Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 2019 | Anne Bucher Director-General | courtesy visit, presentation of activities | — |
| 17 Jan 2019 | Anne Bucher Director-General | courtesy visit, presentation of activities | SRC |
| 02 May 2016 | Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner | Voluntary and unpaid donations, EU legislation on blood | — |
| 02 May 2016 | Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner | Voluntary and unpaid donations, EU legislation on blood | SRC |
Mission & Goals
As the leading voice of public and not-for-profit blood establishments in Europe, EBA provides a reliable source of expertise and evidence-based information to both National and European Institutions and to stakeholders in the wider global Blood community. EBA acts as a facilitators for knowledge exchange and collaboration within its membership with the goal to: 1. To contribute to the availability, quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of the blood and tissue supply for the citizens of Europe by developing and maintaining an efficient and strong collaboration amongst European blood and tissue services. 2. To increase public and professional awareness of voluntary unpaid donation (VUD) of blood and blood components, and of preparation of blood components as an indispensable therapeutic means to help patients. 3. To assist European blood establishments to continuously improve their performance, based on scientific and ethical principles for the benefit of patients.
EU Legislative Interests
- SoHO regulation & delegating acts & implementing acts - Critical Medicines Act - ATMP Directives - Medical Devices and IVD Regulations - General Data Protection Regulation - Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation - European Health Data Space - CER Directive - NIS2 Directive
Communication Activities
- All EU policy statements can be found at: https://europeanbloodalliance.eu/resources/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Common representation of Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) https://europeanbloodalliance.eu/european-affairs/core-soho/ Alliance of Blood Operators (ABO: https://www.allianceofbloodoperators.org/) Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA: https://cobaafrica.org/) International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT: https://www.isbtweb.org/) International Plasma and Fractionation Association (IPFA: https://ipfa.nl/)
Organisation Members
http://www.europeanbloodalliance.eu/membership/