Eucentre is a non-profit private law foundation whose mission is to conduct research and provide training and services in earthquake and safety engineering 
Eucentre promotes science, research and innovation for the benefit of the community, offering targeted methodologies and concrete solutions for prevention, safety and resilience. It collaborates with institutions and companies to disseminate competencies for the common good.
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Eucentre carries out research activities in earthquake engineering and risk reduction through laboratory testing and numerical analysis, aiming to improve the seismic performance of structures and soils and to develop innovative seismic retrofitting techniques.
The Foundation promotes diverse and high-quality training activities aimed at academic and professional contexts, with constantly updated and innovative programs and initiatives designed to meet the evolving needs of the sector and society 
Eucentre ensures communication aimed at informing institutions, professionals, and citizens about ongoing activities and projects, with the goal of disseminating useful and accessible content and knowledge. It contributes to promoting a shared and informed culture of prevention and resilience.
ECOSTRESS (Ecological COastal Strategies and Tools for Resilient European SocietieS) was focused on the search of better-integrated strategies through the strengthening of the risk prevention and disaster management cycle of the coastal zones.
These complex systems were defined as land regions near the sea comprising all natural and human related elements potentially at risk due to flood.
The project included (i) a review and analysis of the available frameworks, methodologies and tools (FMT) which could be readily applied for coastal risk, (ii) the developed/improved FMT and their implementation in a model system and (iii) their application (demonstration) for the selected hot spots.
(Specific Objectives) Based on the four priorities of the prevention call, the project aimed at:
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(priorities 1 & 4) Examining the feasibility and the cost-benefit of risk prevention measures related to the use of wetlands, coastal marine systems and dry lands to naturally mitigate flood. The implications of ecosystem-related decision-making were analysed;
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(priority 2) Implementing risks assessment and risk mapping methodologies aiming at integrating the outcomes of risk assessment and eco-system capacity based planning, related to the coastal flood risk, but open to the implementation of multi-risk approaches;
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(priority 3) Evaluating the potential to facilitate and support increased coverage of disaster risk governance, both in public risk governance solutions or re-insurance market strategies.