Maria Ana Baptista 
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Dom Luiz, 

In the aftermath of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 tsunami, the European Commission launched a call focused on improvement of tsunami resilience in Europe. Tsunamis are a societal problem in the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean (NEAM) regions due to the existence of very high populated coastal areas. The cost of protecting them by building protective/defenses is out of the question because of the frequency of tsunami events. 
Here, we present an overview of project ASTARTE - Assessment Strategy and Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe. This three year project, aimed to develop a comprehensive strategy to mitigate tsunami impact in Europe.