A Program Contract for the digital tracking of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in case of emergency, was signed on Thursday September 7th, 2023, by the Director of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of FORTH, Professor Dimitris Plexousakis, and the Regional Governor of Crete, Mr. Stavros Arnaoutakis.

The purpose of this collaboration is the implementation of a project for mapping the available AEDs of the Region of Crete, and the development of a mobile application for their digital tracking, available to the citizens free of charge. The application will support the ΖΩΗ programme, which aims to protect and secure the life of athletes, citizens and visitors of the Region of Crete, and will be designed and implemented by the Center for eHealth Applications and Services with Mr. Dimitrios Katehakis as the Scientific Manager of the project.