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V4 application - Semiramis

Name of the project coordinator:

Gergely Áron Dzsida

Enter the name of the main contact person responsible for the project.

Phone number:

+36204436262

Enter a valid phone number (incl. the international prefix, e.g., +48… or +421…) where you can be reached.

Official website/Social media site:

100/100

Enter the full link (URL) of your organization's official website or its active social media page.

https://www.facebook.com/otthonEU/⁠

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https://melymosolyalapitvany.hu/⁠

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https://www.facebook.com/fiatalmagyarvidek/?locale=hu_HU⁠

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Basic plan of the mobility

Applying organization:

1000/1000

Enter the official name (in native language).

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Fiatalok a Magyar Vidékért Alapítvány⁠

(HUN ’Youth for the hungarian countryside Foundation’) serves as a key educational and outreach partner for the Semiramis project. Their deep commitment to promoting rural life pathways for young people and preserving cultural heritage makes them an ideal collaborator.

Their specific roles include:

Educational Framework and Dissemination: The foundation will assist in developing the educational content for the workshops and the final interactive documentary. Leveraging their experience in organizing events for youth, they will help ensure the project's learning outcomes are relevant, engaging, and effectively communicated. Participant Outreach: They will use their extensive network across rural Hungary to promote the project and recruit motivated young participants for the workshops, ensuring the project reaches its target demographic. Local Guidance and Support: Based in the nearest village to the project site (Nógrád), the foundation will provide valuable local guidance and logistical support.

Partner organization(s) and their roles:

1000/1000

List the organization(s) in the other countries with which you will partner in this project and explain their roles in the project. Špejchar – Institute of Cultural Ecology (CZ): As the Czech partner organization, Špejchar's primary role is providing the project's artistic and ecological leadership. They are responsible for delegating the lead artist and workshop facilitator, Gabriela Sojková, whose expertise in land art and willow-weaving is central to the project's execution. Špejchar will manage the selection, preparation, and mentorship of the 8 Czech participants, ensuring they are equipped for the cross-border collaboration. Their experience of cultural ecology will inform the project's core themes, helping to frame the willow dome as a symbol of human-nature co-existence and climate resilience.

Otthon Európában Egyesület (’Home in Europe Association’) As the host organization, their primary role is managing all on-site logistics, coordination, and community integration in Csobánkapuszta, Hungary. This includes securing the project location, arranging accommodation and meals for all 16 participants, and coordinating local resources and volunteers. They are responsible for selecting and preparing the 8 Hungarian participants, including the core members of the documentary film crew. Their local network is essential for the successful execution of both the March workshop and the July public exhibition at the festival, ensuring the project is deeply rooted and supported within the local community.

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‘Mély Mosoly Alapítvány’⁠

(HUN ’Deep Smile Foundation’) is a vital partner, specifically for Phase 2. They are organizing the local festival in July, which is the venue where the completed willow dome will be presented as an interactive exhibition. This collaboration is essential for the project's community outreach, enabling the team to engage an estimated 1000-1500 visitors through workshops and performances, thus ensuring the project's long-term educational impact. Their direct involvement in managing the festival logistics is key to maximizing the visibility and impact of the land art installation.

Thematic area:

Sustainability and resilience

Heritage and remembrance

Health and active lifestyle

Arts and culture

Democratic values and civic virtues

Practical competences and entrepreneurship

Select max. two thematic areas that describe your project's content.

Project content (topics, roles, people): 1500/1500

List all concrete outputs (excursions, debates, competitions, workshops, lectures…), explain what you plan to do, and specify the number of people involved from each side (specify the participants' age and citizenship).

12 years ago, a collective built a living willow dome on this land. Our project revives these local connections and deepens cross-generational relationships with the environment. Responding to regional climate change impacts, this cross-border youth mobility unites 16 young participants (8 Czech, 8 Hungarian, ages 18-30) to co-create an eye-shaped living willow dome that re-cultivates diversity and fosters community development.

Phase 1 (March, 7 days): Creative Workshop & Construction

Led by Gergely Dzsida and Gabriela Sojková, participants engage in ecological design and collaborative construction in Csobánkapuszta. Activities include building the willow-dome (supporting a future permacultural garden), composing a theme song, weaving, planting, soil-work, cooking, and creating video content.

Phase 2 (July, 5 days): Interactive Exhibition & Community Engagement

The completed dome transforms into an interactive exhibition during a local festival (1000-1500 visitors). The team hosts workshops, games, and performs their theme song. Post-festival, the installation becomes a permanent educational space with QR codes and gamified elements, demonstrating how art and design can raise climate awareness and inspire practices of care.

12 years ago, a collective built a living willow dome on this land. Our project builds upon this heritage to revive local connections between the community and the environment and to deepen the cross-generational relationship with the land. In response to the increasing regional effects of climate change (recent droughts), this 2-phase cross-border youth mobility project unites 16 young participants (8 czech, 8 hungarian, ages 18-30). Together, we will co-create a significant work of land art: a living, eye-shaped willow dome. This installation is re-cultivating diversity and holds space for community development.

Phase 1 (March, 7 days): Creative Workshop & Construction

Led by Gergely Dzsida and Gabriela Sojková, this workshop focuses on hands-on skills in ecological design and collaborative construction in Csobánkapuszta. Participants build the willow-dome, intended to support a permacultural garden, and collaboratively compose and rehearse a theme song for our festival-performance and our video content. Activities include weaving, planting, soil-work, cooking, local logistics and music-video creation.

Phase 2 (July, 5 days): Interactive Exhibition & Community Engagement

The completed dome becomes an interactive exhibition at a local festival (1000-1500 visitors). Together we will host workshops, games, and perform the theme song. After the festival, the installation becomes a permanent, free-access educational space using QR codes and gamified elements, ensuring lasting community engagement and illustrating how art and design can bring awareness to climate changes and inspire practices of care.

Mobility locations: 1000/1000

List all places (city, country) where you and your project partners plan to meet.

The main location for our project is the field of the willow-dome: 3045, Nógrád county, Bér, Virágospuszta

Although there are different locations involved:

Bér village - The first strategic, organisational meeting of the hungarian project organisers and stakeholders will be held in Bér in january. The czech team joins the meeting online as it doesnt make economical and environmental sense to travel here for it. The ‘Fiatalok a Magyar Vidékért Alapítvány’ (’Youth for the hungarian countryside Foundation’) is based here and Kovács B. Dániel - who initiated the previous willow-project over 10 years ago - will share his experiences. We will distribute tasks, responsibilities and finalise the exact timelines and all the neccesary details.

Budapest - The capital city of Hungary will be the first meeting point where the participants (especially the czech team) gather and travel together from there.

Bercel village - One of the nearest villages to the location of the project with proper public transport. It will be another meeting point as some of the hungarian participants will join the team here. Bercel is also the location where ‘Otthon Európában Foundation’ (’Home in Europe Association’) is based who will be responsible for providing the accomodation.

Project title: 120/120

Please make the title of the project short and clear.

Semiramis Together: A Visegrad Hub for Ecological Art and Education (Weaving a Living Sculpture for Sustainable Future)

Semiramis Together: Living Willow-Dome for Climate Resilience & Cultural Heritage

Project start: (The project cannot start sooner than 15/01/2026.)

15/01/2026

Start of the project, incl. the preparatory period. Note that the project must start 5 months after the deadline at the latest.

Project end: (Note that the project cannot last longer than 7 months.)

30/07/2026

Previous grants/consultations

Have you applied or taken part in a Visegrad Fund project before? If yes, list the projects' ID numbers. 100/100

To involve Gabriela in the organisation, planning and design - we applied for the artist residency

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Artist_residency_Gabriela.pdf

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Serial number: 42600017

Did you consult this proposal with anyone from the fund? yes

This information is only used to improve transparency of the evaluation.

With Project Manager Katarína Palková - Both in Writing and in a videocall (Also consulted with another person on phone)

What form of consultation did you have? Select... Phone Writing Personal Which staff member have you consulted? Katarína Palková

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This 7-day intensive workshop marks the project's foundational phase, bringing together 16 participants from Hungary and the Czech Republic in Csobánkapuszta. The central activity is the collaborative, hands-on construction of an ambitious 80-meter-long, eye-shaped living willow dome. This monumental structure is the project's core artistic and ecological statement.

Under the expert guidance of land artist Gabriela Sojková, the international team will immerse themselves in the theory of land art and the practical skills of willow construction. This phase is dedicated to tangible skill-sharing, fostering a strong cross-border community, and physically creating the installation. The entire process will be documented by the film crew, capturing the journey of co-creation. The primary tangible output is the completed, woven willow-dome structure, standing as a powerful symbol of shared vision and human-nature co-existence.

Participants and their selection:

8 participants (ages 18-30) from Hungary and 8 participants (ages 18-30) from the Czech Republic are selected via an open application form of volunteers, social networking and direct reachouts. (Using the networks of the cooperating organisations)

This 5-day phase in July shifts the project from creation to public engagement, coinciding with the festival organized by our partner, the Mély Mosoly Alapítvány. The full team of 16 participants will reconvene, now acting as project ambassadors and facilitators. Their primary role is to present the completed willow dome—which will have begun to sprout leaves—as a living artistic installation.

The phase will feature a public exhibition around the dome, showcasing documentary photos and video clips from the March construction process. Participants will lead guided tours and artist talks, sharing their experiences and the project's core message of sustainability and cross-border collaboration with the festival audience. This direct engagement is designed to facilitate a community dialogue about climate resilience, land art, and cultural heritage. The primary outputs are a successful public exhibition, broad community engagement, and rich media content for the project's final documentary and dissemination campaign.

Participants and their selection: (300 charachter limit!)

Our previous 16 people team. (Plus local visitors, thousands of festival visitors, everyone who helped the project. The exhibition remains freely accessible reaching thousands locally and the documentary multiplies effect reaching possibly millions online)

Consolidated Project Budget Plan: Semiramis Ecosystem

Consolidated Project Budget Plan: Semiramis Ecosystem

Project

Questions on the call:

Do we have to name all the participants now or we just have to know how many people will we involve? No

Czech and Hungarian NGOs we have, but can the Polish partner be a company or a sole proprietorship? No

Participation in Multiple Projects: Is it permissible for an individual to be involved in two separate V4 Mini-Grant projects submitted within the same call? For instance, could someone lead the "Semiramis" project while also being a team member in another distinct project like "Circooler.Solutions," especially if both are presented as part of a cohesive sustainability-focused ecosystem? Yes we can

Organizers' Honoraria: The guidelines mention "honoraria" as an eligible cost. Is it permissible to budget for honoraria for the 5-person organizing team to compensate for their work in project management, workshop leadership, and administration? If so, what is considered a proportional amount within a c. €10,000 budget? (Expert fees maximum 5.000)

Internal Service Provision (Filmmaking Team): To document the project and produce a pilot episode for an interactive documentary series with online tools, our team includes myself as the director (HU) and Celina Przyklęk (PL) as the cinematographer. Is it acceptable for us to issue official invoices to the project from our own registered freelance businesses for specific, tangible services (eg, equipment rental, post-production work), separate from any potential organizer's honorarium? Can do both

Co-financing Strategy: Our "Semiramis" vision is part of a larger, c. €15,000-25,000 ecosystem of projects. We are applying to other funds (like the European Solidarity Corps and an Artist Residency grant) to cover different and distinct cost categories of the overall initiative. How should we best declare these other funding sources in our application to demonstrate transparency?

After e-mail questions: Can we apply for this grant with a person who applied for the artist residency grant? That would cover that persons deeper involvement in planning and execution.

15 people - 3 gatherings (March, May, July)

Should we write all expenses separately or the current devision is okay? (Sent in email)

For phase 1 - is it better to publicly advertise it or should we target those we already know? Is it a good idea to make the phase 1 private and phase 2 is the public reach anyways?

For phase 2 - Should I include the audience, so the people who we reach or only mention the participant youth?

How much is it changing our chances if we have a 3rd polish partner who are less active but also sends people?

Our project is so complex that we needed to use AI to summarize our answers (Both being clearly understandable and within the character limit) which we would like to be also open about as we lectured all information personally to avoid any problem on it.

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