Visegrad+ Grant

SPRING SCHOOL IN POLAND, 22—28 April, 2024

organized by the University of Agriculture in Krakow

 

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JOIN US if you are interested in water policy in the EU, hydrometry and flow modelling.

Language of the program is English. COSTS FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS ARE FULLY COVERED!

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The project is co-financed by the Governments of the Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

 


SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION TO THE VISEGRAD+ GRANT

The grant application submitted under the ID no. 22320101 with the project title Water Rennovation in Ukraine submitted by the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Department of Land Use was accepted on the 22nd of August, 2023.

Partner universities

  • National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine (nuwm.edu.ua)
  • Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering (http://www.fzki.uniag.sk)
  • University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Water Engineering and Geotechnics, Poland (https://kiwig.urk.edu.pl/en)
  • Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Czech Republic (https://mendelu.cz/)

Long-term cooperation

The first project under the V4 grant #21650010, entitled "Sustainable Water Management and Hydrological Security in V4 group and Ukraine" and the second one under the V4 grant #21920227 "Visegrad-Water-Security" were completed successfully, where knowledge of students on the latest challenges and solutions in water management and engineering were broadened. Our cooperation continues with the organization of four practical schools organized at each partner university for receiving additional skills in the best European practices.

Aim of the project

Transferring the V4 universities' experience gives the students the best knowledge within the V4 countries and provides useful skills for the Ukrainian participants for rebuilding Ukraine's water sector. Additionally, the project supports a strong professional network among both the graduates and the lecturers, and scientists. And last but not least,  students will have more information about the culture of each country of V4 group and Ukraine, and the common European values.

The implementation period is 25th September, 2023 – 15th March, 2025. The budget is 50,715 EUR.

The project is co-financed by the Governments of the Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.


PROGRAMS

Spring school in Poland

22—28 April, 2024

Water policy, hydrometry and flow modelling

Topics:

  • Hydrometry, measurements and data processing  (Leszek Książek)
  • Water policy in the EU (Mateusz Strutyński)
  • Modelling of water flow in rivers (Maciej Wyrębek)
  • Data Processing in GIS (Andrzej Strużyński)

Location: University of Agriculture in Kraków, Rudawa River


Summer school in Hungary

24—30 June, 2024

Precision agriculture, sustainable water use

Topics:

  • Remote sensing with UAV and mapping crop health and growth under different water regime (Ragán Péter, Tamás András)
  • Precision irrigation planning and demonstration of dripping irrigation technology (Illés Árpád, Bojtor Csaba)
  • Field measurements for the evaluation of water balance in soil, assessment of secondary salinization (Kovács Elza)
  • Soil moisture conservation with proper tillage, water saving crop rotation – field experiments (Juhász Csaba)

Location: field experimental sites of the University of Debrecen Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, and Environmental Management
 


Summer school in Czech Republic

26 August – 1 September, 2024

Hydrology and water retention in the landscape

Topics:

  • Determination (measurement and modeling) of the parameters of the precipitation-runoff process and the water balance of forest micro-basins
  • Hydrological and hydraulic laboratory - hydraulic modeling of hydrological processes
  • Objects to retain water in forests - functionality, and measurement of basic parameters

Location: Mendel University in Brno, Living Laboratory, MENDELU Hydrological and Hydraulic Laboratory/Technical University


Autumn school in Slovak Republic

21—27 October, 2024

Water in the town – water retention wastewater recycling and reuse

Topics:

  • Water balance in the town and agricultural landscape (measurement and modeling) of the parameters of the precipitation-runoff process and the water balance of urban micro-basins
  • Rain water harvesting, 
  • Objects to retain water in the town and urban areas – functionality, and design of basic parameters.
  • Biological nutrient recycling from the urban wastewaters and the wastewater from food production

Location: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Environmental Center Climate-Landscape-Information

The Envirocenter building is under construction be completed by the end of 2023. It will have a rainwater management system and green roof.


The International Visegrad Fund

The organization supports regional cooperation between civil society organizations to advance their relations, exchange and share ideas and promote mutual understanding. Further information can be found at the website https://www.visegradfund.org.


Last update: 2024. 04. 18. 11:41