This project is a coordination action that focuses on ethical, legal and psychological aspects of organ transplantation. It aims to 1) establish an inventory of living donation practices in Europe, 2) explore and promote living donation as a way to increase organ availability, and 3) develop tools that improve the quality and safety of living organ donations in Europe. The project draws upon the support, knowledge and network of the European platform on Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation (ELPAT) and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT). Its end-goal is to exchange best practices and effective organisational models to promote and safeguard living donation in Europe.

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Willem Weimar

Coordinator:
Ms Frederike Ambagtsheer
Kidney Transplant Unit,
Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
j.ambagtsheer@erasmusmc.nl
EC contribution: EUR 1 099 647
Duration: 24 months
Starting date: 01/04/2010
Project web-site: http://www.EULOD.org