diff --git a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-column.component.ts b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-column.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3bb22a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-column.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import {AfterContentInit, Component, ContentChildren, Input, OnDestroy, QueryList} from '@angular/core';
+import {SliderItemComponent} from "./slider-item.component";
+import {SliderNavItemComponent} from "./slider-nav-item.component";
+import {SliderContainerComponent} from "./slider-container.component";
+import {LayoutService} from "../../dashboard/sharedComponents/sidebar/layout.service";
+import {Subscriber} from "rxjs";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'slider-column',
+  template: `
+      <div class="uk-position-relative">
+          <ng-content></ng-content>
+      </div>
+  `
+})
+export class SliderColumnComponent implements AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
+  @Input()
+  type: 'slider' | 'nav' = null;
+  @Input()
+  animation = 'uk-animation-fade';
+  @ContentChildren(SliderItemComponent) items: QueryList<SliderItemComponent>;
+  @ContentChildren(SliderNavItemComponent) navItems: QueryList<SliderNavItemComponent>;
+  public isMobile: boolean;
+  private subscriptions: any[] = [];
+
+  constructor(private layoutService: LayoutService) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.subscriptions.forEach(value => {
+      if (value instanceof Subscriber) {
+        value.unsubscribe();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  ngAfterContentInit() {
+    this.slides.forEach(slide => {
+      slide.init(this.animation);
+    });
+    this.navItems.forEach(slide => {
+      slide.init(this.animation);
+    });
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.layoutService.isMobile.subscribe(isMobile => {
+      this.isMobile = isMobile;
+    }));
+  }
+
+  change(time: number) {
+    if (this.type === 'slider') {
+      let slides = this.slides;
+      for (let i = 0; i < slides.length; i++) {
+        slides[i].setActive(slides[i].start <= time && (!slides[i + 1] || slides[i + 1].start > time));
+      }
+    }
+    if (this.type === 'nav') {
+      let slides = this.navItems;
+      for (let i = 0; i < slides.length; i++) {
+        if (this.isMobile) {
+          slides.get(i).setActive(slides.get(i).start <= time && (!slides.get(i + 1) || slides.get(i + 1).start > time));
+        }
+        slides.get(i).active = slides.get(i).start <= time && (!slides.get(i + 1) || slides.get(i + 1).start > time);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  setContainer(container: SliderContainerComponent) {
+    if (this.type === 'nav') {
+      this.navItems.forEach(item => {
+        item.container = container;
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  get slides(): SliderItemComponent[] {
+    return this.items.filter(item => item.type === 'slide');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-container.component.ts b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-container.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..856eeb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-container.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import {
+  AfterContentInit,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ContentChildren,
+  ElementRef,
+  Input, OnDestroy,
+  OnInit,
+  QueryList
+} from "@angular/core";
+import {SliderColumnComponent} from "./slider-column.component";
+
+export class Stage {
+  value: number;
+  max:  number;
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'slider-container',
+  template: `
+      <div class="uk-grid uk-grid-large uk-flex uk-flex-middle uk-child-width-1-1" [ngClass]="'uk-child-width-1-' + sliders?.length + '@m'" uk-grid>
+          <ng-content></ng-content>
+      </div>
+      <div *ngIf="navigation === 'progress' &&  stages.length > 0" class="uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-margin-large-top">
+          <div  class="uk-width-1-3@m uk-width-1-1 uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-flex-middle" [ngClass]="'uk-child-width-1-' + stages.length" uk-grid>
+              <div *ngFor="let stage  of stages; let i=index">
+                  <progress (click)="start(i)"  class="uk-progress" [value]="stage.value" [max]="stage.max"></progress>
+              </div>
+          </div>
+      </div>
+  `
+})
+export class SliderContainerComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
+  private static INTERVAL = 10;
+  private static ANIMATION_DURATION = 600; // UIKit progress animation duration
+
+  @ContentChildren(SliderColumnComponent) sliders: QueryList<SliderColumnComponent>;
+  @Input()
+  navigation: 'progress' | null = null;
+  @Input()
+  total: number = 0;
+  @Input()
+  period: number = 3000; // in ms (>= 1000ms)
+  @Input()
+  infinite: boolean = false;
+  @Input()
+  parent: HTMLDivElement;
+  stages: Stage[] = [];
+  time: number = 0;
+  interval: any;
+  observer: IntersectionObserver;
+  initialized: boolean = false;
+  stopped: boolean = true;
+
+  constructor(private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef, private element: ElementRef) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.period = this.period - SliderContainerComponent.ANIMATION_DURATION;
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    if(this.observer) {
+      this.observer.disconnect();
+    }
+  }
+
+  ngAfterContentInit() {
+    this.setObserver();
+    this.sliders.forEach(slider => {
+      slider.setContainer(this);
+      slider.navItems.forEach(item => {
+        if(this.parent) {
+          item.background = getComputedStyle(this.parent).backgroundColor;
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  setObserver() {
+    let options = {
+      root: null,
+      rootMargin: '0px',
+      threshold: 0.1
+    };
+    this.observer = new IntersectionObserver(entries => {
+      entries.forEach(entry => {
+        if (entry.isIntersecting && !this.initialized) {
+          this.stopped = false;
+          this.start(0);
+          this.initialized = true;
+        } else {
+          this.initialized = false;
+          this.stopped = true;
+        }
+      });
+    }, options);
+    this.observer.observe(this.element.nativeElement);
+  }
+
+  start(time: number) {
+    this.stages = [];
+    for(let i = 0; i < this.total; i++) {
+      this.stages.push({value: (time > i?this.period:(time - i)), max: this.period});
+    }
+    if(this.interval) {
+      clearInterval(this.interval);
+    }
+    this.cdr.detectChanges();
+    this.interval = setInterval(() => {
+      let current = Math.floor(time);
+      this.stages[current].value += SliderContainerComponent.INTERVAL;
+      this.time = current + this.stages[current].value/this.stages[current].max;
+      this.sliders.forEach(slider => {
+        slider.change(this.time);
+      });
+      if(this.stages[current].value >= this.stages[current].max) {
+        clearInterval(this.interval);
+        let next = (current + 1 > this.total - 1)?0:current + 1;
+        if(!this.stopped && (this.infinite || next > current)) {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.start(next);
+          }, SliderContainerComponent.ANIMATION_DURATION);
+        }
+      }
+    }, SliderContainerComponent.INTERVAL);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-item.component.ts b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-item.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49202132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-item.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import {Component, ElementRef, Input} from "@angular/core";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'slider-item',
+  template: `
+    <ng-content></ng-content>
+  `
+})
+export class SliderItemComponent {
+  @Input()
+  type: 'slide' | 'static' = 'slide';
+  @Input()
+  start: number;
+
+  constructor(private element: ElementRef) {
+  }
+
+  init(animation: string) {
+    this.element.nativeElement.classList.add(animation);
+  }
+
+  setActive(active: boolean) {
+    if(active) {
+      this.element.nativeElement.classList.remove('uk-hidden');
+    } else {
+      this.element.nativeElement.classList.add('uk-hidden');
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-nav-item.component.ts b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-nav-item.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a2764e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-nav-item.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, Input, ViewChild} from "@angular/core";
+import {ActivatedRoute} from "@angular/router";
+import {SliderContainerComponent} from "./slider-container.component";
+import {SliderItemComponent} from "./slider-item.component";
+
+export interface Link {
+  routerLink?: {
+    commands: string[] | string,
+    queryParams?: Object,
+    fragment?: string,
+    relativeTo?: ActivatedRoute
+  }
+  href?: string
+  external?: boolean
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'slider-nav-item',
+  template: `
+    <div *ngIf="container" (click)="container.start(start)" class="uk-flex uk-flex-middle" [class.uk-active]="active">
+        <div class="uk-width-expand">
+            <ng-content></ng-content>
+        </div>
+        <div *ngIf="link" class="action">
+            <a *ngIf="link?.routerLink" #linkElement class="uk-text-decoration-none" [routerLink]="link.routerLink.commands" [queryParams]="link.routerLink.queryParams"
+               [fragment]="link.routerLink.fragment"  [relativeTo]="link.routerLink.relativeTo" [target]="link.external?'_blank':'_self'">
+                <icon name="chevron_right" ratio="1.5" [flex]="true"></icon>
+            </a>
+            <a *ngIf="link?.href" #linkElement [href]="link.href" class="uk-text-decoration-none" [target]="link.external?'_blank':'_self'">
+                <icon name="chevron_right" ratio="1.5"  [flex]="true"></icon>
+            </a>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+  `
+})
+export class SliderNavItemComponent extends SliderItemComponent implements AfterViewInit {
+  @Input()
+  link: Link = null;
+  @Input()
+  start: number;
+  active: boolean = false;
+  container: SliderContainerComponent;
+  background: string;
+  @ViewChild('linkElement') linkElement: ElementRef;
+
+  ngAfterViewInit() {
+    if(this.linkElement) {
+      this.linkElement.nativeElement.style.background = this.background;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-utils.module.ts b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-utils.module.ts
index da0d1181..ca8ded90 100644
--- a/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-utils.module.ts
+++ b/sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-utils.module.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import {NgModule} from "@angular/core";
 import {CommonModule} from "@angular/common";
 import {SliderArrowComponent} from "./slider-arrow.component";
 import {IconsModule} from "../../utils/icons/icons.module";
+import {SliderNavItemComponent} from "./slider-nav-item.component";
+import {SliderItemComponent} from "./slider-item.component";
+import {RouterLink} from "@angular/router";
+import {SliderColumnComponent} from "./slider-column.component";
+import {SliderContainerComponent} from "./slider-container.component";
 
 @NgModule({
-  imports: [CommonModule, IconsModule],
-  declarations: [SliderArrowComponent],
-  exports: [SliderArrowComponent]
+  imports: [CommonModule, IconsModule, RouterLink],
+  declarations: [SliderContainerComponent, SliderArrowComponent, SliderNavItemComponent, SliderItemComponent, SliderColumnComponent],
+  exports: [SliderContainerComponent, SliderArrowComponent, SliderNavItemComponent, SliderItemComponent, SliderColumnComponent],
 })
-export class SliderUtilsModule {}
\ No newline at end of file
+export class SliderUtilsModule {}
diff --git a/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.component.ts b/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f194e7a..00000000
--- a/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import {Component, Input} from '@angular/core';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'gif-slider',
-  template: `
-    <div tabindex="-1" [attr.uk-slider]="'velocity: ' + velocity + 
-                                        ';autoplay: '+ autoplay + 
-                                        ';autoplay-interval: ' + autoplayInterval + 
-                                        ';pause-on-hover: ' + pauseOnHover + 
-                                        ';center: ' + center">
-     <div class="uk-slider-container">
-      <ul class="uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1">
-        <li *ngFor="let gif of gifs">
-          <div class="uk-flex uk-padding uk-child-width-1-2@m uk-child-width-1-1@s" uk-grid>
-            <div>
-              <img [attr.src]="gif.gif" class="uk-box-shadow-large uk-border-rounded" loading="lazy">
-            </div>
-            <div [ngClass]="(gifRight)?'uk-flex-first':''" class="uk-margin-top">
-              <div>
-                <div class="uk-text-bold uk-h4">{{gif.header}}</div>
-                <div class="uk-margin-medium"> {{gif.text}}</div>
-                <div *ngIf="link" class="uk-inline">
-                  <a class="uk-button portal-button uk-text-uppercase" [routerLink]="route" routerLinkActive="router-link-active">{{linkTitle}}</a>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-      <ul class="uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin"></ul>
-     </div>
-    </div>`
-})
-
-export class GifSliderComponent {
-  @Input() gifs: {"gif": string, "header": string, "text"}[] = [];
-  @Input() link = false;
-  @Input() route = null;
-  @Input() linkTitle = null;
-  @Input() gifRight = false;
-  @Input() velocity = 0;
-  @Input() autoplay = true;
-  @Input() autoplayInterval = 4000;
-  @Input() pauseOnHover = false;
-  @Input() center = true;
-
-}
diff --git a/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.module.ts b/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 39f466b4..00000000
--- a/utils/gif-slider/gif-slider.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { NgModule}      from '@angular/core';
-import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import {GifSliderComponent} from "./gif-slider.component";
-
-@NgModule({
-  imports: [
-    CommonModule, RouterModule
-  ],
-  declarations: [
-    GifSliderComponent
-  ],
-  providers:[
-  ],
-  exports: [
-    GifSliderComponent
-  ]
-})
-export class GifSliderModule { }
diff --git a/utils/theme/theme.component.html b/utils/theme/theme.component.html
index c3192d3d..660bfd7d 100644
--- a/utils/theme/theme.component.html
+++ b/utils/theme/theme.component.html
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     </nav>
     <div class="uk-section uk-section-default">
       <div class="uk-container">
-
         <div uk-grid="" class="uk-grid">
           <div class="uk-width-2-3@m uk-first-column">
 
@@ -292,10 +291,10 @@
 
         <hr class="uk-margin-large">
 
-        <div id="inputs" class="uk-grid-divider uk-grid" uk-grid="">
+        <div class="uk-grid-divider uk-grid" uk-grid="">
           <div class="uk-width-3-5@m uk-first-column">
 
-            <div class="uk-child-width-expand@s uk-grid" uk-grid="">
+            <div id="inputs" class="uk-child-width-expand@s uk-grid" uk-grid="">
               <form class="uk-grid uk-child-width-1-1" uk-grid>
 
                 <div class="uk-width-1-2">
@@ -468,6 +467,41 @@
           </div>
         </div>
 
+
+
+        <div id="sliders" #sliders class="uk-section uk-section-default">
+          <slider-container [total]="3" [navigation]="'progress'" [parent]="sliders">
+            <slider-column type="slider">
+              <slider-item type="slide" [start]="0">
+                <img src="assets/common-assets/logo-services/connect/main.svg" alt="ipad" loading="lazy">
+              </slider-item>
+              <slider-item type="slide" [start]="1">
+                <img src="assets/common-assets/logo-services/explore/main.svg" alt="ipad" loading="lazy">
+              </slider-item>
+              <slider-item type="slide" [start]="2">
+                <img src="assets/common-assets/logo-services/monitor/main.svg" alt="ipad" loading="lazy">
+              </slider-item>
+            </slider-column>
+            <slider-column type="nav">
+              <slider-nav-item [start]="0" [link]="{href: 'http://mpagasas.di.uoa.gr:4200'}">
+                <h3 class="uk-h6">
+                  OpenAIRE Connect
+                </h3>
+              </slider-nav-item>
+              <slider-nav-item [start]="1">
+                <h3 class="uk-h6">
+                  OpenAIRE Explore
+                </h3>
+              </slider-nav-item>
+              <slider-nav-item [start]="2">
+                <h3 class="uk-h6">
+                  OpenAIRE Monitor
+                </h3>
+              </slider-nav-item>
+            </slider-column>
+          </slider-container>
+        </div>
+
         <hr class="uk-margin-medium">
 
         <div class="uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-expand@m uk-grid" uk-grid="">
diff --git a/utils/theme/theme.component.ts b/utils/theme/theme.component.ts
index 37bba193..1b4854b7 100644
--- a/utils/theme/theme.component.ts
+++ b/utils/theme/theme.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {ValidatorFn, Validators} from "@angular/forms";
 import {StringUtils} from "../string-utils.class";
 import {ActivatedRoute} from "@angular/router";
 import {Subscriber} from "rxjs";
+import {OpenaireEntities} from "../properties/searchFields";
 
 
 @Component({
@@ -36,4 +37,6 @@ export class ThemeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       }
     });
   }
+
+  protected readonly OpenaireEntities = OpenaireEntities;
 }
diff --git a/utils/theme/theme.module.ts b/utils/theme/theme.module.ts
index cdb56ed8..a516a84f 100644
--- a/utils/theme/theme.module.ts
+++ b/utils/theme/theme.module.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import {ThemeRoutingModule} from "./theme-routing.module";
 import {ThemeComponent} from "./theme.component";
 import {IconsModule} from "../icons/icons.module";
 import {InputModule} from "../../sharedComponents/input/input.module";
+import {SliderUtilsModule} from "../../sharedComponents/slider-utils/slider-utils.module";
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     CommonModule, RouterModule,
-    ThemeRoutingModule, IconsModule, InputModule
+    ThemeRoutingModule, IconsModule, InputModule, SliderUtilsModule
   ],
   declarations: [
     ThemeComponent