SPEAK UP

During Speak Up’s conference in Mechelen, we held a talkshow around ‘‘The relation between participation and the climate transition''. This talkshow was recorded as a podcast and is now available to listen to! The talkshow was hosted by Otto Thors and his guests were keynote speaker Teun Gautier, an...

On the 10 and 11th of December, the city of Mechelen hosted the Speak Up partnership. These two days were filled with lots of discussions, interesting talks, workshops and an boat trip on the river Dijle to experience Mechelen’s ‘Voice of nature’ project. Moreover, we ended the two days with  S...

In this interview, we speak with Mark van der Veken, project leader and participation advisor at the City of Mechelen. The City of Mechelen is committed to inclusivity and the Speak Up project is a good way to ensure that Mechelen can further develop inclusive citizen engagement initiatives....