Eurotransplant International Foundation

Eurotransplant is responsible for the allocation of donor organs in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia. This international collaborative framework includes all transplant hospitals, tissue-typing laboratories and hospitals where organ donations take place.

Mission:
As an international non-profit organization, it acts as a mediator between donor hospitals and transplant centers for the benefit of patients in need of an organ transplant in all its member states.

The Eurotransplant network consists of Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia, serving a total population of around 139 million people.

Over more than 50 years, Eurotransplant has facilitated the allocation and cross-border exchange of deceased donor organs - kidneys, livers, pancreases, intestines, hearts and lungs. Partners in the organ exchange process include hospitals where organ donations take place, national organ procurement organizations, transplant centers, tissue-typing laboratories and national competent authorities. All these parties work together with the same common aim: to ensure that the best possible match is made between donor organs available and patients on the transplant waiting list - and hence to give a growing number of these patients the prospect of life or a better quality of life in the future.