The Participant Portal allows each user to have access to a personalised space, based on 3 main elements:
The IAM hierarchy, as of January 1 2013, is as follows:
Some roles are pre-defined in the early stages of the Project ("Original Roles") as follows:
The list of roles can be divided into "Project Roles" and "Organisation Roles", according to the following diagram:
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There can be only one Primary Coodinator Contact per project. Is the primary point of contact between the Commission and the Consortium for negotiations. Has read and write access to all electronic tools, to the forms of his/her organisation and to the common forms of the consortium. Can submit forms to the European Commission. | Coordinator Contacts, Task Managers and Team Members within his/her organisation. Assign Financial Signatories to a project within his/her organisation. Participants Contacts for any organisation in the consortium. | The contact person of the coordinating entity identified in the proposal is automatically transferred as Primary Coordinator Contact. Can only be revoked or modified by the European Commission. |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There can be maximum 4 Coodinator Contacts per project. Has read and write access to all electronic tools, to the forms of his/her organisation and to the common forms of the consortium. Can submit forms to the European Commission. | Other Coordinator Contacts within their organisation; all the nominated Coordinator Contacts have similar rights. Task Managers and Team Members within their organisation. Assign Financial Signatories to a project within his/her organisation. | The Primary Coordinator Contact or another Coordinator Contact. |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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The Participant Contacts are nominated to represent the organisation within the consortium. There is at least one Participant Contact per organisation, with a maximum of 5 Participant Contacts per organisation. All Participant Contacts have read and write access to their organisation’s forms. All Participant Contacts can submit forms to the Coordinator Contacts. | Other Participant Contacts, Task Managers and Team Members within his/her organisation. Assign Financial Signatories to a project within his/her organisation. | The Primary Coordinator Contact only. |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There may be one or more Task Manager(s) per organisation. Can create, save and update forms of their organisation | N/A | The Primary Coordinator Contact or other Coordinator Contacts (for the coordinating entity). Participant Contacts (for other entities). |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There may be one or more Team Member(s) per organisation. Have limited access rights: search, read-only. | N/A | The Primary Coordinator Contact or other Coordinator Contacts (for the coordinating entity). Participant Contacts (for other entities). |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There may be one or more Financial Signatory(s) assigned to a project within an organisation. Can electronically sign financial statements (Forms C) and submit them to the European Commission (for the coordinating entity) or to the coordinating entity (for other entities). Has read and write access to his/her organisation’s forms. | N/A | The Primary Coordinator Contact or other Coordinator Contacts (for the coordinating entity). Participant Contacts (for other entities). |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There can be only one LEAR per organisation. Access the list of roles/persons representing his/her organisation in Projects and the list of projects and proposals of his/her organisation. Can request to revoke users from roles within his/her organisation e.g. by asking a Coordinator Contact or a Participant Contact to revoke a role. Is reponsible for the updates of the organisation-related data, can request (online) the modification of such data, and upload supporting documents. | Account Administrators and Financial Signatories within his/her organisation. | Can only be revoked or modified by the Commission. |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There may be one or more Account Administrator(s) within an organisation. Access the list of roles/persons representing his/her organisation in Projects and the list of projects and proposals of his/her organisation. Can request (online) the update of the organisation-related data. Can request to revoke users from roles within his/her organisation, e.g. by asking a Coordinator Contactor a Participant Contact to revoke a role. | Financial Signatories within his/her organisation. | The LEAR (of his/her entity). |
Rights | Can nominate/revoke | Is nominated/revoked by |
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There may be one or more Financial Signatory(s) within an organisation. Has no right as long as not assigned to a project. | N/A | The LEAR or Account Administrators (of his/her entity). |
Click here to view a detailed PowerPoint presentation describing the new IAM process as it applies to electronic signature.Identity and Access Management (January 1, 2013)