The phrase "active role in developing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's involvement or participation in a process of creation or improvement, particularly in a professional or collaborative context.
Example: "She took an active role in developing the new marketing strategy for the company."
Alternatives: "engaged in the development of" or "participated actively in creating".
With little regard for economic rationality, the government took an active role in developing these activities through public enterprises that became a chronic source of deficits.
But the timing of the Pentagon requests for information earlier that year suggest that senior Pentagon lawyers played an active role in developing the aggressive interrogation program.
We are glad to see that the U.S. government is now taking an active role in developing those future warriors with cyber competitions.
While Evgeny Lebedev has been playing an active role in developing strategies for The Standard and The Independent, he insisted that he did not interfere in the editorial process.
Although common-law systems make extensive use of statutes, judicial cases are regarded as the most important source of law, which gives judges an active role in developing rules.
Since then there has been a suggestion that she could be happy for the Chinese to be a passive investor in Hinkley but does not want the country to have a more active role in developing a new plant at Sizewell in Suffolk or Bradwell in Essex.
"I am delighted that once again top industry experts have taken an active role in helping develop these projects, and I look forward to seeing them pay dividends in our classroom".
DOHA, Qatar — At the United Nations climate change talks in Doha, India is taking an active role in asking developed nations to commit to ambitious carbon dioxide emission cuts and pledge money to combat the global challenge.
The United States should take a more active leadership role in developing the Saudi peace initiative.
Belper was already an established village with its own market before Jedediah Strutt began building mills, so he was not required to have as active a role in developing the community into a self-sustaining entity as Richard Arkwright did at Cromford.
The university can play a passive or active role in supporting, sustaining, developing and promoting innovation in society going forwards.
