1. The PRELUDE Portal: issues and functionalities Luigi Pellegrino Project Manager

2. PRELUDE Web Portal: main features Main concept Community-oriented site, enabling users to share news, submit comments and discuss articles and ideas Open source-based Web Portal System Written 100% in PHP and requires Apache Web server, PHP and MySQL Modular structure architecture Extensible, transferable, flexible User Anonymous, reader, editor, publisher Publishing Cooperative, management tools

3. Home page for anonymous user

4. Home page for registered user

5. Home page for consortium member

6. Home page for administrator

7. About PRELUDE

8. More Info

9. Weblinks 141 Links and 18 Categories

10. Downloads 166 Downloads and 28 Categories

11. Third relase Update every 6 months or by important changes (e.g. eTEN, eContent) Information Society Technologies (IST) eTEN eContent ERA-NET @LIS (ALliance for the Information Society) Innovative Actions (European Regional Development Fund) Innovative Actions (European Social Fund) Socrates: Minerva Action (New Technologies in Education) Leonardo da Vinci CULTURE 2000 Indicative planning for future years AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE HOME PAGE AFTER FREE REGISTRATION Guide on EU Opportunities

12. Gallery of Projects 125 Projects

13. Calendar

14. Thematic site: THREE ROSES on OSS

15. Thematic site: eTransport

16. Web area: EDEn

17. Web area: GAUDI

18. From web area to thematic site

19. Other dissemination instruments Information on PRELUDE disseminated through the bimonthly PRELUDE Newsletter Regular updates on PRELUDE published monthly on the Elanet and eris@ Newsletter Dissemination at international events (e.g. ISSS/LORIS Conference or Zakopane Conference) Preparation of a Guide of EC Programmes addressing local and regional actors (to be updated every six months – though three releases have been already published) Available on the Web Portal after free registration!

20. Thanks for your attention! For further information: Luigi Pellegrino PRELUDE Project Manager pellegrino@elanet.org pellegrino@prelude-portal.org