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 11/06/2025 A Look Back on "Your Neighbourhood Your Voice" WebinarOn May 20th, Speak Up hosted a webinar on Hoogkerk’s (Netherlands) innovative participatory budgeting method. Through community dialogues and voting, this initiative enables citizens to have a say on some of the village’s budgeting expenses, directly responding to their needs. This event featured Ma...Project 20/05/2025 Empowering residents: How a local café transformed a neighborhoodIn the heart of the Marlborough neighborhood in Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France, a modest café named Le Nid has blossomed into a symbol of community empowerment and cohesion. Entirely managed by local residents, Le Nid began as a response to the community's desire for a welcoming space to connect. Wit...Follow us on LinkedIn
Project 11/06/2025 A Look Back on "Your Neighbourhood Your Voice" WebinarOn May 20th, Speak Up hosted a webinar on Hoogkerk’s (Netherlands) innovative participatory budgeting method. Through community dialogues and voting, this initiative enables citizens to have a say on some of the village’s budgeting expenses, directly responding to their needs. This event featured Ma...
Project 20/05/2025 Empowering residents: How a local café transformed a neighborhoodIn the heart of the Marlborough neighborhood in Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France, a modest café named Le Nid has blossomed into a symbol of community empowerment and cohesion. Entirely managed by local residents, Le Nid began as a response to the community's desire for a welcoming space to connect. Wit...