The present work of systematization has as object the experience of the execution of the familiarization phase in the intervention carried out in the community of the Oramas González - Durán citadel, being its axis How the community participation influenced in the effective process in the familiarization phase? The purpose of this systematization is to analyze the importance of community participation in the familiarization process. The methodology applied in this work is based on a qualitative approach with an inductive character oriented in the process towards critical interpretation. Field diaries, interviews, observation and technical memories of previous practices were used as sources of information. Once established chronologically the activities that respond to our axis and valued the tensions and contradictions, we continued with the triangulation of the theoretical aspects where the passive participation was the most reflected in this experience.