Faculty of Law

14 Post-academic training in Customs and Excise ‘Customs and Excise’ is a modular, academically oriented specialisation programme organised by the University of Antwerp (Dutch-taught part) and the University of Liège (French-taught part) in collaboration with Belgium’s FPS Finance and the private sector The courses are taught by lecturers with relevant expertise from academia, administration, the legal profession and the private sector Post-academic training in Socio-Economic Policy The Institute for Cooperation between University and Labour Movement (ISUA) aims to support trade unions in their consultations and negotiations with employers At the same time, the trade unions’ field experience adds realism to the university’s educational programme and research practice The Dutch-language socio-economic policy training course (VOSEB) aims to support trade union representatives in their consultations and negotiations with employers The course builds on existing training in trade unions and is organised every two years around a central theme Together with academics, the trade unions determine and develop this theme in light of current events and socially relevant issues The theme of the classes in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 is: “ Trade union strategy for the 21st century: how can trade unions participate in social dialogue in a centre-right political climate? ” Post-academic training and refresher course in Mediation The Faculty of Law at UAntwerp offers post-academic training in mediation in collaboration with the University of Ghent This up-and- coming social practice has been regulated by law since 2005 Mediators help others negotiate their differences of opinion, based on principles such as impartiality, content neutrality, process directiveness, confidentiality and voluntary access Not only do mediators need to work very methodically, they should also have sound philosophical, ethical and psychological insights These need to be made explicit, while also developing a coherent theoretical basis, in order to understand the role of the mediator and to develop a coherent mediation practice Based on this concept, the Faculty of Law offers a multidisciplinary, scientifically sound and practice-oriented programme In addition, our faculty also organises refresher training days This refresher course is an advanced training course for legal experts and social workers who are already professionally engaged in mediation Different themes and cases are discussed, including ‘non-verbal communication’, ‘nonviolent/ compassionate communication’, ‘impartiality’ and ‘children and young people in family mediation’ The mediation courses are taught in Dutch