Hosting Institution

The GEM Secretariat is hosted at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE), Pavia, Italy. The EUCENTRE is the official dedicated centre in earthquake engineering for the Department of Civil Protection in Italy, and features as its main mission the promotion, sustaining and overseeing of training and research in the field of seismic risk mitigation. 

A new building is currently being constructed to house the GEM Secretariat, which is shown in the photo below, between the two current EUCENTRE buildings which house a state-of-the-art earthquake engineering experimental laboratory, “soft” laboratories that include office space to house 8 research sections, a documentation centre, a multimedia auditorium, a classroom and numerous meeting rooms. 

EUCENTRE Office Buildings and Laboratory and the new GEM Secretariat building (centre)
  

Multimedia Auditorium of the EUCENTRE