The ECOSSIAN consortium met for the 3^rd General Assembly meeting and the 2^nd Workshop and Advisory Board meeting that was organized in Dublin, Ireland, from 11^th to 13^th of May 2016. The meeting hosted by ESPION started with an overview of the technical status and progress during the past year and a summary of the main achievements. Besides individual work package status updates and their achieved results, demonstrations were performed. Furthermore, expectations related to the 2^nd review meeting that will take place in July were discussed. The national and final demonstrations were planned and a roadmap for upcoming tasks and responsibilities was defined. One of the highlights of the meeting was certainly the Advisory Board (AB) meeting, which was characterized by interesting in-depth discussions and valuable feedback and comments from the external advosors. Alltogether 4 Advisory Board members and 2 representatives of the related FP7 GAMMA project actively participated in this AB meeting. Summing up, it was a constructive and effective meeting, which defined directions and actions towards the preparation of the upcoming review meeting as well as for the 3^rd and last project year.