The TAP Partners Assembly was held as a virtual conference from 28 November to 16 December 2016, involving participants representing 22 TAP Partners. The most discussed topics were: the promotion of the TAP Common Framework in past and future events, the further development of the platform TAPipedia, and the TAP Action Plan for the period 2018-2021. A strategy for stronger collaboration and better coordination between TAP Partners and the CDAIS project was suggested. The Partners also agreed that the next face-to-face Partners Assembly will take place from 18 to 22 September 2017 in Laos.