The project MARGov considers as direct stakeholders, local communities and, in particular, the users of the Marine Park Professor Luiz Saldanha. Specifically these are the fishermen, the scuba diving, recreational fishing and nautical tourism practitioners, tour operators and local associations.
General objectives
* Empower actors for change for the sustainable governance of the Ocean, by the intensification of the eco-social dialog;
* Strengthen the social and human component for the management of marine protected areas promoting active participation of local communities;
* Structure a GIS for the integration of data to support the collaborative process and to become a database of information/knowledge to support the development of actions for long range management.
Engage in dialogue the key actors
Promote the strengthening of eco-social dialogue and active participation of local communities, encouraging interactive collaboration for co-management, reducing conflicts and enhancing long-term relationships;
Contribute to the resolution of conflicts, strengthening the constructive dialogue between stakeholders in the discussion of problems and seeking solutions.
Contribute to the empowerment of local actors, fostering the emergence of agents of change
Acknowledge the key stakeholders by exploiting the complementarity of the knowledge they hold, and the corresponding potential for developing collaborative solutions;
Strengthen the skills and co-responsibility of all actors in participated co-management.
Articulate acquaintance and knowledge
Strengthen the interaction between different systems, addressing various types of knowledge (eg traditional, cultural, scientific-technical);
Create synergies to promote the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practices among the different actors for the construction of new knowledge to build new collaborative solutions;
Improve the awareness of individuals, organizations and communities to understand the importance of the ocean through the strengthening of identity with the sea.
Designing an integrated management platform supported by a GIS
Development of an integrative platform of information / knowledge to support the participatory process in information sharing, characterization and diagnosis, conflicts simulation, alternatives and future scenarios
IMAR - Institute of Marine Research
FCT/UNL - Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
ISEGI/UNL - Higher Institute of Statistics and Information Management, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
CENSE - Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research
Wteam-up - Participation and Empowerment
MArGov final report :
http://margov.isegi.unl.pt/index.php?ID_DONDE=02
MARGov Team:
GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP: Lia Vasconcelos, Márilisa Coelho, Flávia Silva, Rita Sá, Ursula Caser, Graça Gonçalves, José Carlos Ferreira, Maria João Ramos Pereira
PPGIS: Marco Painho, Fernando Dias, Óscar Vidal Calbet, Paula Curvelo, Tiago Humberto Oliveira
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: Maria Helena Costa, Ana Sofia Marques, Sandra Caeiro, Mário Diniz, Tomás Ramos
DYNAMIC MODELLING & GIS: Marta Bastos, Nuno Videira, Pedro Cabral
Contacts & Information:
MARGov Project
Institute of Marine Research - IMAR
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
New University of Lisbon
Campus de Caparica - 2829 - 516 Caparica
Tlm 913 606891
Tel 212 948 397
Fax 212 948 554
Email: margov.mar@gmail.com
