Co-Chairs of the Capacity-Building in the East Africa Region Working Group, Egypt and the European Union, together with their counterparts, Co-Chairs of the Capacity-Building in the West Africa Region Working Group, Algeria and Germany, hosted a Joint Virtual Workshop on Border Security Management (BSM): Best Practices and Effective Cross-Border Cooperation.

Co-Chairs of the Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group, Nigeria and Switzerland, are organizing two expert meetings in order to explore the different ways in which the linkages between terrorism and these other crimes manifest. The first expert meeting took place on 4-5 November 2020 in a virtual format. The virtual workshop on 4 November specifically focused on the criminal justice challenges related to terrorism and sexual and gender-based violence, human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The virtual workshop on 5 November addressed the criminal justice challenges related to trafficking, recruitment and exploitation of children by terrorist organizations.

The United States, Lead of the Initiative on Maritime Security and Terrorist Travel, hosted the second of a series of region-specific workshops, this time focusing on East Africa.

The United States, Lead of the Initiative on Maritime Security and Terrorist Travel, hosted the first of two region-specific webinars to raise awareness of terrorists' current and potential misuse of the maritime sector for travel, promote discussion of national approaches to counter terrorists' exploitation of the maritime sector, and share experiences and expertise.

Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs of the GCTF Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group, within the framework of the 'Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Policy Toolkit Initiative', hosted this virtual workshop in order to develop a Policy Toolkit, a practical, action-oriented guidance for practitioners and policymakers on designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs that strengthen CVE efforts by taking into account the gendered aspects of engagement in violent extremism and of approaches to prevent and counter violent extremism.