Kot with project

In Belgium, the kots with project (or KAP ), are a specificity of the catholic Université of Leuwen to Leuwen-the-New and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, but appearing more and more on other Belgian campuses.

A kot-with-project is the gathering place of a group of students, generally between 8 and 12, who, in addition to living together within a Community housing, conclude a project which is due to them in heart.

There exists currently more than 110 kots-with-project (80 with Leuwen-the-New and 30 in Woluwe), credits in multiple fields going of the music to the sport, while passing by the theater, the improvisation, the humanitarian, the social one, the languages, photography, the dance, the environment, etc

These kots is often supported by their university.

Some projects

  • the Body is the collective which manages the KAP with Leuwen-the-New and Woluwé
  • the CSE Animations made up in Asbl, ensures various sporting animations
* Organize the 24 hour-bicycle of Leuwen-the-New
  • the CSE Tournois ensures various sporting animations
* the ten miles of Leuwen-the-New
  • Kot Méca , the Kot Méca ensures it ready of tools with Leuwen-the-New
* Organization of races of karting, cases with soap, visits of factories.
* Organization of workshops disassembling/reassembly of engines
  • the Kot-E-Rates/rhythms , made up in Asbl, ensures musical promotion Leuwen-the-New
* Organization of the Fêtes of the music since 1988
* Organization of a contest young talents
  • Kot and dances , promotes the diversity of the Danse on Leuwen it Neuve
*Organization of course of dance every Tuesday, several balls and of a spectacle.
  • Kap Contes promotes the tale with Leuwen-The-New and neighborhood.
* Organization of the Festival of the Tale of Leuwen-The-New in February
  • Kap Course organizes sports events of width the such race with the torches, the beach volleyball, the rally bicycle… for the students of Leuwen-The-New and its inhabitants.
  • Kot Certino organizes concerts of music of the world, jazz and folk with inter alia the OPENJAZZ festival in March.
  • Kot data base promotes the data base with Leuwen-the-New and neighborhood. There exists since 1983.
* Organization of the nights of the data base in November and February. Realization of Fresques
  • Kap Europe carries out the promotion of the European Union to Leuwen-the-New
  • Kap Latino , which succeeded in 1997 Kot Hélder Câmara, aims at the promotion of the Latin-American culture on the university site.
  • Carpestudentem manages an Internet site on the life coed with Leuwen-the-New
  • the Sower carries out the promotion of agriculture with Leuwen-the-New
  • the Bag of balls proposes courses of the evening to the pupils of secondary in difficulties
  • Webkot manages an Internet site on the life coed with Namur
  • CinéForum carries out the promotion of the cinema with Leuwen-the-New
  • Kot Oxfam ensures the promotion of the Equitable trade and the management of the Store of the world of L-L-N.
  • Kap Vert sensitizes the students with ecology in an original way, reflects on the means of the ecological action (ideological debates) and organizes the diffusion of alternative solutions for the lifestyle with Leuwen-the-New.
  • Kotmanga ensures the promotion of the Asian culture under its various aspects.
  • Artisakot deals with the promotion of the craft industry by the means:
* of weekly activities intended to the students or for the other interested people;
* of the one Day organization of the Craft industry to the return of spring.
  • Kot Amnesty ensures the promotion of the human rights on the campus of Leuwen-the-New, in partnership with Amnesty International.
  • Rhétokot ensures the reception of the rhetoricians on the site of Leuwen-the-New and proposes various activities to them to be informed on the student's life and the possible choices of course.
  • Leuwen-Li-Nux promotes the Free software and makes them available to the general public.
* Organizes the First Thursday , the Install party and the week of free the
  • Kap Délices is articulated around the kitchen. He proposes courses of kitchen and organizes dressers with topics.
  • Œnokot makes discover the secrecies of the Vin to the students and other inhabitants of Leuwen-the-New.
* Foire with the Belgian wines
* wine Dégustations
* Visites of cellars
  • the House of the History (MDH) is defined today as a facultaire kot-with-project. Called historical Circle with Leuwen (1945-1979), association transforms into kot-with-project in the first years of Leuwen-the-New. It then takes the name of House of the historians (1984-2003). Following changes in the statutes of the Body, it becomes facultaire kot-with-project. It will also modify its noun in House of the History (as from 2003), symbol of an opening to nonthe historians. In spite of its animated course, the House of the History preserved folk values. Although independent, the Calotte HIST is thus associated to him. Today, the kot-with-project proposes its assistance but also more ludic moments with the historians of the faculty of philosophy and letters. It receives a support of the department and its professors. Léopold Genicot supported for example association during many years. The MDH is also implied in other activities where the History plays the first part. It organizes conferences, projections of film, debates historical, visits of exposures and cities.
* Historiades: Olympiad of History for the rhetoricians
* cultural Week.
  • Kapodastre organizes each Monday (in the past Wednesday) in mini the concerts in a place of the campus of the known UCL one week in advance. At the time of this activity, a bar, microphones, a piano, guitars are placed at the disposal of the students so that those, according to an order of passage which they define between them, can play 3 or 4 pieces of their choice in front of a public of students musicophile.
  • Photokot has a photo laboratory accessible to the students. It organizes initiations with the black and white silver development, publishes each year the calendar of Kap' S, and carries out photo reports of events organized by others kots or organizations.
  • Supportkot gives a nudge in the right direction to the first-year students, by the means of a Web site, organization of Welcome day, a sponsorship, workshop Blocus, meetings with professionals, of a play of discovered city as well as permanences with the kot.
  • Kotstume makes it possible to the students to rent costumes. Other activities around the carnival and of the disguise are organized: Halloween with children, excursion with the carnival of Cologne, dressed up ball, activities of grimage, creation of costumes…
  • the Inn of the Heathers organizes a voyage in Taizé or Viale after the exam session of January. All first Thursday of the month, with the church Francois, saint 20:30, they organize a prayer in the spirit of Taizé. Life in Community reception a physical person handicapped, to learn how to live with our differences. They also will seek the handicapped people of Serpentine every Wednesday for the eucharistie of the students to 18:30.
  • the Long string organizes the choral society for the songs of the eucharistie of the students.
  • the Salt box organizes the play " Kap-on-Table" between the kots-with-project of Leuwen-the-new. The Salt box organizes also the " conferences inter-spiritualité" in partnership with the vice-vice-chancellorship with the businesses coeds. The Salt box belongs to the kots sponsored by the parish coed.

There exists ten kot with project attached to the parish St François.

External bonds

  • the site of Kot Méca
  • Site of Kotmanga
  • Site of Kot Mount Parnassus
  • Body, collective of the kots-with-project
  • CarpeStudentem, Kot with Projet centralizing information on Leuwen-the-New
  • Site of the CSE Animations
  • Site of the kot LouvainLinux
  • Site of the Kot-E-Rates/rhythms
  • Site of Kap Race
  • Site of Green Kap
  • southern Kap Site
  • Artisakot, promotion of the craft industry
  • Rhétokot, reception and information of the rhétos
  • Site of Kap Delights
  • Oenokot, activities around enology
  • House of the History
  • Photokot
  • the Web site of the Support Kot
  • the site of Kotstume
  • Kap Tales
  • the forum of the Salt box
  • the site of Kot data base

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