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

Countering Violent Extremism Working Group - Ninth Plenary Meeting

Countering Violent Extremism Working Group - Ninth Plenary Meeting

18 December 2018

MELBOURNE - Australia - The Ninth Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Plenary Meeting was hosted by Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia. 

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Initiative to Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Threats Launch Event and First Regional Workshop

Initiative to Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Threats Launch Event and First Regional Workshop

13-14 December 2018

BERLIN - Germany - The Co-Leads of the GCTF Initiative to Counter Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Threats, Germany and the United States, chaired the Launch Event and First Regional Workshop on 13-14 December 2018.

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Initiative on Improving Capabilities for Detecting and Interdicting Terrorist Travel through Enhanced Terrorist Screening and Information Sharing - First Regional Workshop

Initiative on Improving Capabilities for Detecting and Interdicting Terrorist Travel through Enhanced Terrorist Screening and Information Sharing - First Regional Workshop

11-12 December 2018

BERLIN - Germany - The First Regional Workshop was co-chaired by the Co-Leads of the GCTF Initiative on Improving Capabilities for Detecting and Interdicting Terrorist Travel through Enhanced Terrorist Screening and Information Sharing (“Terrorist Travel Initiative”), Morocco and the United States.

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Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group - Second Plenary Meeting

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group - Second Plenary Meeting

27-28 November 2018

ALGIERS - Algeria - The Second Plenary Meeting of the Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group was co-hosted by Co-Chairs, Algeria and Canada. 

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Activities

Workshop on the Life Cycle Toolkit

Workshop on the Life Cycle Toolkit

12 May 2017

The GCTF-George Washington University’s Program on Extremism “Initiative to Address the Lifecycle of Radicalization to Violence Toolkit” practitioner-level workshop gave opportunity to provide background information on the GCTF Life Cycle Initiative, promote awareness and implementation of the Life Cycle Toolkit webpage and its mobile application, demonstrate some of the Toolkit’s key features, hear from implementers and practitioners on some of the good practices documents contained in the Toolkit, and solicit feedback from meeting participants.

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