Community Participation

A definition

Community participation refers to the ability and opportunities for community members to participate directly in the decision-making activities that steer the development of the community. Participating in community decisions gives ownership to community members and empowers people to develop their own community.

Related concepts

• Community Development

• Community Enterprise

• Community Resources

• Community Service

• Community Training

• Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus Building

• Leadership Training

Thanks to WiserEarth and its community for allowing us to use its taxonomy to seed this article with a definition.

Links

• Participedia, the wiki of participation methods and cases.