1. Background from the past, some numbers, general elements for EIONET FORUM SESSION 2 PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY

2.   2011   Prepare CIRCA migration to EIONET Forum   Transfer of mailing system (…@roles.eea.europa.eu)   Account management   Where to put all the material   2012   Finalise migration CIRCA-EIONET Forum   Training and user support   Support RDF based flows   Proof of concept for project management support   Interactive graphs in Forum portals History: Migration from CIRCA History: Migration from CIRCA

3.   15 years CIRCA operational   …..    After migration finalised (15.03.2012)   46 active Interest groups   54 archived   Now (24.09.2013)   44 Forum Interest groups   65 Project Interest groups   61 archived Some statistics – CIRCA to Forum

4. Some statistics – traffic 1678 distinct users (different accounts) logged in into EIONET FORUM since May 2013

5. Interest group EIONET Forum – structure ZOPE Application server Naaya Content management system EIONET Forum Interest group Enviro Windows CHM Biodiv BISE Portal/website Customise Toolkits Customise/develop New features CMS Development/use Application server use

6.   Organised in 3 instances   FORUM core EIONET network activities based on permanent groups (NRC, NFP and ETC)   PROJECTS new established as platform for groups with expected lifespan of up to 2-3 years   ARCHIVES to sort out outdated material and provide a place for outdated IGs from CIRCA but keep content available on demand   All is part of EIONET (FORUM – PROJECTS – ARCHIVES)   Non EIONET centric work hosted under Enviro Windows EIONET Forum – focus on network support