diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-notifications/admin-quality-assurance-source-page-component/admin-quality-assurance-source-data.resolver.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-notifications/admin-quality-assurance-source-page-component/admin-quality-assurance-source-data.resolver.ts
index 6201e0a7435..261ef95b88d 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-notifications/admin-quality-assurance-source-page-component/admin-quality-assurance-source-data.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-notifications/admin-quality-assurance-source-page-component/admin-quality-assurance-source-data.resolver.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { QualityAssuranceSourceObject } from '../../../core/notifications/qa/models/quality-assurance-source.model';
 import { QualityAssuranceSourceService } from '../../../notifications/qa/source/quality-assurance-source.service';
+import {environment} from '../../../../environments/environment';
 /**
  * This class represents a resolver that retrieve the route data before the route is activated.
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class SourceDataResolver implements Resolve<Observable<QualityAssuranceSourceObject[]>> {
+  private paginationStart = environment.qualityAssuranceConfig.defaultPaginationStart;
+  private  paginationItemsCount = environment.qualityAssuranceConfig.defaultPaginationItemsCount;
   /**
    * Initialize the effect class variables.
    * @param {QualityAssuranceSourceService} qualityAssuranceSourceService
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ export class SourceDataResolver implements Resolve<Observable<QualityAssuranceSo
    * @returns Observable<QualityAssuranceSourceObject[]>
    */
   resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<QualityAssuranceSourceObject[]> {
-    return this.qualityAssuranceSourceService.getSources(5,0).pipe(
+    return this.qualityAssuranceSourceService.getSources(this.paginationItemsCount,this.paginationStart).pipe(
         map((sources: PaginatedList<QualityAssuranceSourceObject>) => {
           if (sources.page.length === 1) {
              this.router.navigate([this.getResolvedUrl(route) + '/' + sources.page[0].id]);
diff --git a/src/app/notifications/qa/events/quality-assurance-events.component.ts b/src/app/notifications/qa/events/quality-assurance-events.component.ts
index a0e328538e1..2594df46688 100644
--- a/src/app/notifications/qa/events/quality-assurance-events.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/notifications/qa/events/quality-assurance-events.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { FindListOptions } from '../../../core/data/find-list-options.model';
+import {environment} from '../../../../environments/environment';
 
 /**
  * Component to display the Quality Assurance event list.
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export class QualityAssuranceEventsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   /**
    * The Open Aire base url for project search
    */
-  public openAireUrl = 'https://explore.openaire.eu/search/project?projectId=';
+  public openAireUrl = environment.qualityAssuranceConfig.openAireUrl;
   /**
    * The FindListOptions object
    */
diff --git a/src/config/app-config.interface.ts b/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
index 84a30549a72..cd8926f1c13 100644
--- a/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { HomeConfig } from './homepage-config.interface';
 import { MarkdownConfig } from './markdown-config.interface';
 import { FilterVocabularyConfig } from './filter-vocabulary-config';
 import { DiscoverySortConfig } from './discovery-sort.config';
+import {QualityAssuranceConfig} from './quality-assurance.config';
 
 interface AppConfig extends Config {
   ui: UIServerConfig;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ interface AppConfig extends Config {
   markdown: MarkdownConfig;
   vocabularies: FilterVocabularyConfig[];
   comcolSelectionSort: DiscoverySortConfig;
+  qualityAssuranceConfig: QualityAssuranceConfig;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/config/default-app-config.ts b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
index a6e9e092e46..094bd9080a3 100644
--- a/src/config/default-app-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { HomeConfig } from './homepage-config.interface';
 import { MarkdownConfig } from './markdown-config.interface';
 import { FilterVocabularyConfig } from './filter-vocabulary-config';
 import { DiscoverySortConfig } from './discovery-sort.config';
+import {QualityAssuranceConfig} from './quality-assurance.config';
 
 export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
   production = false;
@@ -432,4 +433,10 @@ export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
     sortField:'dc.title',
     sortDirection:'ASC',
   };
+
+  qualityAssuranceConfig: QualityAssuranceConfig = {
+    openAireUrl: 'https://explore.openaire.eu/search/project?projectId=',
+    defaultPaginationItemsCount: 5,
+    defaultPaginationStart: 0
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/config/quality-assurance.config.ts b/src/config/quality-assurance.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46e11fbdd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/quality-assurance.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Config } from './config.interface';
+
+/**
+ * Config that determines a metadata sorting config.
+ * It's created mainly to sort by metadata community and collection edition and creation
+ */
+export class QualityAssuranceConfig implements Config {
+
+  /**
+   * Url for OAIRE resources
+   */
+  public openAireUrl: string;
+  /**
+   * default count of QA sources to load
+   */
+  public defaultPaginationItemsCount: number;
+  /**
+   * default starting point of pagination
+   */
+  public defaultPaginationStart: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index cb9d2c71303..dd1dbf58c13 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
     sortField:'dc.title',
     sortDirection:'ASC',
   },
+  qualityAssuranceConfig: {
+    openAireUrl: 'https://explore.openaire.eu/search/project?projectId=',
+    defaultPaginationItemsCount: 5,
+    defaultPaginationStart: 0
+  },
 
   vocabularies: [
     {