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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Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group - Plenary Meeting

Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group - Plenary Meeting

12 March 2019

MALAGA - Spain - The Plenary Meeting of the Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group was hosted by Working Group Co-Chairs, Jordan and the United States. 

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Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Workshop on the CVE Challenges of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and their Families

Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Workshop on the CVE Challenges of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and their Families

7-8 March 2019

THE HAGUE - the Netherlands - the Workshop on CVE Challenges of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and their Families was hosted by CVE Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia.

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First GCTF Regional Expert Meeting on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online

First GCTF Regional Expert Meeting on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online

6 March 2019

THE HAGUE - the Netherlands - The first GCTF Regional Expert Meeting on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online was hosted by Initiative Co-Leads, Australia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Capacity-Building in the East Africa Region Working Group - Second Plenary Meeting

Capacity-Building in the East Africa Region Working Group - Second Plenary Meeting

20 February 2019

NAIROBI - Kenya - The Second Plenary Meeting of the Capacity-Building in the East Africa Region Working Group was hosted by Working Group Co-Chairs, Egypt and the European Union.

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Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism Initiative - Fourth Regional Meeting

Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism Initiative - Fourth Regional Meeting

8-9 May 2018

Endorsed at the GCTF Eighth Ministerial Plenary Meeting in New York on 20 September 2017, and supported by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the Initiative aims to develop a set of internationally recognized non-binding good practices, which can serve as the basis for international engagement, assistance and training to address the potential challenge posed by the nexus between terrorism and transnational organized crime, and which can help authorities at the global, national and local level to solve this problem.

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