Report from a business trip, Research Institute of Water Management, Bratislava, Slovakia

On 17-18 January 2023, Dr. Borek Drozd, Prof. Tomáš Randák, Dr. Jan Kubec and Ing. M. Šindler attended the kick-off meeting of the newly acquired integrated project LIFE21-IPE-SK-LIFE Living Rivers/101069837. The meeting was held at the Research Institute of Water Management, Bratislava (Slovakia) as the project coordinator. The involvement of particular institutions in the project and individual work packages, the division into work groups and the communication within the large project consortium were addressed. On 19 January 2023, the planned passage of the Čunovo weir and activities related to the monitoring of ichthyocenoses prior to the design and implementation of this activity were discussed within the project consortium by Dr. Drozd and Ing. Šindler along with invited ichthyologists from other organizations from Slovakia.