diff --git a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.cpp b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.cpp
index 90cef232f2cf98e10d0378d11b16558077a1792e..c90d7ccae3fabdb272f4972bcdbb670c436e3f48 100644
--- a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.cpp
@@ -2,15 +2,61 @@
 
 void ExtraeValueStackStrategy::region_start(
     const SITRegionInformation &region) const noexcept {
-  // TODO
+
+    extrae_value_t event_number;
+    extrae_type_t event_type = 7000;
+    char myExtrae_descriptio[] = "OpenFOAM Extrae Profiling";
+
+    // Check if there is already an event with that name                           
+    auto iter = event_history.find(region.name);                                          
+    if (iter != event_history.end())                                               
+    {                                                                              
+        event_number = iter->second;                                               
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Update extrae defined events
+
+        event_number = static_cast<extrae_value_t>(event_history.size());
+        event_history.insert(std::make_pair(name, event_number));
+
+        unsigned numEvents = event_history.size();
+
+        for (const auto& iter : event_history)
+        {
+            eventDescriptions.push_back(const_cast<char*>(iter.first.data()));
+            eventValues.push_back(iter.second);
+        }
+
+//        Extrae_define_event_type
+//        (
+//            &event_type,
+//            myExtrae_description,
+//            &numEvents,
+//            eventValues.data(),
+//            eventDescriptions.data()
+//        );
+    }
+
+    Extrae_event(event_type, event_number);
+
 }
 void ExtraeValueStackStrategy::region_stop(
     const SITRegionInformation &region) const noexcept {
   // TODO
+    extrae_type_t event_type = 7000;
+    Extrae_event(event_type, 0);
 }
 
 void ExtraeValueStackStrategy::init() const noexcept {
-  // TODO
+
+    //myExtrae_descriptio[] = "OpenFOAM Extrae Profiling";
+    //event_type = 7000;
+
+    if (event_history.empty()) // it has to be empty...
+    {
+        event_history.insert(std::make_pair("End", 0));
+    }
 }
 void ExtraeValueStackStrategy::finalize() const noexcept {
   // TODO
diff --git a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.hpp b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.hpp
index 039c674c51dfbf7c2405703b3b14bc8357b951d3..7fa7a77539a2b8554f5fda20caa4a6c102378b2b 100644
--- a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_value_stack.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 #include "sit_strategy.hpp"
+#include "extrae.h"
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
+static std::map<std::string_view, extrae_value_t> event_history;
+static std::vector<extrae_value_t> eventValues;
+static std::vector<char*> eventDescriptions;
 
 class ExtraeValueStackStrategy : public SITProfilingStrategy {
+    //char *myExtrae_description = NULL;
+    extrae_type_t event_type;
 
 public:
+
   inline static const std::string_view name = "Extrae::ValueStack";
   void region_start(const SITRegionInformation &region) const noexcept override;
   void region_stop(const SITRegionInformation &region) const noexcept override;