The European Day for Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation – more widely known as European Donation Day (EDD) – is an international initiative aimed at promoting ethical, voluntary and altruistic donations and honouring donors and their families. Organised every year on the second Saturday of October by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), a part of the Council of Europe, it also sends a message of thanks and support to the healthcare professionals who save and improve lives by making donation and transplantation a reality.