Cap sur les KàPs" series | Episode #11 - Kotélocal

The Kotélocal is a kot-à-projet aimed at promoting local consumption and sustainable development among university students and staff. In partnership with Namur merchants such as Paysan Artisan, Oxfam, Le Pain de François, Maison Legrand and Maison Saint-Aubain, local products at democratic prices are on offer. Activities to raise awareness of sustainable development are also orgnaised, such as the recent screening of the film "Bigger Than Us" at Quai 22 on March 7, 2024.

• A stand at the 1st UNamur Sustainable Fair on Saturday 9/03/2024 in collaboration with le Cokot. On the menu: soup and sandwiches.
• The sale of local sandwiches (on Tuesdays every 15 days) at the price of 3.5€ (3€ on reservation) to UNamur students and staff members. To order, simply react via social networks once the event has been published. Next sale: 12/03/2024
• "Hello Locaux" boxes in which all ingredients are provided to make a recipe imagined by them at a price that varies between 4 and 5€ depending on the recipe. Orders are also placed via a form once the event has been posted on social networks.
• A "Namur discovery" activity with an artisan to discover or an emblematic Namur monument to visit. Next date: 13/04/2024.

The recruitment dinner for future interns will take place on 13/03/2024 from 7:30pm at 22, rue du Séminaire.

On the Namur university campus, students wishing to get involved in community life have access to a number of meeting places. Among them are the Cercles, the Régionales and also the KàPs, which offer their members the opportunity to carry out a project close to their hearts throughout an academic year.

Each KàP brings together students who carry out the project together and most often live in the same community housing. Their missions fall into three categories: campus animation, humanitarian and societal support, and student service.

The first KàPs have been around since the early 1980s. Over the years, KàPs have become highly professionalized, adopting an organized and regulated structure. As early as 1986, a procedure for allocating, evaluating and subsidizing KàPs was set up under the supervision of the authorities of the University of Namur. At the same time, the construction of community housing intensified in several locations on campus, including the Quai Ferdinand Courtoy and Bon Pasteur districts.

There are currently around fifteen KàPs on the UNamur campus. Every April, a call is opened to encourage students to launch their own project.