diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioConnector.java b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioConnector.java
index 0e7574b34501ad6798bbe33ecdc5037c6dbbdbc6..4c865bb2c32b348d9f8e34124264375ee5530b84 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioConnector.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioConnector.java
@@ -184,32 +184,34 @@ public class SignavioConnector extends AbstractRepositoryConnector<SignavioConne
       throw new RepositoryException(jsonDirectoryObject + " is not a directory");
     }
     String directoryName = jsonDirectoryObject.getJSONObject("rep").getString("name");
+    
+    if (jsonDirectoryObject.getJSONObject("rep").has("type")) {
+      // need hard coded translation of some special folders with special
+      // treatment by signavio
+      // see https://app.camunda.com/jira/browse/HEMERA-328
+      String type = jsonDirectoryObject.getJSONObject("rep").optString("type");
+       if ("public".equals(type)) {
+         // TODO: Think about what to show here (I18n?)
+        directoryName = "Public";
+      }
+      if ("private".equals(type)) {
+        directoryName = "Private";
+      }
+    }
     log.finest("Directoryname: " + directoryName);
 
     // String directoryDescription =
     // jsonDirectoryObject.getJSONObject("rep").getString("description");
     String href = jsonDirectoryObject.getString("href");
 
-    // for (JSONObject subDirectoryInfo : getSubDirectoryInfos(href)) {
-    // printDirectory(subDirectoryInfo, indention);
-    // }
-    //
-    // for (JSONObject modelInfo : getSubModelInfos(href)) {
-    // String modelName = modelInfo.getJSONObject("rep").getString("name");
-    // String modelType = modelInfo.getJSONObject("rep").getString("type");
-    // System.out.println(indention + "- MODEL " + modelName + " (" + modelType
-    // + ")");
-    // }
-
-    // folderInfo.setId( directoryId );
     // TODO: Check where we get the real ID from!
     String id = getConfiguration().getDirectoryIdFromUrl(href);
     RepositoryFolderImpl folderInfo = new RepositoryFolderImpl(getConfiguration().getId(), id);
 
     folderInfo.getMetadata().setName(directoryName);
+
     // TODO: Where do we get the path from?
     // folderInfo.getMetadata().setPath();
-
     return folderInfo;
   }
 
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ public class SignavioConnector extends AbstractRepositoryConnector<SignavioConne
     fileInfo.getMetadata().setLastAuthor(json.optString("author"));
     fileInfo.getMetadata().setCreated(SignavioJsonHelper.getDateValueIfExists(json, "created"));
     fileInfo.getMetadata().setLastChanged(SignavioJsonHelper.getDateValueIfExists(json, "updated"));
-
+    
     // relObject.getJSONObject("rep").getString("revision"); --> UUID of
     // revision
     // relObject.getJSONObject("rep").getString("description");
@@ -455,41 +457,47 @@ public class SignavioConnector extends AbstractRepositoryConnector<SignavioConne
   public RepositoryArtifact createArtifactFromJSON(String containingFolderId, String artifactName, String artifactType, String jsonContent)
           throws RepositoryNodeNotFoundException {
 
+    // TODO: Add check if model already exists (overwrite or throw exception?)
+    
     String revisionComment = null;
     String description = null;
     
-    // public void createNewModel(String parentFolderId, String name, String
-    // jsonData, String revisionComment, String description) throws IOException
-    // {
     try {
       // do this to check if jsonString is valid
       JSONObject jsonModel = new JSONObject(jsonContent);
 
-      Form modelForm = new Form();
-      // TODO: Check if this is correct, maybe we need to include an empty
-      // string
+      Form modelForm = new Form(); 
       if (revisionComment != null) {
         modelForm.add("comment", revisionComment);
       }
+      else {
+        modelForm.add("comment", "");
+      }
       if (description != null) {
         modelForm.add("description", description);
       }
+      else {
+        modelForm.add("description", "");
+      }
       modelForm.add("glossary_xml", new JSONArray().toString());
-      // signavio generates a new id for POSTed models
-      // modelForm.add("id", null);
+      // signavio generates a new id for POSTed models, so don't set an id
       modelForm.add("json_xml", jsonModel.toString());
       modelForm.add("name", artifactName);
       
       // TODO: Check ArtifactType here correctly
-      modelForm.add("namespace", "http://b3mn.org/stencilset/bpmn2.0#");
-      modelForm.add("parent", "/directory/" + containingFolderId);
+      modelForm.add("namespace", SignavioPluginDefinition.SIGNAVIO_NAMESPACE_FOR_BPMN_2_0);
+      // Important: Don't set the type attribute here, otherwise it will not
+      // work!
+
+      modelForm.add("parent", "/" + getConfiguration().DIRECTORY_URL_SUFFIX + containingFolderId);
       // we have to provide a SVG (even if don't have the correct one) because
       // otherwise Signavio throws an exception in its GUI
       modelForm
               .add(
-                      "svg_xml",
+                      "svg_xml", //
                       "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xmlns:oryx=\"http://oryx-editor.org\" id=\"sid-80D82B67-3B30-4B35-A6CB-16EEE17A719F\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" xmlns:svg=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><defs/><g stroke=\"black\" font-family=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" font-size-adjust=\"none\" font-style=\"normal\" font-variant=\"normal\" font-weight=\"normal\" line-heigth=\"normal\" font-size=\"12\"><g class=\"stencils\" transform=\"translate(25, 25)\"><g class=\"me\"/><g class=\"children\"/><g class=\"edge\"/></g></g></svg>");
       modelForm.add("type", "BPMN 2.0");
+      
       // modelForm.add("views", new JSONArray().toString());
       Representation modelRep = modelForm.getWebRepresentation();
 
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioPluginDefinition.java b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioPluginDefinition.java
index f8572e3ef011c6d5ba87a660d7f2714e09034d23..24741c9b620d56f0153ed6a23449d1f3fc9303c7 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioPluginDefinition.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/SignavioPluginDefinition.java
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.activiti.cycle.ArtifactType;
-import org.activiti.cycle.RenderInfo;
 import org.activiti.cycle.CycleDefaultMimeType;
+import org.activiti.cycle.RenderInfo;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.ArtifactTypeImpl;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.ContentRepresentationImpl;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.conf.RepositoryConnectorConfiguration;
+import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action.CopySignavioModelAction;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action.CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action.OpenModelerAction;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action.ValidateActivitiDeployment;
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.ActivitiCompliantBpmn
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.Bpmn20Provider;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.Jpdl4Provider;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.JsonProvider;
-import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.SvgApiProvider;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.PngProvider;
+import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.provider.SvgApiProvider;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.plugin.ActivitiCyclePlugin;
 import org.activiti.cycle.impl.plugin.ActivitiCyclePluginDefinition;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class SignavioPluginDefinition implements ActivitiCyclePluginDefinition {
     
     artifactType1.addParameterizedAction(new CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction());
     artifactType1.addParameterizedAction(new ValidateActivitiDeployment());
+    artifactType1.addParameterizedAction(new CopySignavioModelAction());
     artifactType1.addOpenUrlAction(new OpenModelerAction());
     artifactType1.addDownloadContentAction(CONTENT_REPRESENTATION_ID_BPMN_20_DEVELOPER);
     artifactType1.addDownloadContentAction(CONTENT_REPRESENTATION_ID_BPMN_20_RAW);
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/AbstractCopyBaseAction.java b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/AbstractCopyBaseAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..291615f22641b35e9c8f09a81bad6b1fe434b98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/AbstractCopyBaseAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.activiti.cycle.Content;
+import org.activiti.cycle.RepositoryArtifact;
+import org.activiti.cycle.RepositoryConnector;
+import org.activiti.cycle.impl.ParameterizedHtmlFormTemplateAction;
+
+/**
+ * This action copies any artifact to another location. Extend it to specify the
+ * used content representation id
+ * 
+ * TODO: Move to a folder for generic base classes
+ * 
+ * @author bernd.ruecker@camunda.com
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractCopyBaseAction extends ParameterizedHtmlFormTemplateAction {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+  
+  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_FOLDER = "targetFolderId";
+  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_CONNECTOR = "targetConnectorId";
+  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_NAME = "targetName";
+  public static final String PARAM_COMMENT = "comment";
+
+  public AbstractCopyBaseAction(String actionId) {
+    super(actionId);
+  }
+
+  public void execute(RepositoryConnector connector, RepositoryArtifact artifact, Map<String, Object> parameters) throws Exception {
+    String targetFolderId = (String) getParameter(parameters, PARAM_TARGET_FOLDER, true, null, String.class);
+    String targetName = (String) getParameter(parameters, PARAM_TARGET_NAME, false, artifact.getMetadata().getName(), String.class);
+    String comment = (String) getParameter(parameters, PARAM_COMMENT, false, null, String.class);
+    RepositoryConnector targetConnector = (RepositoryConnector) getParameter(parameters, PARAM_TARGET_CONNECTOR, true, null, RepositoryConnector.class);
+    
+    String contentAsString = connector.getContent(artifact.getNodeId(), getContentRepresentationIdToUse()).asString();
+    Content content = new Content();
+    content.setValue(contentAsString);
+    targetConnector.createArtifact(targetFolderId, targetName, artifact.getArtifactType().getId(), content);
+
+    // TODO: Think about that more, does it make sense like this?
+    targetConnector.commitPendingChanges(comment);
+  }
+
+  public abstract String getContentRepresentationIdToUse();
+
+  @Override
+  public String getFormResourceName() {
+    return getDefaultFormName();
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.java b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75d7f5b1b29bfba47651fdf9a9e9ec4528884db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.action;
+
+import org.activiti.cycle.impl.connector.signavio.SignavioPluginDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * This action copies a Signavio model to another repository (ideally another
+ * Signavio).
+ * 
+ * @author bernd.ruecker@camunda.com
+ */
+public class CopySignavioModelAction extends AbstractCopyBaseAction {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;  
+
+  public CopySignavioModelAction() {
+    // TODO: remove when real labels are introduced in the GUI
+    super("Copy model");
+  }  
+
+  public String getContentRepresentationIdToUse() {
+    return SignavioPluginDefinition.CONTENT_REPRESENTATION_ID_JSON;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.java b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.java
index 6871f256fdde056acddd8189c7261d68251b0c2a..ab1d29c2890d070c6e5ac93e5ea5d49242dec059 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/java/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public class CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction extends ParameterizedHtmlFormTemplateA
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
   
-  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_FOLDER = "targetFolder";
-  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_CONNECTOR = "targetFolderConnector";
+  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_FOLDER = "targetFolderId";
+  public static final String PARAM_TARGET_CONNECTOR = "targetConnectorId";
   public static final String PARAM_TARGET_NAME = "targetName";
   public static final String PARAM_COMMENT = "comment";
 
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.html b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c61fc6dfb0d6bffe58609915b70b223f4cbac31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CopySignavioModelAction.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<h1>Copy artifact</h1>
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <label>
+        Target folder:<br/>
+        <input type="text" name="targetFolderId" value="" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolderId_required" value="true" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolderId_type" value="Event" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetConnectorId" value="" />
+      </label><br/>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <label>
+        Name of process file (same as model if skipped):<br/>
+        <input type="text" name="targetName" value="" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetName_required" value="false" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetName_type" value="String" />
+      </label>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <label>
+        Comment:<br/>
+       <textarea name="comment" value=""></textarea>
+      </label>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.html b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.html
index 258f82792a817c8eb60ce6ba73608cd7fc0e4399..5c61fc6dfb0d6bffe58609915b70b223f4cbac31 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.html
+++ b/modules/activiti-cycle/src/main/resources/org/activiti/cycle/impl/connector/signavio/action/CreateTechnicalBpmnXmlAction.html
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
     <td>
       <label>
         Target folder:<br/>
-        <input type="text" name="targetFolder" value="" />
-        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolder_required" value="true" />
-        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolder_type" value="RepositoryFolder" />
+        <input type="text" name="targetFolderId" value="" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolderId_required" value="true" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetFolderId_type" value="Event" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="targetConnectorId" value="" />
       </label><br/>
     </td>
   </tr>