diff --git a/src/app/openaireLibrary b/src/app/openaireLibrary
index 1fbb461..2eb0671 160000
--- a/src/app/openaireLibrary
+++ b/src/app/openaireLibrary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1fbb461faa26047e350ab3319684f7ab62154c3e
+Subproject commit 2eb06717dd681898ef47da0f5da39a9005df3878
diff --git a/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.component.ts b/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.component.ts
index 465bf78..dd97f3d 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component, OnDestroy, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {Session, User} from '../../openaireLibrary/login/utils/helper.class';
 import {EnvProperties} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/properties/env-properties';
 import {ActivatedRoute} from '@angular/router';
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import {UserManagementService} from '../../openaireLibrary/services/user-managem
 import {Title} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {properties} from "../../../environments/environment";
 import {Subscription} from "rxjs";
+import {SearchInputComponent} from '../../openaireLibrary/sharedComponents/search-input/search-input.component';
+import {FormBuilder, FormGroup} from '@angular/forms';
+import {SearchUtilsClass} from '../../openaireLibrary/searchPages/searchUtils/searchUtils.class';
+import {ErrorCodes} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/properties/errorCodes';
 
 type Tab = 'all' | 'communities' | 'ris';
 
@@ -23,7 +27,15 @@ type Tab = 'all' | 'communities' | 'ris';
           <li [class.uk-active]="tab === 'ris'"><a routerLink="./" fragment="ris"><span class="title">Research Initiatives</span></a>
           </li>
         </ul>
-      </div>
+				<div *ngIf="properties.environment == 'development'" class="uk-width-1-1 uk-flex uk-flex-right@m uk-flex-center uk-flex-wrap uk-flex-middle uk-grid" uk-grid>
+					<div #searchInputComponent search-input [control]="filterForm.controls.keyword" [showSearch]="false"
+						placeholder="Search"
+						[selected]="communitySearchUtils.keyword" (closeEmitter)="onSearchClose()" (resetEmitter)="resetInput()"
+						[bordered]="true" colorClass="uk-text-secondary"
+						class="uk-width-1-3@xl uk-width-2-5@l uk-width-1-2@m uk-width-1-1">
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			</div>
       <div inner>
         <div *ngIf="loading" class="uk-margin-medium-top uk-padding-large">
           <loading></loading>
@@ -33,7 +45,7 @@ type Tab = 'all' | 'communities' | 'ris';
             <h6 class="uk-text-bold">Research Communities</h6>
             <div class="uk-grid uk-child-width-1-4@xl uk-child-width-1-3@l uk-child-width-1-2@m uk-grid-match" uk-grid
                  uk-height-match="target: .name;">
-              <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="communities" let-community let-i="index">
+              <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="filteredCommunities" let-community let-i="index">
                 <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="communityBox; context: {community:community}"></ng-container>
               </ng-template>
             </div>
@@ -47,7 +59,7 @@ type Tab = 'all' | 'communities' | 'ris';
             <h6 class="uk-text-bold">Research Initiatives</h6>
             <div class="uk-grid uk-grid-match uk-child-width-1-4@xl uk-child-width-1-3@l uk-child-width-1-2@m" uk-grid
                  uk-height-match="target: .name;">
-              <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="ris" let-community let-i="index">
+              <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="filteredRis" let-community let-i="index">
                 <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="communityBox; context: {community:community}"></ng-container>
               </ng-template>
             </div>
@@ -81,19 +93,44 @@ type Tab = 'all' | 'communities' | 'ris';
 export class ManageCommunitiesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   public properties: EnvProperties = properties;
   public communities: CommunityInfo[] = [];
+	public filteredCommunities: CommunityInfo[] = [];
   public ris: CommunityInfo[] = [];
+	public filteredRis: CommunityInfo[] = [];
   public loading: boolean;
   public user: User;
   public tab: Tab = "all";
   private subscriptions: any[] = [];
+	public communitySearchUtils: SearchUtilsClass = new SearchUtilsClass();
+	public errorCodes: ErrorCodes;
+
+	// Search
+	@ViewChild('searchInputComponent') searchInputComponent: SearchInputComponent;
+	filterForm: FormGroup;
+  // private searchText: RegExp = new RegExp('');
+	private searchText: string = '';
+  public keyword: string = '';
   
   constructor(private  route: ActivatedRoute,
+							private _fb: FormBuilder,
               private communitiesService: CommunitiesService,
               private title: Title,
               private userManagementService: UserManagementService) {
+		this.errorCodes = new ErrorCodes();
+    this.communitySearchUtils.status = this.errorCodes.LOADING;
   }
   
   ngOnInit() {
+		this.communitySearchUtils.keyword = "";
+
+    this.filterForm = this._fb.group({
+      keyword: [''],
+    });
+
+		this.subscriptions.push(this.filterForm.get('keyword').valueChanges.subscribe(value => {
+      this.searchText = value.toLowerCase();
+			this.applyFilters();
+    }));
+
     this.loading = true;
     this.title.setTitle('Administrator Dashboard | Manage Communities');
     this.subscriptions.push(this.route.fragment.subscribe((fragment: Tab) => {
@@ -109,18 +146,22 @@ export class ManageCommunitiesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.subscriptions.push(this.communitiesService.getCommunities(this.properties, this.properties.communityAPI + 'communities').subscribe(
           communities => {
             this.communities = [];
+						this.filteredCommunities = [];
             this.ris = [];
-            console.log(communities);
+						this.filteredRis = [];
             communities.forEach(community => {
               if (Session.isPortalAdministrator(this.user) || Session.isCommunityCurator(this.user) || Session.isManager('community', community.communityId, this.user)) {
                 if (community.type === 'community') {
                   this.communities.push(community);
+									this.filteredCommunities.push(community);
                 } else {
                   this.ris.push(community);
+									this.filteredRis.push(community);
                 }
               }
             })
             this.loading = false;
+						this.keyword = '';
           }));
       }
     }));
@@ -151,5 +192,19 @@ export class ManageCommunitiesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       default:
         return false;
     }
+  }
+
+	public applyFilters() {
+    this.filteredCommunities = this.communities.filter(community => community.shortTitle.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchText) || community.title.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchText));
+		this.filteredRis = this.ris.filter(community => community.shortTitle.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchText) || community.title.toLowerCase().includes(this.searchText));
+  }
+
+	public onSearchClose() {
+    this.communitySearchUtils.keyword = this.filterForm.get('keyword').value;
+  }
+
+  public resetInput() {
+    this.communitySearchUtils.keyword = null;
+    this.searchInputComponent.reset()
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.module.ts b/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.module.ts
index db83fdd..bf73f92 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/manage-communities/manage-communities.module.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import {IconsModule} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/icons/icons.module';
 import {IconsService} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/icons/icons.service';
 import {earth, group, lock} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/icons/icons';
 import {LogoUrlPipeModule} from "../../openaireLibrary/utils/pipes/logoUrlPipe.module";
+import {SearchInputModule} from '../../openaireLibrary/sharedComponents/search-input/search-input.module';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
-    CommonModule, ManageCommunitiesRoutingModule, RouterModule, PageContentModule, LoadingModule, UrlPrefixModule, IconsModule, LogoUrlPipeModule
+    CommonModule, ManageCommunitiesRoutingModule, RouterModule, PageContentModule, LoadingModule, UrlPrefixModule, IconsModule, LogoUrlPipeModule, SearchInputModule
   ],
   declarations: [ManageCommunitiesComponent],
   providers: [LoginGuard, CommunitiesService],