The East Africa Capacity-Building Working Group (EA WG) Co-Chairs, Kenya and Kuwait’s 2024-2026 Work Plan will embark on an ambitious journey to galvanize the GCTF capacity and convening power to support countries of East Africa in their fight against terrorism.
Two practical accompaniments to the 2016 GCTF Good Practices on Border Security and Management
A new GCTF Good Practices document on oversight and accountability mechanisms in counterterrorism endorsed during the 24th Coordinating Committee Meeting.
The GCTF Coordinating Committee convened for its 24th Meeting. Emerging terrorism threats and trends were discussed, and the GCTF working groups’ priorities to tackle them were identified. The Coordinating Committee endorsed new recommendations and practical guidance tools on counterterrorism oversight and accountability mechanisms and border security and management.
The Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group’s achievements and future priorities.
The Awareness Raising & Operationalizing the GCTF "Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE)”* Toolkit Initiative leads, the United States and Norway, recently held a two-day workshop, hosted by Norway, 19-20 June 2024, in Oslo and at Utøya, where a far right extremist on 22nd July 2011 conducted domestic terrorist attacks that killed 77 individuals.
The interactive workshop brought a variety of stakeholders together to further enhance the GCTF REMVE Toolkit’s good practices and recommendations. The interactive workshop allowed participants to exchange perspectives on the rapidly evolving REMVE threats conducive to terrorism and draw lessons learned from Nordic countries’ experiences with REMVE.