The 2025 edition of European Day for Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation, better known as European Donation Day (EDD), will be celebrated from 10 to 12 October and hosted by Greece, in collaboration with the Hellenic Transplant Organization. This red-letter day will unfold through a series of special events in Kalamata and in Athens.
Find out more on this year’s dedicated EDD web page: European Donation Day 2025.
Sponsored every year in a different country by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), EDD is a beacon of hope for those in need of a life-saving or life-changing transplantation. It reminds us that everyone can help make someone else’s life better with a gift of hope.
Organ donation, more life. United in purpose. Stronger together.
EDD 2025 events will take place over the weekend from 10 to 12 October, in Kalamata and Athens (Greece), including the annual plenary meeting of the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), the intergovernmental committee that oversees and co-ordinates the Council of Europe’s work in the field, and local awareness campaigns. Several prominent, historical buildings in both cities will be illuminated in green – the EDD colour.
Read the press release “European Donation Day 2025 – Celebrating life-saving organ, tissue and cell donation” to find out more.
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See also:
- European Day for Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation – Detailed information on this powerful movement which, since 1996, has been supporting donors, their families and healthcare professionals who make life-saving or life-changing transplantations a reality.
- Contact the organ donation and transplantation institution in your country for country-specific information.
- Download free booklets for the general public on organs, tissues and cells
- Guidance and technical standards for healthcare professionals: Guide to the quality and safety of organs for transplantation and Guide to the quality and safety of tissues and cells for human application