SECRA (Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia) is a three-year collaborative project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The project consortium includes collaborators from higher education institutes (HEIs) spread across six partner countries: Sweden, Estonia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. SECRA aims to contribute to resilient communities in Asia by improving disaster risk reduction through stronger collaborations among universities, public authorities, non-government organizations (NGOs), and industries.

AIS is involved in the project, along with the Department of Environmental Science, the Ateneo Research Institute for Science and Engineering, the John Gokongwei School of Management, and the Ateneo Intellectual Property Office, in building capacity for establishing corporate start-up labs and conducting enterprise engagement days.

More about SECRA here and the role of Ateneo in the project here.