GCTF Implementing Partners

GCTF Working Group Co-Chairs or Initiative Leads may choose to draw on the support of expert organizations to facilitate the activities of the Working Group/Initiative and to contribute to the development of GCTF outputs. The unique expertise and diverse networks of GCTF Implementing Partners reinforce the work of Forum, and support the GCTF’s ahead-of-the-curve approach to addressing new and emerging terrorist threats. Implementing partners operate under the guidance of the respective Working Group Co-Chairs/Initiative Leads, and in close consultation with the GCTF Administrative Unit, to ensure all activities uphold GCTF standard operating procedures and are aligned with the Terms of Reference.

Implementing Partners (as of May 2024)

• Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)
• Hedayah - The International Center of Excellence for Countering Extremism and Violent Extremism
• The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)/ Platform for Human Rights Engagement (CT PHARE)
• T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Centre for International and European Law
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Other Partners

The GCTF is an outward-looking forum that benefits its 32 members, and all states and organizations that share its goals and priorities. In addition to the contributions of its members, the GCTF’s strength lies in innovative, flexible partnerships and coordination. Non-member countries and organizations are regularly invited to contribute to and participate in GCTF activities, including the development, promotion and practical use of GCTF Framework Documents, tools and manuals. 

The Forum partners with a wide variety of non-member countries and organizations to inform and advance the implementation of international, regional, and local efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism. This collaborative approach seeks to foster the global use and implementation of action-oriented measures. 

The following is a non-exhaustive list:

International and Regional Organizations

African Union (AU)

• African Center for Studies and Research on Terrorism
• Peace and Security Commission
• AFRIPOL - The African Police Cooperation Organisation
   
• APEC Counter-Terrorism Working Group
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS)
• Commonwealth CVE Unit
• Commonwealth Secretariat
• Council of Europe (CoE)
• Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• EUROJUST
• EUROPOL
• European Council on Juvenile Justice (ECJJ)
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• Frontex
• Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - IGAD CVE Center of Excellence
• International Association for Police Chiefs (IAPC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA)
• International Criminal Court
• INTERPOL
• NATO
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - OSCE Action Against Terrorism Unit
• Organization of American States (OAS) - OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism
• Southern Africa Regional Police Chiefs Council Organization (SARPCCO)
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• World Bank

Non-Governmental Organizations

• American Friends Service Committee
• Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)
• Center for a New American Security
• Charity & Security Network
• Conciliation Resources
• CT Morse
• European Center for Not-For-Profit Law
• Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
• Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
• Human Security Collective
• Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
• International Bar Association
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
• International Center for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague (ICCT)
• International Center on Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Islamic Relief
• Maritime Law Association
• Norwegian Refugee Council
• One Earth Future Foundation
• Organization of American States
• Prevention Project
• Radicalization Awareness Network (RAN)
• RAND Corporation
• Royal United Services Institute  (RUSI)
• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Search For Common Ground
• Soufan Center
• Spaces for Change
• The Prevention Project – Organizing Against Violent
• United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Valens Global
• Violence Prevention Network
• WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform
• Women Without Borders

Academic Institutions and Think Tanks

• Duke University’s Triangle Centre on Terrorism and Homeland Security
• Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
• King's College London
• Leiden University
• Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
• Tilburg University
• University of Basel
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of Oxford
• University of Sussex
• VU University Amsterdam

Non-Member Countries 

• Albania
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei Darussalam
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• Comoros
• Congo
• Costa Rica
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Finland
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence)
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Niger
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Oman
• Palestine (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/67/19)
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Poland
• Portugal
• Congo
• Republic of Korea
• Republic of Moldova
• Romania
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Sweden
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• The Bahamas
• Philippines
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Developing a Worldwide Network of Civilian CT Practitioners

One of the founding principles of the GCTF is the importance of enhancing dialogue among national counterterrorism officials to promote international cooperation. Through the hundreds of meetings, workshops, and other activities held worldwide since its launch in September 2011, the GCTF has strengthened and expanded connections among hundreds of civilian counterterrorism (CT) practitioners.