AQUACROSS partners met at Ecologic Institute in Berlin, Germany on 20 to 22 October 2015. The workshop was organised by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) in collaboration with the Coastal and Marine Research Centre of the University College of Cork (UCC). Participants at the workshop discussed various topics associated with the data requirements of AQUACROSS and its case studies. These included the ongoing work on the AQUACROSS Data Management Plan, the technical requirements and relevant protocols for development of the project's data information platform, as well as planning for an upcoming data policy workshop with stakeholders. The workshop successfully outlined next steps and overall plans to progress the data and information aspects of AQUACROSS.