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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Webinar: Maritime Security and Terrorism in the East Africa Region

Webinar: Maritime Security and Terrorism in the East Africa Region

28 October 2020

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

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P/CVE Policy Toolkit: Recognizing & Involving Women & Girls in P/CVE Efforts & Connecting Related Fields

P/CVE Policy Toolkit: Recognizing & Involving Women & Girls in P/CVE Efforts & Connecting Related Fields

20-21 October 2020

Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs of the GCTF Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group, hosted a virtual workshop within the framework of the 'Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism' Policy Toolkit Initiative' in order to develop a Policy Toolkit for practitioners and policymakers.

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Virtual Launch: Countering the Financing of Terrorism Measures While Safeguarding Civic Space Initiative

Virtual Launch: Countering the Financing of Terrorism Measures While Safeguarding Civic Space Initiative

13 October 2020

The Netherlands, Morocco and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched a GCTF Initiative on ‘Ensuring the Effective Implementation of Countering the Financing of Terrorism Measures While Safeguarding Civic Space’. This initiative will provide an inclusive platform for a diverse range of experts to share their perspectives with the objective of strengthening dialogue and coordination among counterterrorism and CFT practitioners, the United Nations, government representatives, financial intelligence units, CSOs, humanitarian actors, and private sector, and supervisory authorities with CFT responsibilities on this topic.

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Seventeenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Seventeenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

29 September 2020

The GCTF Co-Chairs, Canada and Morocco, hosted the Seventeenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting in a virtual format on 29 September 2020. The Coordinating Committee took stock of the Forum’s progress since they last met in September 2019.

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Ninth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Ninth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

27 September 2018

In the Joint UN-GCTF Ministerial Statement adopted during this meeting, the Ministers of the GCTF Members together with the United Nations reaffirmed their commitment to the joint international fight against terrorism and violent extremism. In addition, the Ministerial Meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of the Forum’s efforts and achievements, discuss its priorities and highlight future Initiatives and activities to be launched under its auspices. As GCTF Co-Chairs, Morocco and the Netherlands are determined to continue promoting the GCTF’s role in a strategic, long-term civilian approach to countering terrorism and violent extremism.

This year’s Ministerial Meeting focused in particular on deepening the close and ongoing cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the GCTF. The Forum remains strongly committed to support and catalyze the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the broader UN CT framework.

Members endorsed four new GCTF Framework Documents addressing: Homegrown Terrorism, the Challenge of Returning Families of FTFs, the Collection, Use and Sharing of Evidence for Purposes of Criminal Prosecution of Terrorist Suspects, and the Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism.

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