The GeoMol Information Day hosted at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union in Brussels, September 23rd, 2013, was mainly geared towards briefing decision makers and professionals on EU level on the objective and scope of the project and its possible political impact. Ten referents addressed different aspects of GeoMol’s cross-border approach, innovation and developments for a trans-nationally harmonised knowledge base and its contribution to the EU’s ‘resource-efficient Europe’ flagship initiative. Achievements from congeneric projects were presented as well as prospects of future target areas.