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 07/05/2025 Participatory Budgetting: The curious case of Sterk HoogkerkOn Tuesday 20 May, Speak Up will host its second webinar. During this webinar, the municipality of Groningen will talk about the citizens' budget they have established in a village in their municipality. The citizens' budget is called Sterk Hoogkerk (Strong Hoogkerk) and is a unique participation pr...Project 10/04/2025 Digital platforms for Citizen engagement: fast, fair & funDigital tools can be a great way to improve engagement between government and citizens. In this article, we speak with Luuk Davidsz (Groningen Municipality), Anne de Zeeuw (Province of Drenthe) and Jasmien Wellens (Roeselare Municipality) to learn more about how digital platforms help their organisa...Project 04/04/2025 Speak Up’s First Webinar: Community-Based DialoguesOn April 1st, Speak Up successfully hosted its first webinar, bringing together around 50 participants. The event featured Louise Bonnevier (City of Malmö) and Julia Jokiaho (Stockholm Environment Institute), who introduced their innovative approach to community-based dialogues in Malmö. These dialo...Follow us on LinkedIn
Project 07/05/2025 Participatory Budgetting: The curious case of Sterk HoogkerkOn Tuesday 20 May, Speak Up will host its second webinar. During this webinar, the municipality of Groningen will talk about the citizens' budget they have established in a village in their municipality. The citizens' budget is called Sterk Hoogkerk (Strong Hoogkerk) and is a unique participation pr...
Project 10/04/2025 Digital platforms for Citizen engagement: fast, fair & funDigital tools can be a great way to improve engagement between government and citizens. In this article, we speak with Luuk Davidsz (Groningen Municipality), Anne de Zeeuw (Province of Drenthe) and Jasmien Wellens (Roeselare Municipality) to learn more about how digital platforms help their organisa...
Project 04/04/2025 Speak Up’s First Webinar: Community-Based DialoguesOn April 1st, Speak Up successfully hosted its first webinar, bringing together around 50 participants. The event featured Louise Bonnevier (City of Malmö) and Julia Jokiaho (Stockholm Environment Institute), who introduced their innovative approach to community-based dialogues in Malmö. These dialo...