General

The BuildAction platform enables communities to take action for their sustainable development and protection.  BuildAction communities provide a proper and respectful environment for stakeholders to communicate, collaborate, cooperate, and coordinate action.

Stakeholders can launch initiatives, engage in discussion with like-minded individuals and suggest solutions for the sustainable development and operation of communities.  Individual initiatives are posted on their own, can be substantiated with news, supported by resources, and used to post petitions.

All citizens and other stakeholders in the development communities are welcome to participate and interact, collaborate and encourage sustainable development and use of land, buildings and infrastructure in the community.  These include the stakeholders in the local and regional built environment – the representatives of countries, communities, companies, non-governmental and civil society organizations, and citizens.

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Our Privacy Policy complies with data protection legislation, in particular with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and includes our Cookie Policy.  We shall comply with all applicable legal provisions regarding data protection.

The BuildAction initiative enables the stakeholders to acknowledge their active participation in the sustainable development and operation of the built environment of communities and to endorse the principles of sustainability set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

By participating, you are agreeing to the BuildAction Community Code of Conduct below.  You are to familiarize yourself with, and agree to abide by, this Code of Conduct.

Scope

This Code of Conduct is intended to assist stakeholders in making decisions about their interaction and engagement with other stakeholders, to ensure the integrity of the community.  Leaders are community engagement moderators who help maintain respectful, professional and effective discussions and interaction of stakeholders in the interest of the community at large.

The Code of Conduct applies to all platform user content and communication via the BuildAction platform.  This includes postings, comments and discussions in BuildAction communities and any community-hosted social media groups.

All communities are intended to conduct cordial discussions among community stakeholders.  Stakeholders are encouraged to:

• Seek advice and input on intended initiatives;
• Engage in discussion on all relevant issues;
• Suggest solutions for the sustainable development and operation of the community;
• Request services and solutions for local development projects; and
• Post petitions requesting action from governmental authorities or public office holders.

Appropriate behavior contributes to the productivity and longevity of the community and includes:

• Positively representing the community;
• Using welcoming and inclusive language;
• Treating everyone with respect and consideration;
• Communicating openly and thoughtfully with others;
• Being considerate of the different views and opinions;
• Refraining from demeaning or harmful language; and
• Effectively communicating, cooperating and collaborating.

Refrain from posting about topics unrelated to the built environment, posting redundant information, or posting excessively long posts.  BuildAction disallows the posting of an initiative (concern) more than once. Consider searching the community’s archives to see if a topic has been discussed before.

If posting a new initiative or discussion topic, use a good descriptor in the subject line to help community stakeholders and visitors to understand the issue.

When engaging in a discussion, consider whether the issue is relevant to the entire community or whether it would be better to engage in a one-on-one discussion instead.

Guidelines

The engagement of all stakeholders encouraged to further the sustainable development and use of land, buildings, and infrastructure.  We advocate private-, public- and third-sector services and solutions for the sustainable development of our communities.

Multistakeholder collaboration and the engagement of all societal sectors in a bottom-up approach is considered key to sustainable development.  Collaboration combines complementary resources and competencies to maximize value creation for mutual benefit.

BuildAction enables the establishment of virtual communities and stakeholder engagement. BuildAction facilitates the profiling of the enablers of their sustainable development and operation, the promotion of suitable resources, and the sharing of relevant postings.

BuildAction encourages civil debate on topics related to the built environment and disallows offensive and harmful language.  BuildAction provides a proper and respectful environment for communities to communicate, cooperate and collaborate.

BuildAction also disallows the posting of the same opinion or position more than once.  Any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior is not welcome and will not be tolerated.

Authors retain copyright to material posted in the communities and all digests and compilations derived from them.  In posting material copyrighted by others, stakeholders must respect the rights of the copyright holders and copyrighted material may not be reproduced in other media in whole or in part without the express permission of the original authors.  No more of a work should be quoted than is necessary to make a point and the excerpt should be linked to the full online comment or article.

Upon request and payment of a fee, ads may be posted in the community via the Ad Placement form.  Ads of any nature may not be posted on the community discussion board or elsewhere in the community under any circumstances.

Community stakeholders who believe the Code of Conduct has been violated in any way may post presumed violations on the community discussion board for review and discussion by the community moderators (leaders) and other stakeholders.  Note: The BuildAction platform protects and does not violate the confidentially of communication directly between stakeholders.

The community discussion board allows for community interation on operational issues directed towards the community leader for them to address.  The leaders also comment on issues posted on the community discussion board and help to ensure that the discussions comply with the BuildAction Code of Conduct.

Community leaders make judgment calls about what is and isn't appropriate.  Inappropriate posting can result in consequences for the alleged offender.

Offenders may be issued a warning or placed under observation, but with the opportunity for the offender to comment on the action.  Depending on the severity of the offense, the matter may be announced to the rest of the community and the offender banned from the community.

Stakeholders who believe their concerns have gone unaddressed by the community or who wish to contest a decision by community leaders related to the Code of Conduct may contact admin@buildaction.org in English and request arbitration.