1. Eurostat The CROS portal Collaboration in Research and Methodology for Official Statistics ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 1

2. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 2 CROS – the new collaborative portal Collaboration in Research and methodology for Official Statistics … the one-stop shop for collaboration in Official Statistics ESSnet portal – ESSnet projects CROS portal – Methodological topics

3. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 3 CROS: General distribution of roles The portal administrators (the Eurostat team for Research in Official Statistics) manage the common parts of the portal manage applications for portal membership The ESSnet project leader (“administrator member”) manages the common parts of the portal manages applications for membership for the group (new!) is responsible for publication of the project pages/documents may publish news, events and newsletters, set up FAQs and a project discussion forum ( recommendation: only set it up if there is something specific to discuss! ) ESSnet project partners (“members”) add private pages and documents to the project ”book” participate in the project’s internal discussion forum (if any)

4. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 4 First steps … if you don’t have a CROS account Apply for an account At the same time: apply for membership in groups you are interested in … if you already have a CROS account and would like to join a group Click on “join group” for the ESSnet project in question

5. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 5 I would like to… … search for a document … be informed whenever a page is updated … start a new public group related to an interesting topic, with the aim to attract a large number of colleagues … start a new private group (membership by invitation only) to share information, discuss, prepare an event…

6. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 6 I am an ESSnet project member, and would like to… … create a page in the book of my project … upload a document to the book of my project … refer from a page in the book of my project to an already uploaded document

7. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 7 I am an ESSnet project leader, and would like to… … directly add new members to my project … review membership applications for my project … publish a (previously private) document of my project … edit the general presentation of my project (start page)

8. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 8 The start page A dashboard-like presentation of your project to the general public Clicking on ”read more” will bring visitors to the ”details” page (see next slide)

9. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 9 The “details” page A dedicated space for publishing your final project deliverables A (possibly) longer description of your project

10. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 10 Editing your start page – feeding both the start & details pages Acronym and full name of your project

11. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 11 Editing your start page ( cont. ) Editing the project data sheet Editing the coordinator info

12. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 12 Editing your start page ( cont. ) Editing the participant entries… … feeds the list of project participants

13. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 13 Editing your start page: “body” This is where you should describe your project The same text feeds both the start page and the ”details” page… … but only the first few lines are displayed on the start page, so edit them wisely! Unless you’re an HTML enthusiast, the WYSIWYG text format is recommended

14. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 14 Editing your start page (cont.) The ”slider module” is the business card of your project – a short text + an appropriate image ( optimal size: 710*320 pixels ) Once you have entered a text and an image, the portal administrator may promote this to the portal homepage to offer maximum visibility to your project

15. Eurostat ESSnet Workshop 2012 Rome Demonstration of the CROS portal Jean-Marie Bolis (Eurostat) 15 Editing your start page (cont.) WARNING: The ”book outline” should normally not be modified for the start page of your project! The results block is where all finalised, approved deliverables of your project should be published (they will then appear in the ”results” column of the ”details” page) Note: This feature is still under development (currently it is not possible to supply links to your deliverables)