Program Overview

Certificate of Advanced Studies

Introduction to the Program

The Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Strategies for Promoting Cycling is an innovative program aimed at addressing the need for specialized postgraduate training in promoting cycling in French-speaking Switzerland. Developed in collaboration with the Fondation formation continue UNIL-EPFL and supported by the Conference Velo Suisse, PRO VELO Suisse, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and the SuisseEnergie program of the Office federal de l'Energie (OFEN), this program offers a comprehensive approach to cycling promotion.

Program Structure

The 10 ECTS credit program consists of three modules, each lasting four days (totaling 12 days), providing an integrated approach to promoting cycling:

1. Practices and Behaviors: Understanding practices, needs, and challenges related to cycling development.
2. Infrastructures and Amenities: Applying principles of cycling urbanism to make territories welcoming for various cycling practices and ensuring the integration of cycling with public transport.
3. Policies and Implementation: Identifying actors, levers, and resistances in implementing cycling policies and developing integrated strategies for promoting cycling.

Target Audience

The CAS in Strategies for Promoting Cycling is designed for a broad audience, including professionals working in or with public authorities (cities, cantons, agglomerations, confederations), in offices or associations in the fields of planning, mobility, transport, urbanism, engineering, architecture, as well as other professionals interested in active mobility.

Program Details

• The first edition of the CAS will take place from January to June 2026.
• The program involves several members of the Observatoire universitaire du vélo et des mobilités actives (OUVEMA), including geographers, urban planners, economists, psychologists, political scientists, health specialists, and jurists, along with numerous professionals from the field.
• The program includes several field visits.

Additional Information

• A brochure presenting the program is available for download.
• The program has been featured in the press, with an article by PRO VELO Suisse presenting the new CAS in strategies for promoting cycling developed by OUVEMA.

Partners

• Institut de géographie et durabilité
• Centre de compétence en durabilité
• Institut des sciences du sport de l'UNIL

Focus

• CAS in Strategies for Promoting Cycling
• Cycle of conferences on active mobility

Address

c/o Institut de géographie et durabilité
Géopolis
CH-1015 Lausanne
Suisse

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