Projeto MARGov na perspectiva de seus stakeholders: avaliação da co-construção de um modelo de governança colaborativa para a gestão de área protegida de preservação permanente na área metropolitana de Lisboa (Portugal)

The perception of value on participating at collaborative initiatives – a requirement for stakeholder’ engagement – is crucial for the action’s success and continuation. Aiming to know the stakeholders’ evaluation regarding the MARGov Project, content analysis was applied on texts from 17 interviews. The matrix crossing thematic categories and evaluative categories - those inspired by SWOT Analysis - has revealed the participants’ perceptions about the main aspects of the Project itself (strengths and weaknesses) and aspects of context (opportunities and threats). Although negative evaluations prevail in the texts, the context elements are the most reproved by the interviewees. Otherwise, the characteristic of the Project has received mostly positive evaluations. Continued participants’ engagement and the unfolding actions of MARGov Project stand for the success of the initiative in co-building a collaborative governance model for areas of permanent environmental protection, unprecedented in Portugal.  Keywords: Social participation; sustainability; stakeholder assessment; MARGov; SWOT.