Community engagement and green development seek to engage community members and other community stakeholders in a consensus to resolve community pressing problems of mutual interest, build social cohesion, and achieve common objectives through active involvement, communication, and collaboration of the organization or institution with the people it serves.
The office applies numerous community engagement methods, including public meetings and forums, workshops and training, surveys and focus groups, collaborative projects, and digital engagement.
The identified themes of community engagement include agriculture and food security, natural resources and ecotourism, health, education, and crosscutting issues such as women’s and youth empowerment, diversity and inclusion, and indigenous knowledge.