This involves a lot of research. The World Bank (1992: 2) defines the "participation" process, in which people, especially the vulnerable groups, can exert influence in formulating policies, designing alternatives, choosing investments, managing and monitoring development intervention communities. Participation is a process of decision-making and problem-solving, involving individuals and groups representing different interests, specialties and viewpoints. Their good behaviors are all affected and their decisions are followed up '(Fisher, 200 1: 16).
Participation is more a set of principles than ideas. (...) Participation is learning, respecting and listening to opinions, feelings and knowledge, which we have positioned in the past; Transparent intervention in our intentions and their lives (...) is being carefully dispersed and decentralized, allowing people with less power to manage more resources and assume more responsibilities; Sharing our knowledge and expertise (...) In short, it is openness, taking risks into account and showing trust. For those who are burdened with years of formal education and hierarchical culture, this change is not easy "(Blackburn and Holland, 1998: 170).