diff --git a/orcid/my-orcid-links/myOrcidLinks.component.ts b/orcid/my-orcid-links/myOrcidLinks.component.ts
index 387cc2c9..2f41910e 100644
--- a/orcid/my-orcid-links/myOrcidLinks.component.ts
+++ b/orcid/my-orcid-links/myOrcidLinks.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {ResultPreview} from "../../utils/result-preview/result-preview";
 import {Meta, Title} from "@angular/platform-browser";
 import {UserManagementService} from "../../services/user-management.service";
 import {PiwikService} from "../../utils/piwik/piwik.service";
+import {IndexInfoService} from "../../utils/indexInfo.service";
 
 declare var UIkit: any;
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ declare var UIkit: any;
               My ORCID links
             </div>
             <span *ngIf="authorNameParam" class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-expand@m">
-              <a class="uk-button-text uk-align-right@m" [queryParams]="authorNameParam" 
+              <a class="uk-button-text uk-align-left uk-align-right@m" [queryParams]="authorNameParam" 
                   [routerLink]="properties.searchLinkToAdvancedResults" routerLinkActive="router-link-active">
                 Discover research results related to you
               </a>
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ declare var UIkit: any;
               but the <span class="orcid-color">green icon</span> is missing?
               <br>
               No worries! It will appear, as soon as we synchronize again with ORCID data.
-                  <a href="https://www.openaire.eu/openaire-explore-integration-with-the-orcid-search-and-link-wizard"
+              <span *ngIf="lastOrcidUpdateDate">Latest synchronization was on {{lastOrcidUpdateDate | date}}. </span>
+              <a href="https://www.openaire.eu/openaire-explore-integration-with-the-orcid-search-and-link-wizard"
                      target="_blank" class="uk-display-inline-block">
                 Read more  <span class="custom-external custom-icon space"></span>
               </a>
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ export class MyOrcidLinksComponent {
   pagingLimit = 0;
 
   properties:EnvProperties;
+  public lastOrcidUpdateDate: string = "";
 
   @Input() public communityId: string = null;
 
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ export class MyOrcidLinksComponent {
   constructor (private route: ActivatedRoute, private router: Router,
                private _piwikService:PiwikService,
                private _orcidService: OrcidService,
+               private indexInfoService: IndexInfoService,
                private _searchResearchResultsService: SearchResearchResultsService,
                private userManagementService: UserManagementService,
                private _meta: Meta, private _title: Title
@@ -163,6 +167,13 @@ export class MyOrcidLinksComponent {
         // + "&response_type=code&scope=/authenticate /activities/update /person/update /read-limited"
         + "&response_type=code&scope=/activities/update /read-limited"
         + "&redirect_uri="+location.origin+"/orcid?source=openaire";
+
+      this.indexInfoService.getLastOrcidUpdateDate(properties).subscribe(
+        date => {
+          this.lastOrcidUpdateDate = date;
+        },
+        error => { console.error("Error in fetching last orcid update date ",error); }
+      )
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/utils/indexInfo.service.ts b/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
index e4c7bfce..0835e04f 100644
--- a/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
+++ b/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export class IndexInfoService {
     let url = properties.indexInfoAPI;
     return this.http.get((properties.useLongCache)? (properties.cacheUrl+encodeURIComponent(url)): url).pipe(map(res => res['stats_update_date'])).pipe(catchError(err => {return of(null)}));
   }
+  getLastOrcidUpdateDate(properties: EnvProperties): Observable<any> {
+    let url = properties.indexInfoAPI;
+    return this.http.get((properties.useLongCache)? (properties.cacheUrl+encodeURIComponent(url)): url).pipe(map(res => res['orcid_update_date'])).pipe(catchError(err => {return of(null)}));
+  }
 }