In November 2016, during a workshop organised by the Robert Koch Institute together with the Federal Centre for Health Education, we presented and discussed activities and models surrounding prevention reporting with health reporting representatives from the federal states. The motive for the event was the prevention report, which the National Prevention Conference will prepare every four years beginning in 2019 in order to document, monitor and evaluate its activities. The workshop revealed the desire of stakeholders to discuss survey methods and indicators and harmonise the different reporting systems in the long-term.