diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 08966da..a0a48c5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ Support and contributions from the open source community are essential for keepi
 contributors to follow to keep the project consistent, as well as allow us to keep
 maintaining `eclipse-ecsp/device-message` in a reasonable amount of time.
 
+ECSP project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Please follow the below steps to be able to contribute to ECSP,
+- Create an [Eclipse Foundation account](https://accounts.eclipse.org/).
+- Review and Agree to [Eclipse Contributor Agreement](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/eca/).
+- More details about contribution can be found in [Eclipse Project Handbook - Contributors](https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#contributing-contributors) section.
+
 Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct][coc].
 
 By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
 
-[coc]: ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.template
+[coc]: ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
 
 ## Creating an Issue