Agriculture for New Generation (BIP)

May 19-29, 2025 (face-to-face part)

May 13, 2025; June 3, 2025 (online part)

Mendel University in Brno warmly invites you to participate in the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on Agriculture for New Generation (BIP), hosted by the Faculty of Agrisciences. This unique programme combines short-term mobility for both online and physical components. The face-to-face sessions are scheduled from May 19 to 29, 2025, while the online sessions will be held on May 13, 2025 and June 3, 2025. Designed primarily for students, the programme also welcomes staff members to join.

Interested participants are encouraged to register by April 13, 2025 – use the link below:

Registration for the BIP is currently closed due to full capacity!

Would you like to attend our BIP? The deadline for registration is April 13, 2025. Once you register, we will contact you within 2 weeks.

Registration link

Information

  • Activities lectures, workshops, field trips, online sessions
  • Topics Modern Technologies, New Trends in Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Precision Farming, Agritourism, Alternative Farm Animal Husbandry, Renewable Resources
  • Registration Deadline: 13.04.2025. Use link above.
  • Costs covered by sending institution (travel costs, accommodation) within the Erasmus+ programme, Other costs (excursions, food etc.) in charge of coordinating institution
  • Credits 3 ECTS
  • Target Group Bachelor’s (Bc.), Master’s (MSc.), and Doctoral (PhD) students, employees (STT mobilites)

Programme

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Arrival to Brno, Accommodation
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9:00 – 11:30Welcome, Introductory Speech
11:30 – 13:00Welcome Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Magdalena Daria Vaverková: Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Higher Education and Active Engagement in Waste Management
15:00 – 16:00University Botanical Garden
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9:00 – 12:00Guest teachers: Ioannis Daliakopoulos, Marcin Kopyra, Arkadiusz Niedziółka
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Countries Presentations
15:00 – 17:30Soňa Štossová WS (baskets making)
TIMEAGENDA
8:30Whole day excursion School forest enterprise Křtiny and Moravian Karst; Tomáš Vrška: Silviculture for New Generation – crucial challenges for forest transformation
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9:00 – 11:00Merja ORourke: Biodiversity: Agriculture and Nature working together
11:00 – 12:00Radka Redlichová: Circular and bioeconomy in practice
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:30Adam Kovál, Jakub Novotný: Edible insects as a food source
14:30 – 15:30Vojtěch Lukas: Smart Farming technologies in crop management
TIMEAGENDA
9:00 – 11:00Lucie Všetičková: Where is Aquaculture going?; Department of Fish Husbandry Visit
11:00 – 12:30Vladimír Zmrhal: Using of Artificial Intelligence to improve Poultry Health, Welfare and Productivity; Visit of University Poultry Breeding Site
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Free Time
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Free Time
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8:30Whole Day Field Excursion
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8:30Whole Day Field Excursion
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9:00 – 12:00Michaela Menšíková: Agroecology as a Way to Sustainability
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00Gabriela Olšanská: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Local Agriculture
14:00 – 15:30Daniel Falta: Modern Ways of Agriculture at School Farm Žabčice
TIMEAGENDA
9:00 – 15:00Horse breeding in the Czech Republic – Horse Riding Club Panska licha – evaluation and closing of BIP
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Departure

Registration

  • Registration is mandatory for the participation at the event.
  • Only registered students/staff will be allowed to participate.
  • The confirmation of the registration will be sent to your email by our coordinator.
  • Deadline for registration is 13.04.2025.
Registration

Administrative process

  • Participants are required to register using the provided registration form. Upon successful registration, they will receive an Acceptance Letter.
  • It is recommended that participants secure a grant from their home institution to cover travel and accommodation expenses, which are allocated as follows:
    • 1-14 days (79 euros/day)
    • 15-30 days (56 euro/day)
  • Participants must consult their home university to understand the conditions of the mobility and confirm eligibility for a grant.
  • A completed Learning Agreement is mandatory prior to mobility. Detailed information on this will be sent to participants before their departure.
  • At the end of the mobility period, participants will be issued a Confirmation and Transcript of Records. Additionally, students participating in the BIP will be awarded 3 ECTS credits.
  • Staff can participate within the Erasmus+ STT (Staff Mobility for Training) or Erasmus+ STA (Staff Mobility for Teaching):
    • E+ STT – qualifying as eligible BIP participants
    • E+ STA – qualifying as organizers/lectures, not as participants
  • For documentation, you will be contacted by BIP organizers.

Instructions before arrival

  • each participant is responsible for arranging their own accommodation
  • participants can book accommodation in J.A.Komenského dormitory
  • when making a reservation, please use the code “BIP_AGRICULTURE”

Contact

Tereza Smidova
International Relations Officer
building X
+420 545 135 030
Vladimir Mikule
Coordinator of BIP
Faculty of Agrisciences
+420 545 133 209
Mendel University in Brno
Zemědělská 1665/1, 613 00 Brno
IČO: 62156489
DIČ: CZ62156489
Faculty of Agrisciences
Zemědělská 1665/1, 613 00 Brno
IČO: 62156489
DIČ: CZ62156489