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, construction of community housing intensified in several areas of the campus, including the Quai Ferdinand Courtoy and Bon Pasteur districts. There are currently some fifteen KàPs on the UNamur campus. Each KàP brings together a group of students who work together on the project, usually living in the same community housing unit. Their missions fall into three categories: campus animation, humanitarian and societal support, and student services.
