diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
index b2d3253d5..18362da68 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public class PrepareProgramme {
 
 		JavaRDD<CSVProgramme> h2020Programmes = programme
 			.toJavaRDD()
-			.filter(p -> p.getFrameworkProgramme().trim().equalsIgnoreCase("H2020"))
 			.mapToPair(csvProgramme -> new Tuple2<>(csvProgramme.getCode(), csvProgramme))
 			.reduceByKey((a, b) -> {
 				if (!a.getLanguage().equals("en")) {
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
index e5cae0ff7..07786d62d 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
-import eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.CSVProgramme;
+
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.CSVProject;
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser;
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.HdfsSupport;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class PrepareProjects {
 
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PrepareProgramme.class);
 	private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
-	private static final HashMap<String, CSVProgramme> programmeMap = new HashMap<>();
+
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
index a583b7bfa..fdc12c662 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/SparkAtomicActionJob.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public class SparkAtomicActionJob {
 			.map((MapFunction<Tuple2<CSVProject, CSVProgramme>, Project>) c -> {
 
 				CSVProject csvProject = c._1();
-				Optional<CSVProgramme> ocsvProgramme = Optional.ofNullable(c._2());
 
 				return Optional
 					.ofNullable(c._2())
@@ -135,9 +134,9 @@ public class SparkAtomicActionJob {
 						H2020Programme pm = new H2020Programme();
 						H2020Classification h2020classification = new H2020Classification();
 						pm.setCode(csvProject.getProgramme());
-						h2020classification.setClassification(ocsvProgramme.get().getClassification());
+						h2020classification.setClassification(csvProgramme.getClassification());
 						h2020classification.setH2020Programme(pm);
-						setLevelsandProgramme(h2020classification, ocsvProgramme.get().getClassification_short());
+						setLevelsandProgramme(h2020classification, csvProgramme.getClassification_short());
 						// setProgramme(h2020classification, ocsvProgramme.get().getClassification());
 						pp.setH2020classification(Arrays.asList(h2020classification));
 
@@ -145,10 +144,11 @@ public class SparkAtomicActionJob {
 					})
 					.orElse(null);
 
-			}, Encoders.bean(Project.class));
+			}, Encoders.bean(Project.class))
+			.filter(Objects::nonNull);
 
 		aaproject
-			.joinWith(topic, aaproject.col("h2020topiccode").equalTo(topic.col("code")))
+			.joinWith(topic, aaproject.col("h2020topiccode").equalTo(topic.col("code")), "left")
 			.map((MapFunction<Tuple2<Project, EXCELTopic>, Project>) p -> {
 				Optional<EXCELTopic> op = Optional.ofNullable(p._2());
 				Project rp = p._1();
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/CSVProgramme.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/CSVProgramme.java
index f991a4297..d486f0104 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/CSVProgramme.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/CSVProgramme.java
@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  * The model for the programme csv file
  */
 public class CSVProgramme implements Serializable {
-	private String parentProgramme;
-	private String frameworkProgramme;
-	private String startDate;
-	private String endDate;
-	private String objective;
-	private String subjects;
-	private String legalBasis;
-	private String call;
+
 	private String rcn;
 	private String code;
 
@@ -80,67 +73,5 @@ public class CSVProgramme implements Serializable {
 		this.language = language;
 	}
 
-	public String getParentProgramme() {
-		return parentProgramme;
-	}
-
-	public void setParentProgramme(String parentProgramme) {
-		this.parentProgramme = parentProgramme;
-	}
-
-	public String getFrameworkProgramme() {
-		return frameworkProgramme;
-	}
-
-	public void setFrameworkProgramme(String frameworkProgramme) {
-		this.frameworkProgramme = frameworkProgramme;
-	}
-
-	public String getStartDate() {
-		return startDate;
-	}
-
-	public void setStartDate(String startDate) {
-		this.startDate = startDate;
-	}
-
-	public String getEndDate() {
-		return endDate;
-	}
-
-	public void setEndDate(String endDate) {
-		this.endDate = endDate;
-	}
-
-	public String getObjective() {
-		return objective;
-	}
-
-	public void setObjective(String objective) {
-		this.objective = objective;
-	}
-
-	public String getSubjects() {
-		return subjects;
-	}
-
-	public void setSubjects(String subjects) {
-		this.subjects = subjects;
-	}
-
-	public String getLegalBasis() {
-		return legalBasis;
-	}
-
-	public void setLegalBasis(String legalBasis) {
-		this.legalBasis = legalBasis;
-	}
-
-	public String getCall() {
-		return call;
-	}
-
-	public void setCall(String call) {
-		this.call = call;
-	}
+//
 }
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/EXCELParser.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/EXCELParser.java
index 1a6ebb9e8..5f5b61d8b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/EXCELParser.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/utils/EXCELParser.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class EXCELParser {
 		throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException,
 		InvalidFormatException {
 
-		// OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(httpConnector.getInputSourceAsStream(URL));
 		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(file);
 		XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(pkg);
 
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ public class EXCELParser {
 
 				for (int i = 0; i < headers.size(); i++) {
 					Cell cell = row.getCell(i);
-					String value = dataFormatter.formatCellValue(cell);
 					FieldUtils.writeField(cc, headers.get(i), dataFormatter.formatCellValue(cell), true);
 
 				}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 8ce581885..e4f2715fb 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<workflow-app name="H2020Programme" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.5">
+<workflow-app name="H2020Classification" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.5">
     <parameters>
         <property>
             <name>projectFileURL</name>
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
             <name>outputPath</name>
             <description>path where to store the action set</description>
         </property>
+        <property>
+            <name>sheetName</name>
+            <description>the name of the sheet to read</description>
+        </property>
     </parameters>
 
     <start to="deleteoutputpath"/>
@@ -31,10 +35,23 @@
             <delete path='${workingDir}'/>
             <mkdir path='${workingDir}'/>
         </fs>
-        <ok to="get_project_file"/>
+        <ok to="fork_get_info"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
+
+    <fork name="fork_get_info">
+        <path start="fork_get_projects"/>
+        <path start="get_programme_file"/>
+        <path start="get_topic_file"/>
+
+    </fork>
+
+    <fork name="fork_get_projects">
+        <path start="get_project_file"/>
+        <path start="read_projects"/>
+    </fork>
+
     <action name="get_project_file">
         <java>
             <main-class>eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.ReadCSV</main-class>
@@ -43,7 +60,7 @@
             <arg>--hdfsPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/projects</arg>
             <arg>--classForName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.CSVProject</arg>
         </java>
-        <ok to="get_programme_file"/>
+        <ok to="wait_projects"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
@@ -55,7 +72,7 @@
             <arg>--hdfsPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/programme</arg>
             <arg>--classForName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.CSVProgramme</arg>
         </java>
-        <ok to="get_topic_file"/>
+        <ok to="prepare_programme"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
@@ -68,7 +85,7 @@
             <arg>--sheetName</arg><arg>${sheetName}</arg>
             <arg>--classForName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.EXCELTopic</arg>
         </java>
-        <ok to="read_projects"/>
+        <ok to="wait"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
@@ -81,7 +98,7 @@
             <arg>--postgresUser</arg><arg>${postgresUser}</arg>
             <arg>--postgresPassword</arg><arg>${postgresPassword}</arg>
         </java>
-        <ok to="prepare_programme"/>
+        <ok to="wait_projects"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
@@ -105,10 +122,15 @@
             <arg>--programmePath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/programme</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/preparedProgramme</arg>
         </spark>
-        <ok to="prepare_project"/>
+        <ok to="wait"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
+    <join name="wait" to="create_updates"/>
+
+    <join name="wait_projects" to="prepare_project"/>
+
+
     <action name="prepare_project">
         <spark xmlns="uri:oozie:spark-action:0.2">
             <master>yarn</master>
@@ -130,7 +152,7 @@
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/preparedProjects</arg>
             <arg>--dbProjectPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/dbProjects</arg>
         </spark>
-        <ok to="create_updates"/>
+        <ok to="wait"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
     </action>
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/EXCELParserTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/EXCELParserTest.java
index 72ba48f41..e48dcd061 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/EXCELParserTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/EXCELParserTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class EXCELParserTest {
 
 	private static Path workingDir;
 	private HttpConnector httpConnector = new HttpConnector();
-	private static final String URL = "http://cordis.europa.eu/data/reference/cordisref-H2020topics.xlsx";
+	private static final String URL = "https://cordis.europa.eu/data/reference/cordisref-h2020topics.xlsx";
 
 	@BeforeAll
 	public static void beforeAll() throws IOException {
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ public class EXCELParserTest {
 
 		EXCELParser excelParser = new EXCELParser();
 
-		final String classForName = "eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.ExcelTopic";
-		final String sheetName = "Topics";
-		List<Object> pl = excelParser.parse(httpConnector.getInputSourceAsStream(URL), classForName, sheetName);
+		List<Object> pl = excelParser
+			.parse(
+				httpConnector.getInputSourceAsStream(URL), "eu.dnetlib.dhp.actionmanager.project.utils.EXCELTopic",
+				"Topics");
 
-		Assertions.assertEquals(3837, pl.size());
+		Assertions.assertEquals(3878, pl.size());
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/preparedProgramme_whole.json.gz b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/preparedProgramme_whole.json.gz
index 01e804ff5..620e1abfb 100644
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diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/whole_programme.json.gz b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/whole_programme.json.gz
index 8b1982dee..71f132ad1 100644
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