Concept
SECRA aims at tackling the often ad hoc, episodic quality of university-enterprise collaboration (UEC) in the field of disaster resilience in the project’s partner countries, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Philippines. This is a pressing issue, because the knowledge and skills transfer through entrepreneurial processes within UEC have the potential to increase disaster resilience, as, for example, in better and more efficient agricultural practices. In turn, disaster resilient societies are more likely to better respond and adapt to consequences of climate change, to which SECRA’s partner countries are particularly vulnerable.
SECRA concomitantly addresses gender equity as a means of achieving better UEC. There is no simple answer to the wickedness of climate change consequences or in achieving resilience. In SECRA, we believe that facilitating systematic, institutionalized, and monitored UEC is part of a solution.
In summary, the overarching aim of SECRA is to contribute to more resilient communities in Asia through institutionalized, systematic, monitored, innovative, and inclusive UEC in disaster resilience.
Objectives
Objective 1
SECRA’s first objective is to trace, delimit, and map the landscape of UEC collaborations broadly identified through (i) work preceding SECRA and (ii) the needs analysis conducted together with the program countries of the Philippines, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. This work will provide the foundation for the work conducted in the development WPs.
Objective 2
SECRA’s second objective is to foster a better alignment between the interest of enterprises and the national public interest, especially in the field of disaster resilience.
Objective 3
SECRA’s third objective is to create the prerequisites for, and establish, a community of practice (CoP) involving university and enterprise actors in the field of disaster resilience, both in physical and in virtual network terms.
Objective 4
SECRA’s fourth objective is to boost entrepreneurship and innovation in the selected HEIs by creating opportunities for collaboration with enterprise actors; support the transition of ideas into practice, and support start-ups and scale-ups while making use of existing knowledge resources at these HEIs.
Objective 5
SECRA’s fifth objective is to develop and launch a
monitoring and assessment tool that can feed into
evaluations of UEC collaborations in a broader effort towards evidence-based policy making in the program countries.
Objective 6
Our sixth objective is to foster appropriate, inclusive solutions for the promotion of gender equity and diversity.
SECRA’s aim and objectives are in line with the EU2020 strategy as well as with a number of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,
namely 5 (gender equality), 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), 13 (climate action), and 17 (partnerships for the goals).
The project duration is January 2021 – December 2023
Work Packages and Deliverables
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Deliverables
- Online Platform for UEC Communities of Practice
- Community of Practice On-Site and online Training
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- Corporate start-up lab
- University Enterprise Engagement Days
- Online Training Sessions
- Partner Institution Staff Mobility
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- UEC Compass Model and Tool
- On-Site and Online Training Sessions
- Sensitization programme
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- Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy
- Website and Online presence
- Quarterly newsletter
- Press-releases
- Promotional material
- Articles in local trade publications
- Sustainability and Continuity Plan
- Final Event
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- Quality Assurance Plan
- Ongoing Evaluation Reports
- Annual Self-assessment Review
Deliverables
- Consolidated Work Plan
- Risk and Continuity Plan
- Kick-off Meeting
- Management Meetings Minutes
- Interim Reports
- Final Report
Project Updates
Discover a pathway to economic regaining and resilience with the SECRA USJ Project’s upcoming policy brief discussion, titled “University Enterprise Collaboration for Economic Recovery and
The roundtable discussion with Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia (SECRA) on “Enhancing University-Enterprise Collaboration Models Towards Synergizing Sectoral Efforts for Disaster Resilience
The SECRA Thailand Workshop will take place in Phitsanulok, Thailand from the 6th until the 10th February 2023 and is hosted by Naresuan University.
The SECRA- Malayan Colleges Laguna Team would like to invite everyone to join us in a learning session on Academe-Enterprise Collaboration in Climate Action and
A lot of successful and additional dissemination activities have taken place since the start of the project until the end of december 2022. Find an
The Ateneo de Manila University will be holding a university-enterprise engagement day next week, which is co-hosted by the SECRA project (Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for
As part of the their initiatives, the SECRA Philippine partner schools – Ateneo de Manila University, Malayan Colleges Laguna, and Philippine Normal University – held
The SECRA Philippine partner universities held a series of webinars in February and March 2022 to share the results and analyses of studies conducted on
A special session was dedicated to SECRA at the Kandy Conference, the 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (ICSECM) 2021. An introductory session
SECRA’s co-lead, Evangelia Petridou, was invited to deliver the keynote address at the 18th ICBM conference hosted by the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
SECRA is getting under way with a three-day online kickoff meeting 2-4 February 2021. This digital meeting place will bring partners from 6 countries and
News
SECRA Newsletter Volume 7 is out now! Highlights: SECRA Metro Manila Meeting Nurturing Entrepreneurial Spirit: Highlights from the ‘Business Planning 101’ Workshop Kickstarter – Entrepreneurial
SECRA Newsletter Volume 6 is out now! Highlights: SECRA Staff Mobility Event in Östersund, Sweden Empowering Future Entrepreneurs, University of Peradeniya SECRA UOR: Follow-up Sessions
SECRA Entrepreneur Support Program 2023, University of Peradeniya SECRA Entrepreneur Support Program, a pivotal element of the “Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration (UEC) for Resilient Communities in
From the 9th until the 13th October 2023 the SECRA Partner Institution Staff Mobility took place at Mid Sweden University in Östersund, Sweden. All partner
SECRA Newsletter Volume 05 is out now! Highlights: Colombo Entrepreneur Day SECRA Trained Pre-Service Teachers on Future-Ready Education, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) and Disaster
SECRA Newsletter Volume 04 is out now! Highlights: Special session on SECRA at ICSBE Conference 2022 Webinar Series by Malayan Colleges Laguna Knowledge Vine Platform
A lot of successful and additional dissemination activities have taken place since the start of the project until the end of december 2022. Find an
A multi-project information exchange event to celebrate Erasmusdays 2022 was held on 15th October 2022 where 5 projects, all co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of
SECRA Newsletter Volume 01
September 2021
SECRA Newsletter Volume 01 is out now!
Highlights:
- Project Background
- EU – Asia Partnership
- Work plan of the project
Play Video
MCL hosts SECRA Philippine launch
20th May 2021
The Philippine launching and local kickoff of the Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia (SECRA) was held on May 20, 2021 via Zoom, and broadcasted live via the Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL) official Facebook page. A collaboration between Ateneo de Manila University, Malayan Colleges Laguna, and the Philippine Normal University, the event aimed to promote SECRA in the Philippines and to provide an overview on what the project is about. With the event open to the public, a total of 122 people were in attendance (105 in Zoom and 17 in Facebook). Read more…Project Kickoff Meeting
4th February 2021
SECRA is getting under way with a three-day online kickoff meeting 2-4 February 2021. This digital meeting place will bring partners from 6 countries and 13 institutions together for the first time. The kickoff will start with a welcome note from the leadership of the lead (MIUN) and co-lead (UCLAN) European universities as well as a welcome greeting from the OIC and Deputy Chief of the UNDRR Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, while three keynotes will address practical aspects of university-enterprise collaboration.
Consortium
Programme Universities
