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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Initiative on Addressing the Challenge of Returning Families of Foreign Terrorist Fighters - First Regional Workshop

Initiative on Addressing the Challenge of Returning Families of Foreign Terrorist Fighters - First Regional Workshop

8-9 February 2018

TUNIS – Tunisia - The Co-Leads of the GCTF Initiative on Addressing the Challenge of Returning Families of Foreign Terrorist Fighters, the Netherlands and the United States, co-chaired the First Regional Workshop in Tunis, Tunisia on 8-9 February 2018. Read more »
Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism Initiative - Second Regional Meeting

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

5-6 February 2018

TIRANA – Albania - The Netherlands led the Second Regional Meeting of the Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism Initiative, hosted by Albania.  Read more »
Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Eighth Plenary Meeting

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Eighth Plenary Meeting

30 January 2018

VALLETTA – Malta - On 30 January 2018, the Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs, Nigeria and Switzerland, held the Sixth Working Group Plenary Meeting in Valletta. Read more »
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group Eighth Plenary Meeting

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group Eighth Plenary Meeting

17 November 2017

VALLETTA – Malta - The Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia, organized the Eighth CVE Working Group Plenary Meeting at the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), in Valletta on 17 November 2017. Read more »
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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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