diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/event/publisher/lr62/EventPublisherConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/event/publisher/lr62/EventPublisherConfiguration.java
index 9c51803..af4b1bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/event/publisher/lr62/EventPublisherConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/event/publisher/lr62/EventPublisherConfiguration.java
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package org.gcube.portal.event.publisher.lr62;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
+
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.Log;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogFactoryUtil;
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@ public class EventPublisherConfiguration {
 
     private Long companyId;
     private URL eventPublisherURL;
+    private String rootVOName;
+    private String encodedRootVOContext;
 
     public static synchronized EventPublisherConfiguration getConfiguration(Long companyId) {
         log.trace("Getting config from companyId");
@@ -52,6 +57,13 @@ public class EventPublisherConfiguration {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
         log.info("eventPublisherURL=" + getEventPublisherURL());
+
+        try {
+            rootVOName = new LiferayGroupManager().getRootVOName();
+            encodedRootVOContext = URLEncoder.encode("/" + rootVOName, "UTF-8");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Cannot compute encoded root VO context", e);
+        }
     }
 
     public Long getCompanyId() {
@@ -61,4 +73,13 @@ public class EventPublisherConfiguration {
     public URL getEventPublisherURL() {
         return eventPublisherURL;
     }
+
+    public String getRootVOName() {
+        return rootVOName;
+    }
+
+    public String getEncodedRootVOContext() {
+        return encodedRootVOContext;
+    }
+
 }