# RDE 443 -Exploring opportunities, challenges and barriers to local decisions

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by MMO.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [MMO](/buyers/mmo/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Howell Marine Consulting](/suppliers/howell-marine-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £45,000
- Award date: 20 December 2023
- Published: 4 January 2024
- Contract start: 21 December 2023
- Contract end: 30 April 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e95ebc03-8a61-4484-a147-4991f5b693ba-711232
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b6ed49f8-8e3e-4371-a75d-19ebaa11d2da

## Description

Explore the development and enhancement of phased, multi-scale marine governance in England, to better engage local stakeholders, and achieve equitable outcomes through more inclusive and participatory decision-making\. The project will take an adaptive, learning-based approach to review existing approaches to local governance in a coastal and marine context and consider how these processes could be enhanced or augmented by the MMO as part of their marine planning delivery, to promote well-functioning marine governance across scales\. The project will identify the scope, scale and geography of a pilot area, and a roadmap to on-the-ground implementation in FY24/25\. This contract was awarded by MMO\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e95ebc03-8a61-4484-a147-4991f5b693ba-711232)