The Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests launched during the summer of 2022 the procedure for consultancy procurement and technical expertise services for the Development of the National Strategy on Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan. The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is one of the best known and applied political and legislative tools concerning the coastal zones, used by decision-makers around the world and promoted by international organizations such as the European Commission (e.g. the Council Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management of 2002, the Barcelona Convention on Integrated Coastal Zone Management Protocol, ratified by the EU in 2010 and the new EU initiative on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management of 2013).

INCD GeoEcoMar and Ovidius University in Constanța participated in the acquisition procedure in association, being declared winners of the tender. The technical proposal includes: the approach and methodology for the provision of services; the work plan for the implementation/performance of services/obtaining results under the contract; the proposed staff and the management of the provision of services; the method of making records and the records made in relation to performance indicators; the measures applicable by the bidder during the contract period to ensure the fulfillment of obligations in the social and labor relations field; the information on possible changes to the bidding economic operator; the annexes (GANTT chart, key expert documents, non-key expert documents).