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The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) is an international forum of 29 countries and the European Union with an overarching mission of reducing the vulnerability of people worldwide to terrorism by preventing, combating, and prosecuting terrorist acts and countering incitement and recruitment to terrorism.

Our forum brings together experts and practitioners from countries and regions around the world to share experiences and expertise, and develop tools and strategies on how to counter the evolving terrorist threat. The GCTF is Co-Chaired by Morocco and the Netherlands.

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Initiative to Address the Life Cycle of Radicalization

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Protecting borders, improving security

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Seventh GCTF Ministerial Meeting adopts Life Cycle Toolkit and Framework Documents

Seventh GCTF Ministerial Meeting adopts Life Cycle Toolkit and Framework Documents

2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF). On 21 September 2016, the Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco, Mr Nasser Bourita, and Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Bert Koenders, co-chaired the Seventh Ministerial Plenary Meeting of the GCTF in New York... 

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Pictures of the GCTF Seventh Ministerial Plenary

Pictures of the GCTF Seventh Ministerial Plenary

Click here to see a gallery of pictures taken during the Seventh Ministerial Plenary...

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Seventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Seventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

On the 21st of September the GCTF 7th Ministerial Plenary meeting will take place in New York at the Roosevelt Hotel. This will be the first Ministerial meeting under Dutch – Moroccan co-chairmanship...  Read more »
Horn of Africa Capacity Building Working Group Plenary Meeting

Horn of Africa Capacity Building Working Group Plenary Meeting

Horn of Africa Region, the GCTF and its inspired institutions cooperate to implement the GCTF Initiative to Address the Life Cycle of Radicalization to Violence...

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UN Counter-Terrorism Centre – GCTF Border Security Initiative Second Regional Workshop on the Horn of Africa

UN Counter-Terrorism Centre – GCTF Border Security Initiative Second Regional Workshop on the Horn of Africa

Under the auspices of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) – GCTF Border Security Initiative (BSI), the Government of Djibouti hosted the second regional workshop on the Horn of Africa, on 29-30 May 2016, in Djibouti City, Djibouti...  

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