1. Jean-Marie Bolis Eurostat unit B1 3 May 2018
The CROS portal A platform to stay informed – and to manage your collaborative initiative
Jean-Marie Bolis
Eurostat unit B1
3 May 2018

2. The CROS portal Collaboration in ESS modernisation projects
Collaboration in official statistics: methodology/research/innovation communities
Promotion and dissemination of activities and results to general public
Management of major research and innovation events (NTTS, workshops,…)

3. How can you use the CROS portal?
The general (statistical) public: get information on topics of interest
Community members: get informed about your project/community/working group – exchange information within the project
Community leaders: organise your community efficiently

4. Get information on topics of interest
Browsing the front page
This front page section gives direct access to projects, communities and documents

5. Your project or community
Who can access and/or create content?
Any member of your group depending on his role
Group administrator
Group publisher
Group editor
Group contributor
Group member
What kind of content can be created?
Your role determines the content type you are allowed to create
and the associated visibility (public, private or restricted)
Page
Document (pdf, doc, xls, etc.)
News
Event
Web form
Newsletter
Forum topic
FAQ

6. Some sample cases Working together in a project
The contributor creates private content
Keeping interested colleagues informed about activities in an area
The publisher makes relevant part of the content public
A core group preparing material for a wider group of members
The editor works on restricted content
Collaboration in your community
PUSH: Notifying your community of updates
PULL: Be notified when changes are done
Sending community newsletters

7. Working together in a project
New: bulk upload by drag-and-drop (e.g. for meeting docs.)
Contributor can create/edit private pages or upload private documents in the group
Contributor can take an active role in setting the agenda

8. Keeping interested colleagues informed about activities in an area
Administrator or publisher can publish the private content(s)
Administrator or publisher can tag document by topic to make it reachable from the CROS front page

9. A core group preparing material for a wider group of members
1) Administrator gives the editor role to member
2) Administrator or publisher makes restricted the content
3) Editors edit and work on restricted content. Once finalised, it's up to administrator or publisher to share the content with regular members by making it “private”,

10. Collaboration in your community
PUSH: Notifying your community of updates
Inform the members of your group when you have created or only modify a page/document by clicking on "Send subscriptions notifications"
If this is ticked: When you click "save", a message is sent to all group members

11. Collaboration in your community
PULL: Be notified when changes are done
Subscribe on update of content.
You will receive an for any modifications of the content.
You can subscribe to a community or to a specific page/document
Then you can manage your subscription(s) via your CROS account

12. Collaboration in your community
Sending community newsletters
A Group administrator can create and send a Newsletter to all members of his group.
He can also ask the portal administrator to send the Newsletter to all CROS portal members.
Group administrator

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