Communities lead the transformation and drive forward SDG progress to deliver a resilient and sustainable ecosystem in their communities.  Realizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for urgent and immediate coordinated action by all stakeholders to achieve the social, economic and environmental goals at local and global levels.

The inclusion of citizens and private-sector stakeholders in the policy-making processes and governance is essential for the implementation of the SDGs.  Publicly accessible open systems are needed for the effective participation of stakeholders in the urgent and sustainable transition of our communities.  For this, governments and their systems for citizen participation are generally mistrusted.

The BuildAction toolkit enables all interested stakeholders to communicate, collaborate and cooperate in the protection and sustainable development of their communities and coordinate collective action.  It is a platform that complements existing or planned citizen participation initiatives of municipalities and is targeted at local and regional governments, private- and civil-sector enablers, and individual citizens.

The BuildAction participation toolkit is inspired by the initiatives of CCHD, GIZ, OECD, and UCLG as well as the City WORKS Toolkit and the Community Tool Box.  It complies with the "OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes", which is aimed at institutions and public authorities interested in implementing or complementing a citizen participation program. 

BuildAction aims to achieve higher levels of participation in the development of communities with the intent to empower citizens.  The BuildAction toolkit enables stakeholders in communities to meet their civic duty to actively participate in environmental decision-making and other community affairs.

The BuildAction participation toolkit also helps the municipalities fulfill their role and public duty to citizens and other stakeholders in the development and operation of the communities.  While improving the quality of public decision-making and policy, it improves the assessability and accountability of the mechanisms of participatory democracy.

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