The Interoperable Europe Portal is a valuable resource for accessing and utilising various interoperability tools, frameworks, and guidelines across Europe.
This How-To article focuses on the step-by-step creation of a news item, and event item and a document item on the Portal.
What type of content?
Related to interoperability and digitalisation of public administrations; to the planning, development and implementation of digital public services; and so on. They can be in the form of:
- solution;
- news;
- discussion;
- document;
- event;
- glossary term;
- custom page.
The creation of custom pages is restricted to Solution and Collection Owners or Facilitators (discover all the Portal roles here).
Who can create content?
All registered users on the platform that follow the steps of the video can create content, including:
- Public servants from European, national, regional and local administrations;
- Academia members;
- Organisations developing digital public services with or for public administrations; and
- Other.
How to create content?
- Click on the video below to see a demo on how to easily create news, events and documents on the Portal;
- For more information on how to use building blocks to create content on the Portal, check this article.
All content to be proposed in the platform must comply with the Portal's contribution rules.
Steps to create content on the Portal
Tips to create meaningful and attractive content
For content to be meaningful and attractive, users should ensure that it is:
Content should be linked to the theme or the subject of the Collection and be shaped around the interests of its members.
Valuable content can come in every shape, size, and media format. Varying the format of the content is a good way to keep members interested. Existing content can easily be refreshed, and knowledge can be transferred in more than one way. For example, a one-thousand-word article, when converted into a colourful infographic, could attract new readers and is more likely to be shared on social media.
Planning a content calendar helps you to post often as Collection owner or facilitator. It also sets a routine for your members and new visitors. So, post up-to-date content regularly and answer questions from members immediately. To start a discussion, you can come up with thought-provoking topics, to jump-start interaction and engagement between members. Your active input makes the Collection consistent and helps it to grow.
The owner or facilitator of a Collection should make sure that the content published on the platform is of high quality by moderating any content proposed by other members. The owner or facilitator should therefore value good contributions, by highlighting them and motivating others to comment. You should be aware that a lack of focus will discourage your users, so remove content that is inappropriate.
All of this will increase the value of the Collection which, in turn, will increase the knowledge exchange opportunities among its members and its visibility.
Do you have any questions?