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2025-2026 / Inter-university certificate

Urban security policy management

12 crédits
Inter-university certificate in urban security policy management
DYCISU00

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  • Bloc
  • Organization
  • Theory
  • Practical
  • Others
  • Credits
This programme is organised by UCLouvain in partnership with ULiège and UNamur.

Compulsory courses

B1
12Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Inter-university certificate in urban security policy management B1TA95--12

1) Concepts and assessment / Measuring safety
- Highlighting the "common thread" of the training and presentation of the day
- Definition of the concept of safety + assessment of a safety plan
- Access to scientific sources (introduction)
- Measuring safety (indicators)
- Presentation of the final dissertation: regulations, group formation

Lecturers: Vincent FRANCIS (UCLouvain) and Vincent SERON (University of Liège)
2) Security stakeholders
- Highlighting the training programme's common thread and presentation of the day
- Security stakeholders: role-playing activities
- Stakeholder mapping: the police sector
- Stakeholder mapping: the judicial sector and youth welfare services
- Stakeholder mapping: the prevention sector
- Security stakeholders: role-playing activities
- Comprehensive stakeholder mapping, Final training assignment, speed dating

Lecturers: Bertrand de Buisseret (Head of the administrative sanctions department, Municipality of Ixelles; municipal sanctions officer), Etienne Gaublomme (University of Namur), Sandrine Vairon (Division public prosecutor, Public Prosecutor¿s Office of Charleroi), Ingrid Verhoeven (Head of the legal department, Namur Capital Police Zone; "PLANU" Coordinator, City of Namur)
3) Administrative tools for security
- Highlighting the "common thread" of the training and presentation of the day
- Administrative responses and sanctioning law
- Highlighting the "common thread" of the training and presentation of the day
- Administrative responses and sanctioning law

Lecturers: Bertrand de Buisseret (Head of the administrative sanctions department, Municipality of Ixelles, municipal sanctioning officer), Mar Nihoul (UNamur), François Xavier (UNamur)
4) Private security

Lecturer : SERON Vincent (ULiège)

5) Police strategies and their evaluation
- MHighlighting the training programme¿s common theme and presentation of the day
Police tools: presentation of strategies and evaluations
- Integration activity: exercises

Lecturers: SERON Vincent (ULiège) and DE VALKENEER Christian (UCL)
6) Judicial strategies and their evaluation
- Highlighting the training programme's common thread and presentation of the day
- Principles of civil and criminal liability and overview of judicial responses
- Presentation and evaluation of judicial strategies in the field of urban security
- Integration activity: practical exercise

Lecturers: COLETTE-BASECQZ Nathalie (UNamur), DE VALKENEER Christian (UCL), VAIRON Sandrine

7) New technologies and video surveillance
- Highlighting the training programme's common thread and presentation of the day
- Criminological and legal approach

Lecturers: DE VALKENEER Christian (UCL), FRANCIS Vincent (UCL) et VARGA Réka (UCL)
8) Urban planning approach to security / Minor offences and incivilities
- Highlighting the training programme's common thread and presentation of the day
- Urban planning approach to security
- Minor offences and incivilities
- Day debriefing

Lecturers: ANDRE Sophie (ULiège), TIELEMAN David (ULiège) and FRANCIS Vincent (UCL)

9) Communication strategy in urban security policies
- Why communicate?
- How to communicate effectively' Rules and tools
- Relations with the press and media
- Focus on social media
- Case study: Communication as a strategic tool in addressing urban security issues

Lecturers: DEMAZY Benoît and MOSSIAT Laurence
10) Narcotic drugs
- Highlighting the training's overarching theme and introduction to the day
- Presentation of legislation: perspectives from the police and the public prosecutor's office
- Judicial and police responses
- Psychiatric approach to drug addiction
- Toxicological and forensic approach to drug addiction
- Psychosocial support for drug users
- Alternative approaches to managing drug users in public spaces
- Debate

Lecturer: Etienne GAUBLOMME (UNamur)

11) Burglaries/Violent thefts in public spaces
- Highlighting the training's overarching theme and introduction to the day
- Burglaries
- Violent thefts in public spaces
- Debate and summary

Lecturers: Christian DE VALKENEER (UCL) and Vincent FRANCIS (UCL)