The Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Dutch: Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieu orVROM) was a Dutch ministry.
It was responsible for policies on public housing, spatial planning, the environment and the housing of national government agencies. It was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management into the new Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment on 14 October 2010.
The Ministery of VROM worked together with Except on various issues of spatial ordinance, as well as knowledge management.
The ministery hired Except consultants to provide future visions on how the Netherlands could look if it would go down a sustainable route, carbon free and adated to climate change.
In addition, Except provided VROM with knowledge management tools and vision development.