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 b7f6237de0..39e23b2310 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
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class PrepareProgramme {
 						if (current.trim().length() > parent.length()
 							&& current.toLowerCase().trim().substring(0, parent.length()).equals(parent)) {
 							current = current.substring(parent.length() + 1);
-							if (current.trim().charAt(0) == '-') {
+							if (current.trim().charAt(0) == '-' || current.trim().charAt(0) =='–') {
 								current = current.trim().substring(1).trim();
 							}