Recognition

What is a recognition at LOKO?

LOKO recognizes associations to support the Leuven student association landscape. Different types of recognition offer a number of benefits. For example, you can more easily (and for free) reserve rooms from KU Leuven, you can use the LOKO lending service, and you can apply for various subsidies.

Student unions are automatically recognized and therefore do not need to apply for recognition.

For other student associations that are not student unions (free associations), there are three options:

LOKO informs the associations when their recognition needs to be renewed.

More information about the various subsidies can also be found on our website via the buttons below. All details about recognitions and subsidies, definitions, and deadlines can be found in the subsidy regulations.

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What are the conditions?

The recognition at LOKO requires that at least the following conditions are met. The association applying for recognition:

1. must be aimed at Leuven students.

2. is open to all Leuven students.

   1. open as in for both local and international students (in the form of, for example, accessible, for example, bilingual communication where possible) and accessible to both KU Leuven students and students from UCLL and LUCA.
   2. open as in at least one public event on Facebook or a post on a public Instagram page, and in terms of promotion not limited to a restricted group.
      
3. makes no distinction between students who do or do not want to become members of the requesting recognized association (no financial barrier)
4. must not be profit-making.
5. is active and has had at least two recognized events in the past 365 days.
6. actively and objectively works on their member recruitment.
7. respects the poster regulations for posters on KU Leuven grounds.
8. has a goal that is in accordance with the general principles that LOKO radiates.
9. signs and defends the baptism charter. Every recognized association must sign the baptism charter. If they do not baptize, they must also sign a document for this.
10. endorses human rights (European Convention on Human Rights) and anti-discrimination legislation.
11. pursues the promotion of coexistence with the residents of Leuven.

Even if an association meets all the requirements, its recognition can still be denied. The subsidy committee must also look at a balanced distribution of the association landscape, and can therefore refuse recognition if the association has a goal that is too similar to the goal of another existing association, does not have a sufficiently valuable social purpose, or for any other reason it deems justified.

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How can you apply for recognition?

A recognition application can be submitted by sending the completed template along with the supporting documents of the activities and the functioning of the association to subsidies@loko.be. The template can be found below.

Supporting documents that you must submit, in addition to the completed template:

• Supporting documents of at least two recognized events in the past 365 days;
• Supporting documents of the functioning of the association such as the statutes, the internal regulations, or other forms of structure.

WARNING! Please note the dates on which the grants committee meets. Be sure to submit your application at least one week before the meeting at which you wish your application to be assessed. The deadline for the second semester is 1 April. If you submit your application after this date, it will not be considered until the following academic year.

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More questions?

First of all, please consult the grant regulations, which explain and define everything in detail.

Still not quite clear? If so, please contact subsidies@loko.be with any further questions.

Het reglement vind je hier!