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We have news. After the set of About #RebuildUkraineW posts the main frame of the project is more clear now. And we feel the need to start considering the keywords that open up the world of community involvement in decision-making about the future of the city and the development of architectural projects. That is why we are creating a Dictionary of Participation and launching the educational project Participation: I create a dream city #RebuildUkraineW_Participation.

Let us introduce to you the unicorn character. While he/she is a newborn and without a name. But we are searching and open to your ideas.
Why a unicorn? Because it is a fast growth, dreams, and success. We really wanted the character of our unicorn to be business-oriented, active, determined, ready for change, ready for smart debate, and also positive, daring, and cute at the same time.
So meet, it is this unicorn character who will lead us on the path of knowledge in the field of participation. And it will add entertainment to this trip.

Participation
Participation – taking part in the community development.
“Collective participation introduces a plurality of objectives and actions whose outcomes cannot be foreseen. Initially, it is possible only to prefigure a line of behaviors and tendencies to set the process on its way.” ©Giancarlo De Carlo, 2005, Architecture and Participation
Community
“Community - the people who live in a particular area or have common interests”.

As we can see from the definitions of Cambridge, Oxford, Collins dictionaries, and Oxford Dictionary of Human Geography, a community becomes a unit under the following conditions: belonging to a territory and/or having common interests.

Therefore, each of us already belongs to a particular community. The only question is whether there is a recognition of common interests and a sense of responsibility for the territory of the community as its own space.
Civic engagement
"Civic engagement refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community in order to improve conditions for others or to help shape the community’s future." / Richard P. Adler, Judy Goggin, 2005 /
This is one of the definitions available. It is debatable whether we are talking about citizens or residents of a particular territory in general, and the status of citizenship is not so significant in the case of architectural changes.
For example, our character Unic and his cat friend were engaged in public discussions and took care that the house and the surrounding space are comfortable for them, and its residents, and sustainable for both, friends and Nature.
Meet again – Unic! Why Unic? Because of Unicorn. And because we liked it. This is our team participation to make a difference.
Civic society
"Сivic society is a voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community" /Wikipedia/
"Civic society is an organization founded to promote the interests of a local community" /Collins Dictionary/
A society that consists gromady/local communities for decision making and acting in the cities and forms civil society. Why this phrase is controversial – to be continued...