OSY: €7 million funding call for first aid and 940 defibrillators
Around 3,200 transport operations staff are expected to receive emergency-response training. The funding call is addressed to OSY and includes planned procurement of vehicle-mounted defibrillators.
Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance announced a funding call with €7 million in co-financed public expenditure on November 12 for training staff working in Attica’s urban road transport system. The action falls under the Human Resources and Social Cohesion 2021–2027 programme and is co-financed by the European Social Fund+. OSY is the potential beneficiary.
Under the plans presented by the ministry, training covers around 3,200 operations staff, mainly drivers, vehicle manoeuvring personnel and related specialities. Subjects include first aid, CPR, automated external defibrillator use, choking response and crisis management. Training certificates are intended to be valid for three years.
The programme provides for field workshops and simulations on buses, at depots and across the network, alongside a library of 20 scenarios covering events such as earthquakes, flooding, vehicle fires and medical emergencies. It also includes training for internal instructors and Control Centre staff responsible for coordinating incident responses.
The action includes future procurement of 940 automated external defibrillators with vehicle mounts and development of a platform to monitor training and equipment. Issuing the funding call is a financing stage: it does not establish that training has been completed or the defibrillators have already been installed. This is not a general invitation for individual applications from workers or unemployed people.
Official call EKP60 is addressed to OSY for submission of a proposal through the Integrated Information System, from November 11, 2026 at 10:00 until December 31, 2028 at 18:00. The call may close earlier if its budget is exhausted. Submission is followed by evaluation and a decision on inclusion of the project.
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