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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Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

20 September 2017

NEW YORK - United States - On 20 September 2017, the Eighth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting, co-chaired by Morocco and the Netherlands, took place in New York, United States. 

 

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Twelfth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Twelfth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

18 September 2017

NEW YORK – United States – On 18 September 2017, the Twelfth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting convened in New York.
 

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Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group - Plenary Meeting

Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group - Plenary Meeting

18 May 2017

THE HAGUE - the Netherlands - The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group Co-Chairs, Morocco and the Netherlands, held the last Plenary Meeting of this Working Group under their joint co-chairmanship in The Hague, the Netherlands.

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Workshop on the Life Cycle Toolkit

Workshop on the Life Cycle Toolkit

12 May 2017

WASHINGTON DC - United States - On 12 May 2017, the GCTF Initiative to Address the Life Cycle of Radicalization to Violence (Life Cycle Initiative) co-leads, Turkey and the United States, and George Washington University’s Program on Extremism hosted a practitioner-level workshop to introduce the Life Cycle Initiative and its web-based Toolkit to a wide range of practitioners and implementers.

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Activities

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group - Workshop on Police Cooperation

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group - Workshop on Police Cooperation

29 November 2018

Police Cooperation is one of the seven priority themes identified in the WAWG Co-Chairs Work Plan until September 2019. This priority theme focuses on practical approaches to police cooperation in order to build the capacity of police forces to counter terrorist activities in four areas all addressed during the Workshop: border management, information sharing and communications systems; cooperation with regional and international mechanisms and institutions; strengthening evidence collection and databases; and, cooperation with the criminal justice system. These themes are also areas of attention in the United Nations (UN) Global Counterterrorism Strategy, and in UN Security Council Resolution 2322 (2016).

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