The present paper summarizes the activities completed within the seismic risk module of the regional program of
GEM (Global Earthquake Model), EMME (Earthquake Model of Middle East). The seismic risk module
encompasses the assessment of seismic risk in terms of structural damages, casualties and economic losses and
also the evaluation of the effects of relevant mitigation measures. As the major component of EMME, seismic
risk module includes regional loss estimation calculations based on intensity based vulnerability approach. Loss
estimation results are obtained in terms of building damage and casualty distributions. As the result of the
activities performed within risk module of EMME a homogenized building classification with appropriate
vulnerability parameters are obtained. As the regional program of GEM, EMME also aims to adopt the GEM
guidelines and criteria defined in connection with risk assessment methodologies.