The GCTF Co-Chairs, Canada and Morocco, hosted the Eleventh GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting on 7 October 2021. On the tenth anniversary of the Forum, a Ministerial Statement | Arabic | French reaffirms the Forum's unified and unwavering commitment to strengthening international counterterrorism cooperation, and to making the international counterterrorism architecture more effective in addressing the evolving threat of terrorism. It also endorses the GCTF Strategic Vision for the Next Decade, three new Framework Documents, and welcomes a new toolkit.
The GCTF Co-Chairs, Canada and Morocco, hosted the Nineteenth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting virtually on 6 October 2021. As the Forum marks its tenth anniversary, the GCTF took stock of its progress over the past decade and welcomed a Strategic Vision for the Next Decade.
GCTF resources could have a wide range of applications, including in the military domain. NATO has made practical use of GCTF documents on battlefield evidence, countering unmanned aerial systems, and border security management.
During the 2021 Counter-Terrorism Week, the Global Counterterrorism Forum and the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact hosted a side event to highlight how they work together to identify shared priorities, to exchange information, and to mobilize expertise and resources to address the scourge of terrorism worldwide.
As Aziz* returns home from Syria, he tries to cope with his father’s death and his mother’s imprisonment. Hedayah, a GCTF Inspired Institution, works with the Tunisian government to support children like Aziz in managing the trauma of exposure to violent extremism and safely reintegrating children back into society.
The GCTF Capacity-Building in the West Africa Region Working Group convened a virtual workshop on countering the financing of terrorism. The workshop provided an opportunity for regional actors to share lessons learned, good practices, and results achieved.