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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Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

3-4 February 2020

Co-Chairs of the Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group, Germany and Algeria, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held the Third Plenary Meeting of the Working Group under their new Co-Chair mandate. 

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Watchlisting Guidance Manual Initiative Launch Event

Watchlisting Guidance Manual Initiative Launch Event

22 January 2020

Initiative Co-Leads, the United Nations and the United States of America hosted the Launch Event in New York, United States of America on 22 January 2020. 

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Plenary Meeting and Workshop on National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)

Plenary Meeting and Workshop on National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)

4-6 November 2019

MONTREAL - Canada - Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs of the GCTF Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group, in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Prevention Project, as part of the Initiative on National-Local Cooperation in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) organized a workshop back to back with the Working Group's Plenary Meeting in Montreal, Canada.

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Expert Meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes

Expert Meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes

29-30 October 2019

LONDON - United Kingdom - GCTF Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs, Nigeria and Switzerland, organized an expert meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes.

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Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

20 September 2017

The Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting was co-chaired by Morocco and the Netherlands. Both countries announced a two-year extension of their co-chairmanship, and look forward to continue to lead the efforts of the GCTF in countering terrorism and violent extremism during their second mandate.  

In the GCTF Ministerial Statement adopted during this meeting the Ministers of the GCTF Members reaffirmed their commitment to the joint international fight against terrorism and violent extremism. In the Statement, the GCTF Members recognized the need for enhanced capacity-building and expressed their support to the GCTF-Inspired institutions. 

This year’s Ministerial Plenary Meeting endorsed new GCTF Framework Documents addressing the prevention and countering of violent extremism and terrorism online as well as the protection of soft targets in a counterterrorism context.  

In addressing the challenges of 21st century terrorism, the GCTF will embark on a set of new Initiatives concerning, inter alia, homegrown violent extremists, the nexus between transnational organized crime and terrorism, and the challenge to address returning families of foreign terrorist fighters. 

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