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As part of the festive evening celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Visegrad Fund, the Project of the Year award was presented. |
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One outstanding project was nominated from each of the V4 countries, and the recognition went to the highly topical grant project called Water Renovation in Ukraine, implemented by the University of Debrecen (Faculty of Agriculture & Food Sciences and Environmental Management) in cooperation with partner universities.
The award was received during the gala by Dr. Kovács Elza, associate professor at the University of Debrecen.
Sincere thanks to all who contribute to meaningful collaborations through the project!
our project was nominated for the „Project of the Year 2024” award!
Each year, Visegrad Fund selects four fascinating projects, one from each V4 country, and lets the public vote on the winning video/project. The voting is open for everyone.
Voting of the Visegrad Fund´s Project of the year 2024 is open till noon on June 6, 2025.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/visegradfund/videos/1052908283561280
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJjpo8fsAa6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
If you like our video, please, give this project a vote “LIKE”!
The video with the highest number of reactions (likes & comments) on the Facebook and Instagram profile of the Visegrad Fund is to be awarded.
Water Rennovation in Ukraine (# 22320101)
SUMMARY
Climate change poses challenges to the economy in the Visegrad countries and Ukraine. Water is one of our most valuable and at the same time most vulnerable natural resources. Our project entitled Water Rennovation in Ukraine focused on the most diverse areas of sustainable water management.
Our 1-week courses were attended by university students studying water management, environmental engineering and agricultural engineering. The participants could visit a well-known university with a long history in each Visegrád country.
Each university represents a different field of expertise, such as plant cultivation based on precision technologies, the protection of the water balance of our forests, efficient urban water management and the hydrology of our river waters have come into focus.
We held lectures and organized demonstration exercises, where the students could get to know and try out the most modern measuring, data collection, data analysis and modeling tools, as well as gain insight into the latest developments and innovative technological solutions. We also tried to present the specific natural features of each region.
MESSAGE
We hope that we managed to direct the attention of young people to the diversity of challenges and opportunities related to water management, and to the diversity of their chosen careers.
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.
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AUTUMN SCHOOL IN SLOVAKIA 21—27 October, 2024 has been successfully completed at |
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Guest students from Rivne, Ukraine and Krakow, Poland, and Slovak students got an insight to water in the town – water retention, wastewater recycling and reuse by the most experienced Slovakian professors and gained practical experiences at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra.
Lectures and practical training on 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; and biological nutrient recycling from the urban wastewaters and the wastewater from food production were given.
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Presentations
Modern methods of rainwater and wastewater management in cities
Water erosion, erosion factors, and erosion control measures
In practice…
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… and a curious guest participant…
Dr. Ievgenii Gerasimov, senior academic staff from Ukraine:
„I want to say many thanks for practical education to the organisers - Agricultural university in Nitra. During this week students had a possibility to receive new practical skills in best modern european practices in hydraulics, measurement of different water parameters, modern software for calculating and modelling different water phenomena. Also students investigated one of the biggest hydroelectric power stations on the Danube river and a lot of different water structures around the Nitra. It shows how new practical skills can be realized in the water structures. So, at least, students created relations with the Polish and Slovakian students that also take part in the Practical school. Moreover all participants had a chance to see the beautiful landscapes, custles, churches of the historical city Nitra and nature of Slovakia.”
PARTICIPANTS ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRAM, MANY THANKS TO THE SLOVAKIAN COLLEAGUES!
