22 October 2025
The GCTF Initiative on Education for the Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism was launched in 2023 to further efforts around preventing and countering violent extremism conducive to terrorism and education (PVE-E). Building on the endorsement of the 2014 Abu Dhabi Memorandum for Good Practices on Education and Countering Violent Extremism*, the leads of the Initiative – the European Union and Morocco – and implementing partner the International Center of Excellence for Countering Extremism & Violent Extremism (Hedayah) launched two new practical guidance tools to accompany it.
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Toolkit is a resource that explains the purpose and benefit of monitoring and evaluating PVE-E interventions. It provides practitioners with resources and frameworks to approach the design of MEL frameworks for PVE-E efforts in support of the Abu Dhabi Memorandum. The toolkit is a product of broader research conducted for the Initiative, existing MEL guidance and tools, and additional resources. It draws on lessons specific to PVE-E along with tools and knowledge from intersecting fields including education and countering violent extremism conducive to terrorism.
The Training-of-Trainers Manual on Education for the Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism is a companion resource to the MEL Toolkit, designed to provide governments, educators, and civil society organizations with practical guidance for implementing the Abu Dhabi Memorandum.
These documents were developed with the support of Hedayah.
*GCTF Recommendations, Memoranda, Good Practices and other guiding documents are non-binding, and their implementation should always respect national sovereignty and consider countries' varied histories, cultures, legal systems, and norms.