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Request access to a network

Each individual network is managed by the Networks Coordinator. The coordinator will review all access requests to his or her network and access will only be granted to persons affiliated with one of the participating Healthcare Providers.

Important

Prerequisite: To request access to an ERN network within the ERN Collaborative Portal, you must have an EU Login and you have to be affiliated with one of the participating Healthcare Providers.

Once you have created your EU Login and updated your profile to reflect your Healthcare Provider, you are ready to Access/Request access to networks.

  1. From the main page click on Access/request access to My network:

    ECP access/request access to my network link

    The page that appears next will display the networks you already have access to, if any.

  2. Click on Search & join networks:

    ECP search and join networks button
  3. From the Network page, select the network you want to be part of and click on the Request access button:

    ECP request access button in the network page
  4. The next page acts as a confirmation to access the network. Choose Yes or No and then click Submit:

    ECP yes and no options and submit button to confirm access the network

    After completing the process, the system takes you back to the networks page, confirming your request has been submitted:

    ECP system confirmation message

Note

To enhance security and protect sensitive information, all users are strongly encouraged to use a password vault for safely storing and managing their passwords.

Note

After you have submitted your access request, an e-mail is automatically sent to the coordinator who will accept or reject it.

Positive reply example from the coordinator:

ECP positive reply example from the coordinator

Negative reply example from the coordinator:

ECP negative reply example from the coordinator

Tip

You can track the status of your request at the bottom of the page under Manage your requests and access. This can be useful in the case you did not receive the status update email (e.g. spam filter)

ECP list with requests and statuses in the manage your requests and access page