Page banner Image Breadcrumb Home SPEAK UP Speak Up is a 3-year Interreg North Sea Region project with 12 partners across 6 countries on effective citizen community engagement and participation. Image Main contentLatest Speak Up NewsView allProject 20/08/2025 How Can we Spark Democratic Dialogue in Creative New Ways? Oldenburg BeermatsIn Oldenburg (Germany), creative ideas are being used to spark conversations and promote civic engagement. With the “Oldenburg Beermats”, residents were invited to take part in a unique initiative that connected everyday dialogue with broader themes of democracy and inclusion. In this article, the c...Project 22/07/2025 Citizen’s Banquet: How a French Region Started a Yearly Tradition of Citizen and Youth EngagementOn Wednesday July 9th 2025, Bellidée organized the Banquet Citoyen in Saint-Martin-Boulogne (France) —an open-air civic celebration that has become a yearly summer tradition for the region’s social centers. This year, the event brought together up to 650 attendees! This included residents, users of...Project 10/07/2025 Co-creation and Citizen Engagement: An Interview with Anne TortzenAnne Tortzen is an expert in co-production and citizen engagement and founder of Center for Citizen Dialogue (Denmark). Anne has trained as a political scientist and process- and communication consultant. She has published a number of books and articles on citizen engagement, co-creation and de...Follow us on LinkedIn
Project 20/08/2025 How Can we Spark Democratic Dialogue in Creative New Ways? Oldenburg BeermatsIn Oldenburg (Germany), creative ideas are being used to spark conversations and promote civic engagement. With the “Oldenburg Beermats”, residents were invited to take part in a unique initiative that connected everyday dialogue with broader themes of democracy and inclusion. In this article, the c...
Project 22/07/2025 Citizen’s Banquet: How a French Region Started a Yearly Tradition of Citizen and Youth EngagementOn Wednesday July 9th 2025, Bellidée organized the Banquet Citoyen in Saint-Martin-Boulogne (France) —an open-air civic celebration that has become a yearly summer tradition for the region’s social centers. This year, the event brought together up to 650 attendees! This included residents, users of...
Project 10/07/2025 Co-creation and Citizen Engagement: An Interview with Anne TortzenAnne Tortzen is an expert in co-production and citizen engagement and founder of Center for Citizen Dialogue (Denmark). Anne has trained as a political scientist and process- and communication consultant. She has published a number of books and articles on citizen engagement, co-creation and de...