diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 5fe3680..e448544 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="ckan-metadata-publisher-widget-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/ckan-metadata-publisher-widget/ckan-metadata-publisher-widget">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="ckan-util-library-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/ckan-util-library/ckan-util-library">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
         <property name="context-root" value="gcube-ckan-datacatalog"/>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/gcube-ckan-datacatalog/target/gcube-ckan-datacatalog-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
     </wb-module>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index bc0de8f..29a9a39 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <faceted-project>
   <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
   <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.3"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.0"/>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
   <installed facet="liferay.portlet" version="6.0"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00b2303..ce6e941 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<!-- <version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version> -->
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
index 284a151..3174cb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/gcubeckan/gcubeckandatacatalog/server/GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl.java
@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.gcubeckan.gcubeckandatacatalog.shared.CkanRole;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.RoleManager;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
-import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.liferay.LiferayGroupManager;
-import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.liferay.LiferayRoleManager;
-import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.liferay.LiferayUserManager;
-import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.RoleModel;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayRoleManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayUserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeRole;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;
+import com.liferay.portal.model.RoleModel;
 /**
  * The server side implementation of the RPC service.
  *
@@ -248,14 +249,14 @@ public class GcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implem
 				UserManager userManager = new LiferayUserManager();
 				RoleManager roleManager = new LiferayRoleManager();
 				GroupManager groupManager = new LiferayGroupManager();
-				List<RoleModel> roles = roleManager.listRolesByUserAndGroup(groupManager.getGroupId(groupName), userManager.getUserId(username));
+				List<GCubeRole> roles = roleManager.listRolesByUserAndGroup(groupManager.getGroupId(groupName), userManager.getUserId(username));
 
 				// the default one
 				CkanRolesIntoLiferay mainRole = CkanRolesIntoLiferay.CATALOG_MEMBER;
 				RolesIntoOrganization correspondentRoleToCheck = RolesIntoOrganization.MEMBER;
 
 				// NOTE: it is supposed that there is just one role for this person correspondent to the one in the catalog
-				for (RoleModel role : roles) {
+				for (GCubeRole role : roles) {
 
 					logger.debug("User " + username + " has role " + role.getRoleName() + " in " + currentScope);
 					if(role.getRoleName().contains(CkanRolesIntoLiferay.CATALOG_ADMIN.toString())){