Multistakeholder participatory processes are essential decision-making elements in contemporary contested marine spaces. Such processes have long time horizons, diverse interests, and complex objectives. Their complex and evolving nature make it difficult for participatory process proponents and participants to adequately plan their processes and to assess performance quality. We position the findings of this paper in the context of participation as place-based, long-term, emergent, and complex processes in Aotearoa New Zealand. We pose the question “what does success look like?” in marine participatory processes. We provide an indicative answer in the form of a rubric, which outlines key components for navigating participatory processes through ongoing formative evaluation. The relationship between criteria and phases of participatory processes is stressed as “success” challenges, and achievements are unlikely to be stable from phase to phase. The notion of “whose success” is critically reflected upon, as the politics and power of success discourses shape what might be considered success in any given context, marine space, or participatory process. We argue that self-defined, ongoing learning evaluation, where criteria are debated and created by participatory process users, contributes to an empowering notion of success. Success as seen in this way is not an externally imposed set of standards to achieve but cocreated by those involved to best meet their needs. In this way, metaphors of success can be recognized, negotiated, circulated, and institutionalized. The authors’ journey to developing the rubric helps unpack the key components of participatory processes and outlines its relationship to evaluation literature. Finally, we touch on the tension involved in creating a rubric for both practice and as a high-level discursive artifact.

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成功是什么样的？评估和指导海洋参与过程绩效的指示性标准

在当今有争议的海洋空间中，多方利益相关者的参与过程是必不可少的决策要素。这样的过程具有长远的眼界，不同的利益和复杂的目标。它们的复杂性和不断发展的性质使参与过程的支持者和参与者难以充分计划其过程并评估绩效质量。在参与的背景下，我们将本文的调查结果定位为新西兰奥特罗阿州基于地点，长期，紧急和复杂的过程。我们提出一个问题：“成功是什么样的？” 在海洋参与过程中。我们以专栏的形式提供指示性答案，其中概述了通过持续的形成性评估来引导参与性过程的关键组成部分。参与过程的标准和阶段之间的关系被强调为“成功”的挑战，成就不可能在各个阶段之间保持稳定。随着成功话语的政治和力量塑造了在任何给定背景，海洋空间或参与性过程中可能被认为是成功的东西，“谁成功”的概念就得到了批判性的体现。我们认为，自我定义的，持续的学习评估（由参与过程的用户辩论和创建标准）有助于赋予成功的成功观念。以这种方式看到的成功不是外部要达到的一套标准，而是由相关人员共同创造的，以最大程度地满足他们的需求。这样，成功的隐喻可以得到认可，协商，传播和制度化。作者的发展历程的旅程有助于解开参与性过程的关键组成部分，并概述其与评估文献的关系。最后，我们谈到了为实践和高级话语作品创建规则所涉及的紧张关系。