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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News

Prevention, Detection, Intervention and Response to Homegrown Terrorism

Prevention, Detection, Intervention and Response to Homegrown Terrorism

This video is intended to assist policymakers and practitioners as they develop, implement, and evaluate policies and programs to confront the homegrown terrorism phenomenon.

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Criminal Justice Responses: Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes & International Crimes

Criminal Justice Responses: Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes & International Crimes

9-10 June 2020

GCTF Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs hosted the Review Meeting of the Initiative on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes, organized in the form of two webinars. 

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Virtual Consultation: National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Initiative

Virtual Consultation: National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Initiative

20-23 April 2020

The GCTF Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group organised a virtual consultation through an online survey and a series of webinars under its Initiative on National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. The objective of this Initiative is to develop a Good Practices document to assist countries in enhancing national-local cooperation (NLC) across preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) issues.

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The threat of returning families of foreign terrorist fighters

The threat of returning families of foreign terrorist fighters

This video is intended for policymakers and practitioners interested in addressing the unique circumstances of returning families of foreign terrorist fighters.

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Activities

Tenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Tenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

19 September 2016

Key highlights included an innovative scenario-based discussion that highlighted practical challenges in countering the life cycle of radicalization to violence and the applicability of GCTF tools designed to address these challenges.

In addition, GCTF Members were presented with the outcomes of two key initiatives - the “Initiative to Address the Life Cycle of Radicalization to Violence” and the International Counterterrorism and CVE Capacity-Building Clearinghouse Mechanism (ICCM) - and welcomed eight new framework documents to be presented for adoption at the Ministerial Plenary Meeting on 21 September 2016.

Working Group Co-Chairs updated members on activities conducted since the last Coordinating Committee Meeting held in April 2016 in The Hague and the three GCTF-inspired institutions – GCERF, Hedayah, and the IIJ – briefed members on their work in implementing and operationalizing the GCTF’s strategic priorities. Furthermore, the United Nations updated participants on the UN’s Global CT Strategy and the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action on PVE.

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