Next Landscape: Strategies for Climate-Proof Floodplains (BIP)

May 19-23, 2025 (face-to-face part)

April 30, 2025 (online part)

Mendel University in Brno warmly invites you to participate in the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on Next Landscape: Strategies for Climate-Proof Floodplains (BIP), hosted by the Department of Lanscape Planning (Faculty of Horticulture). This unique programme combines short-term mobility for both online and physical components. The face-to-face sessions are scheduled from May 19 to 23, 2025, while the online sessions will be held on April 30, 2025.

Interested participants are encouraged to register by February 28, 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 February 28, 2025. Once you register, we will contact you within 2 weeks.

Registration link

Information

  • Activities lectures, hand-on workshops, field trips
  • Topics sustainability, water management, recreation, landscape scenarios, cultural landscape, landscape perception and interpretation
  • Registration Deadline: 28.02.2025. 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 4 ECTS
  • Target Group Bachelor’s (Bc.), Master’s (MSc.), and Doctoral (PhD) students

Programme

TimeAGENDA
8:30 – 9:00Welcome
9:00 – 12:00Excursion to the Lednice-Valnice UNESCO area
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 16:30Field trip to the Přítlucký Polder floodplain area (Case Study Area) 
17:00 – 19:00Icebreaker Dinner 
TIMEAGENDA
8:30 – 12:00Workshop: Water in the Landscape 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Workshop: Digital Tools 
15:00 – 17:00Studio work/ Field trip 
17:30 – 18:00Daily Wrap-Up 
18:00Dinner
TIMEAGENDA
8:30 – 12:00Workshop: Cultural Landscape and Interpretation 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 16:30Studio work / Field Trip 
17:30 – 18:00Daily Wrap-Up 
18:00Dinner
TIMEAGENDA
8:30 – 12:00Workshop: Scenarios and Their Evaluation 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 16:00Studio work
17:30 – 18:00Daily Wrap-Up 
18:00Dinner
TIMEAGENDA
8:30 – 12:00Final Presentations
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 16:30Final Wrap up and Farewell Party 

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.
  • Even if you are participating as a teacher on an STA (Staff Mobility for Teaching), please register using the registration form
  • Deadline for registration is 28.02.2025.
  • Registration for the BIP is currently closed due to full capacity.
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

  • Accommodation will be arranged by the BIP organizers in 2-3 bed rooms at a student dormitory in the faculty campus in Lednice. 
  • The cost is €12-€15 per person per night (to be paid by participants). 
  • Participants are advised to arrive before 19 May 2025. 
  • Departure is scheduled for Friday afternoon or Saturday, 24 May 2025. 

Contact

Tereza Smidova
International Relations Officer
building X
+420 545 135 030
Jozef Sedlacek
Coordinator of BIP
Faculty of Horticulture
+420 519 367 348
Mendel University in Brno
Zemědělská 1665/1, 613 00 Brno
IČO: 62156489
DIČ: CZ62156489
Faculty of Horticulture
Valtická 337, 691 44 Lednice
IČO: 62156489
DIČ: CZ62156489