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

Initiative on Improving Capabilities for Detecting and Interdicting Terrorist Travel through Enhanced Terrorist Screening and Information Sharing - Launch Event

Initiative on Improving Capabilities for Detecting and Interdicting Terrorist Travel through Enhanced Terrorist Screening and Information Sharing - Launch Event

27 September 2018

NEW YORK - United States - 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, co-chaired the Launch Event in New York.

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Ninth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Ninth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

27 September 2018

NEW YORK - United States - Today, the Ninth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting was hosted by Morocco and the Netherlands. Read more »
Fourteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Fourteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

24 September 2018

NEW YORK - United States - The Fourteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting convened in New York on 24 September 2018, hosted by GCTF Co-Chairs, Morocco and the Netherlands.

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Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism Good Practices - Review Meeting

Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism Good Practices - Review Meeting

25 June 2018

RABAT - Morocco - The Good Practices Review Meeting was chaired by Co-Leads of the GCTF Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism (“AHT”), Morocco and the United States, in collaboration with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ).

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Activities

Detention and Reintegration Working Group - Workshop on Integrating Prisons into National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements

Detention and Reintegration Working Group - Workshop on Integrating Prisons into National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements

11-12 April 2017

The Detention and Reintegration Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia, marked the crucial role of prisons in countering violent extremism and breaking the cycle of radicalization, and in optimizing the chance of a successful rehabilitation and sustainable reintegration into society of Violent Extremist Offenders (VEOs). Presentations were delivered on the subjects of information-sharing, identifying and countering radicalization in prisons, and post release and reintegration.

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