Does "elaborating" mean "doing with best efforts"?

Context:

This observation is also valid for groups. In times of crisis, social risk factors (financial
difficulties, political troubles, inequalities, turmoil on the international scene amongst
others) are manageable one at a time. Once they start to cumulate, their potential for
destabilisation increases, and the ensuing feelings of collective humiliation impel
demoralised populations to form alliances with fanatical extremists (Moïsi, 2007). The
first step in elaborating strategies for the early detection of collective violence is
therefore to identify multiple risk situations and intervene before the groups concerned
experience widespread emotional distress. The aim of this method, preventive
resilience, is to bolster the constructive capabilities of the discontented masses while at
the same time removing the temptation of an opportunistic alliance with fanatics (Cotter
and Holleufer, 2008).