The phrase "an effort to involve" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing attempts or initiatives aimed at engaging or including individuals or groups in a particular activity or process.
Example: "The organization launched an effort to involve local communities in the decision-making process."
Alternatives: "a bid to engage" or "an attempt to include".
In an effort to involve all those present at the concert, he had the orchestra & conductor dispersed throughout the audience.
Why? -Why do you think Mr. and Ms. Link make such an effort to involve themselves in the community?
Yet despite all the automated technologic wizardry under the skin, the Panamera makes an effort to involve the driver.
It was an effort to involve the people and placate many delegates who feel that no one has been responding to their concerns.
Predictably, its architectural framework is entirely different; and it has the slightly shrill emotional character, common in German art, that represents an effort to involve and move the spectator.
Levi has also made an effort to involve a larger community of scholars as well as policymakers, business executives, entrepreneurs and other people outside academia, in addition to the center's annual fellows.
He said the plans, which take effect next spring, are part of a government effort to involve people further in their communities at both a local and national level.
Lately, we've seen a growing trend from modern and ambitious leaders who make a conscious effort to involve their staff by various means.
The Brazilians, though, are not insular, and seem to have made a conscious effort to involve themselves in local life.
Jason Dial, the president of Cota, also feels Formula One should make a greater effort to involve its fan base.
Cantalupo had made a serious effort to involve Bell in meaningful work and had made sure to give him some of the spotlight during meetings with analysts and other constituents.
