Involvement

Activation of the locals, their involvement in the development process by the community. The purpose is to extend the group of activists as far as possible.
The process in a simplified form: the initiative of the community developer is taken over by the central core of the locals (locals committed to change, a group of local initiators who invited the community developer), who extend the initiative to a wider circle of people, who organize community activities concerning jointly identified local issues into processes. Involvement in the community development process is continuous, as a flow of new people are becoming committed to local issues.

Vercseg, I.: Közösség és részvétel. A közösségfejlesztés és a közösségi munka gyakorlatának elmélete. [Community and Participation. A theory of the practice of community development and community work]. 2011, Budapest, a series by the Hilscher Rezső Socio-Political Association and the Department of Social Work and Social Policy of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest p. 34 and p. 151.

 
This article based on the following document: Community development methodological guide