Expert area in the
Participant Portal
Niamh DELANEY (REA)
Participant Portal External User Group meeting
September 9, 2013
Outline of Presentation
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Introduction
Expert Registration
Next release: what changes?
New features for H2020
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Characteristics of new features
Bank Account/Legal Entity
Contract signature
Request for payment
1. Introduction
 The Expert area in the Participant Portal is a frontend platform for experts interactions with the research
DGs and Agencies.
 The system was launched in July 2012 and currently
serves as a registration service for experts to submit
their profile (replaces CORDIS) with a view to being
considered for an assignment with the
Commission/Agency.
 53,125 experts currently registered of which 42,915 are
valid profiles.
2. Expert registration
 One of the main objectives of the new registration service
was to enhance the quality of the data:
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data is collected in a structured format to ensure
consistency and improve the search functionality;
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rules requiring experts to complete all fields in order to have
a valid profile.
Only valid profiles are visible to the Commission back-offices
when running their expertise search.
2. Expert registration
 Experts complete 6 sections to register their profile
Progress indicator
Status area
Navigation area
Help section
3. Next release: what changes?
 EACEA joining 10 September 2013.
 Experts will access the Registration Service from two
different locations:
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Experts wishing to take part in Research programmes will access the service
from the Participant Portal.
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Experts wishing to take part in Education, Audiovisual and Culture
programmes will access the Registration Service from the Education, Audio
visual & Culture Executive Agency page on Europa.
 The forms are common for experts for all programmes
with some specificities notably the area of expertise
section with different 'tree structures' for specialist fields
and pre-defined themes.
3. Next release: what changes?
 Data privacy section moved to the start
3. Next release: what changes?
 The programme selected on the first page determines
the area of expertise trees
4. New features for H2020
 Area of expertise section to be revised for H2020
4. New features for H2020
 Experts will submit their 'legal entity' (identity
details) & bank account via online forms;
 Experts will sign their contracts electronically based on
ECAS authentication;
 Experts' will make their request for payment online
once their assignment has been completed.
4a. Characteristics of new features
 When an expert needs to take an action, they are
notified by email with a link to the relevant page in the
Portal.
 The expert can also access the request/relevant
document by logging into the Portal and going to the 'My
contracts' tab.
4b. Bank Account/Legal Entity
4b. Bank Account/Legal Entity
4c. Contract signature
4c. Contract signature
4c. Contract signature
4c. Contract signature
4c. Contract signature
4c. Contract signature
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4c. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
4d. Request for payment
Questions?