Within the bilateral component of the EU-funded Black and Caspian Sea regions Project, support to the Maritime Administration of Moldova in the area of Flag State was provided by an external expert.

The dedicated several months activity’s outcome resulted in drafting written procedure for assessing an organization applying for the recognition to perform, on behalf of Moldovan Maritime Administration, statutory certification and services under the IMO mandatory instruments, drafting a template of written agreement for authorizing a recognised organisation (RO) to act on behalf of the Administration in conducting surveys, issuing statutory certification and documents, marking of ships and other statutory services required under the IMO mandatory instruments as well in elaborating written procedures for establishing an oversight programme of the ROs, authorized to perform statutory certification and services.