Technical Assistance for Alignment in Organ Donation (EuropeAid/131052/D/SER/TR)

Project Title 29

Technical Assistance for Alignment in Organ Donation (EuropeAid/131052/D/SER/TR) 

Name of legal entity

Country

Name of client

Origin of funding

Dates

(start-end)

Name of consortium

members, if any

BYS Grup

Türkiye

Republic of Türkiye

Ministry of Health

EU

COMPLETED

29.04.2013 –

April 2015

Almaviva Spa (Leader),

BYS Grup,

Ankara University

Detailed description of project

Type and scope of services provided

 Technical assistance for ensuring quality and safety standards for human organ donation and transplantation in medical treatment. The scope included: 

  • the harmonisation of Turkish legislation with the EU 'acquis' by conducting gap analysis and preparing draft texts for Turkish organ transplantation and donation legislation, 
  • training of health personnel in organ transplantation- and donation-related themes, including on ethical aspects, 
  • raising public awareness, 
  • revising statistical collection system and preparing auditing forms for transplant centres, 
  • establishment of international cooperation for raising the knowledge of the Ministry of Health's personnel on organ donation and transplantation. 

 

The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the harmonization with and implementation of the EU acquis Communautaire in the area of public health, specifically focusing on increasing cadaveric organ donation in Turkey. 

 

The project included a number of activities and studies in order to ensure quality and safety standards for human organ donation and transplantation in medical treatment. Technical assistance was provided to the Ministry of Health for development of organ donation and transplantation system in line with the EU. In particular, the Technical Assistance Team were responsible for delivering - in cooperation with the beneficiary - the project activities and outputs, which was realized by systematic and detailed analysis of the current legislation in Turkey and EU, preparing the additional legislation, delivering trainings to professionals, revising statistical collection system, increasing public awareness and establishing international cooperation. 
  • Technical assistance for ensuring quality and safety standards for human organ donation and transplantation in medical treatment  
  • Research study on awareness on organ donation 
  • Harmonizing Turkish organ transplantation and donation legislation with that of EU 
  • Preparing Communication Plan 
  • 4 bilateral agreements and protocols with EU countries 
  • Preparing activities for communication and increasing public awareness about organ donation 
  • Developing statistical data collection system 
  • Analysis and recommendation of TODS database and Web System in NAT, C# 
  • Support to integration of Euro Transplant Database and Statistical Reporting Systems   
  • Reviewing the IT infrastructure to be aligned with EU Norms 
  • Analysis of MoH current databases (ORACLE, MS SQL servers) 
  • Revising Statistical Collection System 
  • Developing auditing forms for Transplant Centres 
  • Trainings for capacity building: 
  • Training of Trainers for 160 specialists, 
  • Training of 1500 specialist doctors, 
  • 2 international symposiums, 
  • 4 study visits to selected EU countries, 
  • 4 media information meetings, 
  • 2 information meetings for Religious Affairs Personnel and NGOs.