Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:
- protecting people from serious cross-border health threats
- improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other crisis-related products in the EU
- strengthening national health systems
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This action will apply the common algorithm for matching donor-patient pairs, among the participants and will develop its application.
Detailed Call Description
This action is part of the “Health Systems and Healthcare Workforce” strand, and it will contribute to “strengthening the implementation of the legislation on blood, tissues and cells and organs”. More specifically, this action will support harmonisation across national competent authorities in the field of organs.
This action will apply the common algorithm for matching donor-patient pairs, among the participants and will develop its application by:
- developing the modalities for participating to the cross-border exchange schemes, including agreement and uptake by the different national allocation offices;
- feeding the algorithm with harmonised pair data via a common IT platform between participants;
- developing common support protocols among participants, covering all related aspects like oversight, governance, funding, follow-up of donors and patients, in order to allow that transplantations are taking place.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%). Your organisation can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of “exceptional utility”. Actions shall be considered to have exceptional utility where at least 30% of the budget of the proposed action is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the Union average; or the project concerns actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least 4 are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Public Administration
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- Other Beneficiaries
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- eligible non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Type of applicants targeted: Member States’ authorities/ allocation offices and professional organisations such as European Organ Exchange organisations and European professional societies.
Specific eligibility criteria applicable to the consortium: Applications may be either by a single applicant or a consortium (no minimum requirement) composition
Applicants will include the following specific action-level indicators and related reporting activities in their proposals:
- Number of Member States participating,
- Number of professionals organisations,
- Number of entities/centres participating,
- Number of donor-recipient pairs enrolled into the IT platform,
- Number of match runs performed
Number of matches identified:
- Number of kidney transplants realised
- Number of patients affected
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
Stefan DE KEERSMAECKER
+32 2 298 46 80
stefan.de-keersmaecker@ec.europa.eu
Darragh CASSIDY
+32 2 298 39 78