Citoyenneté mondiale
Louvain Coopération encourage les citoyens à s’engager pour construire une société mondiale juste, durable, inclusive et solidaire, avec une attention particulière portée aux déséquilibres entre les pays dits des Suds et des Nords. Nous travaillons activement avec les étudiants de l’UCLouvain afin de renforcer la mise en action individuelle et collective. Les thématiques principales couvertes par Louvain Coopération sont le féminisme, l’écologie, l’antiracisme et la décolonisation.
Nos actions
Belgium
The ‘Ethical and emotional challenges of field research’ seminar gives doctoral students the opportunity to reflect on the emotional aspects of their research through theatrical activities.
Are you a researcher facing ethical or emotional dilemmas in your fieldwork? This seminar invites you to think about these issues. It draws on readings and personal accounts to explore how to navigate ethical and emotional challenges in relations with the populations studied and field partners.
The course covers fieldwork in both the North and South, is tailored to each profile and is aimed at researchers using qualitative or mixed methods, with or without field experience.
Belgium
Enrich your university education
University teaching provides essential foundations for understanding the world. This space invites you to enrich your education by bringing academic knowledge into dialogue with real-world experiences, questioning dominant frameworks of reference, and exploring perspectives that are often underrepresented in university curricula.
DJESA · Teacher Training Module · Seminars
Belgium
Better understand your place in the world
This space offers opportunities for dialogue and reflection for Afro-descendant students and students from underrepresented backgrounds. It provides a supportive environment to explore questions of identity, memory, belonging and agency, while respecting each person's experience and individual pace.
Interweek · Afro-Racines · Safe space
Belgium
Strengthen your capacity for collective action
Student associations, societies and informal groups play a vital role in university life. This space supports their development by providing guidance and resources on governance, collaboration and collective organisation, helping them strengthen their ability to lead the projects they care about.
Belgium
Turn interest into action
This space is designed for students who want to make a tangible contribution, whether in Belgium or internationally. It enables participants to join a community of engaged students, develop solidarity initiatives and receive support in transforming an idea into a collective project, every step of the way.
Solidarity Student · Student Collective Action Fund · Internships · Theses
Belgium
Circulate knowledge
Experiences gained through engagement, mobility and research are valuable sources of knowledge. Students are encouraged to share these learning experiences through publications, podcasts, articles, research and other creative outputs, contributing to a collective body of knowledge enriched by diverse experiences and perspectives.
Podcast · Publications · Journal
ECMS hors cursus
Campus in Action is a dynamic, participatory training weekend organised every year in November for students at French-speaking Belgian universities. The aim of this unique event is to bring together students together to discuss social, environmental and political issues, by raising their awareness of crucial themes that change every year.
The weekend is designed to be both a theoretical training course and a space for creative collaboration. In addition to lectures, interactive workshops and debates led by experts and activists from a variety of backgrounds, students work together to create an awareness-raising tool that they can deploy on their respective campuses.
Campus in Action not only enriches students' knowledge of key issues, but also equips them to become agents of change on their campuses, while strengthening solidarity networks between universities.
ECMS hors cursus
Louvain Coopération opens its doors to students wishing to immerse themselves in the international solidarity sector, offering them rewarding and formative internship opportunities. Whether it's their first professional experience or a chance to deepen their understanding of global issues, interns have the chance to see first-hand how an NGO active in a variety of fields works.
In addition to internships, Louvain Coopération offers specific support to students wishing to write a thesis on themes related to its activities, whether in the North or the Global South. This support gives students access to valuable resources and field data, while benefiting from the expertise of the NGO's professionals. Thesis topics can cover a wide range of issues, such as the impact of projects or the NGO's strategies.
So, whether through an internship or a thesis project, Louvain Coopération offers a stimulating learning environment that is deeply rooted in the reality of international dynamics. Students have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the field of solidarity while making a practical contribution to the NGO's projects.
ECMS hors cursus
Our interactive courses are designed to respond to the concrete concerns and questions that young people have about major contemporary issues. Each course is designed around a specific question posed by the group of participants, making the course directly relevant and adapted to their realities. Based on this question, we organise a participative learning space where young people are actively involved in the process of reflection and exchange.
The themes addressed during these courses are varied. Whether exploring issues related to decolonisation, ecological transition processes, gender inequality or political advocacy tools, each course aims to provide keys to understanding while strengthening young people's capacity for action.
Our courses are not limited to theoretical learning. They are also spaces where young people can co-create concrete solutions, exchange innovative ideas and develop strategies to make their voices heard in public or political spheres.
Are you a student and interested in organising this activity? Contact us!
🎥 Example : Afro-Récits: Empowering oneself to combat racial discrimination – training course given to Afrika United KAP
ECMS hors cursus
Question yourself about the dynamics of intercultural encounters by taking part in a pre-departure training course before embarking on a trip abroad. This course will prepare you to navigate in diverse cultural contexts and understand the issues surrounding cultural differences, perceptions and interactions between people from different backgrounds. By asking yourself the right questions about your own assumptions, your role and your stance as a visitor to another country, you will be able to develop a critical awareness and intercultural sensitivity.
By engaging in this process of reflection before you leave, you maximise the chances of making your trip a profound learning experience, both personally and in terms of relationships. You'll return with a more nuanced understanding of the social, political and cultural realities of the country you visit, while developing valuable intercultural skills needed in an increasingly globalised world.
This training course is organised on request, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to organise one with us!
ECMS hors cursus
Solidarity Student is a programme of civic engagement and intercultural encounters designed for students at UCLouvain. Offered as soon as they enrol at the university, the programme aims to encourage students to become actively involved in solidarity initiatives, while strengthening their social awareness and sense of responsibility towards society.
One of the pillars of the programme is the Solidarity Fund, which provides financial support to Solidarity Students each year to help them implement concrete projects. This fund, which is accessible to all participants, is designed to give life to solidarity initiatives, whether in Belgium or in the countries of the Global South. Students can propose and develop a wide range of projects, from organising awareness-raising activities on their campus to international solidarity initiatives.
In addition to financial aid, Solidarity Students benefit from personalised support throughout their project, in the form of advice, training and support from members of Louvain Coopération.
ECMS hors cursus
Ecology, Gender, Decolonization, Intersectionality… These fundamental issues shape our understanding of the world and challenge the ways we live together. Our virtual library aims to encourage you to deepen your reflection on these key themes, which lie at the heart of today’s social, political, and environmental debates.
Designed as a space for discovery and learning, this library offers a wide selection of books, articles, podcasts, and films… What makes it so rich? The diversity of voices expressed within it. Researchers, activists, artists, people from diverse backgrounds, share their thoughts and experiences here. So many intersecting perspectives that will help you better understand the challenges of our time and find your own path to engagement. Take the time to explore, make these resources your own, and draw from them what resonates with you. Because it is by better understanding the world that we can transform it.
