)
	Ms Simone Böhm-Gartner City of Vienna (EU Funding Agency)
	Ms Andreea Prasacu City of Vienna (EU Funding Agency)
Slovenia	Ms Ana Novak Center for European Perspective
	Mr Jernej Grahor Center for European Perspective

PA 11: To work together to tackle security and organised crime
Bulgaria	Ms Snezhina Marinova Ministry of Interior Director EU and International Cooperation Directorate
	Ms Boryana Boteva Ministry of Interior EU and International Cooperation Directorate
Germany	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Bavaria (DE)	Mr Michael Schwald Bavarian Ministry of Interior, for Sport and Integration Head of Bavarian Police
	Ms Verena Linsmaier Bavarian Ministry of Interior, for Sport and Integration
	Ms Irene Klarer Bavarian Ministry of Interior, for Sport and Integration

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