About the GCTF

The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) is an informal, apolitical, multilateral counterterrorism platform. It is small, nimble, inclusive, and consensus-based. Its overarching mission is to reduce the vulnerability of people worldwide to terrorism by mobilizing expertise and resources to prevent, combat, and prosecute terrorist acts and counter incitement and recruitment to terrorism. 

The Forum brings together policymakers and practitioners from around the world to share experiences and expertise, and to develop practical, publicly available tools and strategies on how to prevent and counter the evolving terrorist threat. The GCTF is currently co-chaired by Egypt and the European Union. 

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Eleventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Eleventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

7 October 2021

The GCTF Co-Chairs, Canada and Morocco, hosted the Eleventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting on 7 October 2021. On the tenth anniversary of the Forum, a Ministerial Statement | Arabic | French reaffirms the Forum's unified and unwavering commitment to strengthening international counterterrorism cooperation, and to making the international counterterrorism architecture more effective in addressing the evolving threat of terrorism. It also endorses the GCTF Strategic Vision for the Next Decade, three new Framework Documents, and welcomes a new toolkit.

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Nineteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Nineteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

6 October 2021

The GCTF Co-Chairs, Canada and Morocco, hosted the Nineteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting virtually on 6 October 2021. As the Forum marks its tenth anniversary, the GCTF took stock of its progress over the past decade and welcomed a Strategic Vision for the Next Decade.

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Promoting Effective Civil-Military Cooperation

Promoting Effective Civil-Military Cooperation

GCTF resources could have a wide range of applications, including in the military domain. NATO has made practical use of GCTF documents on battlefield evidence, countering unmanned aerial systems, and border security management.

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Good Practices: Preventing & Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists

Good Practices: Preventing & Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists

This video is intended for policymakers and practitioners who are interested in addressing the phenomenon of terrorists kidnapping for ransom.

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Activities

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

29-30 May 2016

The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss twelve draft good practices compiled as a result of previous meetings. 

Key themes of discussion included: 

  • While interagency cooperation is key for a successful border security and management (BSM) policy, governments should adopt tailored approaches on parameters to implement this cooperation. 
  • Lack of resources, threats to border communities emanating from FTFs, communities’ protection from terrorist groups and detachment of border communities in remote border areas from the wider community have been identified as key challenges in engagement with border communities and in the field of community border policing.
  • Governments might consider authorizing the local border agencies and liaison officers to interact with their counterparts on the other side of the border as a way of effective information exchange. 
  • Within the context of border surveillance, maritime borders need more attention.
  • Governments need to adopt a balanced approach while employing technology in the field of BSM.

  • Corruption and bribery have been identified as common risks which undermine overall efforts to devise and implement robust BSM policies.

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