doc/permissions_and_roles.md
## Roles and Permissions
In crowdAI there are three virtual participant roles.
- Organizer
- Participant
- Admin
The **Organizer** role granted against a participant account. Users who have the organizer role have the ability to create and modify challenges, with each challenge belonging to a single organizer under the current model. This role is currently granted by associating the organizer with the participant on the admin panel.
A **Registered Participant** is currently der
participant - challenge
When the participant is registered, they are given the participant role for that challenge.
#### Upcoming changes
A future release will move to [role-based authorisation](https://github.com/crowdAI/crowdai/issues/554) which will be required to support [multiple organizer-challenges](https://github.com/crowdAI/crowdai/issues/574) and [teams](https://github.com/crowdAI/crowdai/issues/325