EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility

A partnership between the European Union and the United Nations

The EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility was established in April 2022 in co-operation with and funded by the European Union to enable the United Nations to provide rapid and flexible support to Member States facing an urgent or evolving terrorist threat or situation.

The Facility helps Member States increase their capacities to detect, prevent, counter, respond to and investigate terrorist threats while ensuring respect for international law, including human rights law, international humanitarian law and refugee law, in line with the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and requirements from relevant Security Council resolutions.

The Facility is managed by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and is co-located in Rabat, Morocco, with the UNOCT Programme Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa. The United Nations Office for Project Services provides logistical support to the Facility.

Tailored and coordinated technical assistance

The Facility has a global implementation scope and delivers support according to two principles: based on official requests from a Member State, and in coordination with other support from the United Nations and the European Union.

Member States are encouraged to base their requests for support on the recommendations from the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) to improve their implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions. These recommendations results from the assessments conducted, on the Committee’s behalf, by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), which is a key partner of UNOCT and member of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact.

The Facility operates in coordination with other programmes and projects of the United Nations and the European Union on preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism in order to create synergies and maximize impact. This includes engagement with the UN Resident Coordinators, UN Country Teams, and the network of counter-terrorism experts in EU Delegations.

Type of support provided by the Facility

Three main and complementary lines of support are available through the Facility in the thematic area(s) determined by the requesting Member State:

The deployment of experts for advisory and mentoring support;
Training activities or workshops, which could be co-organized with the other capacity-building programmes of UNOCT and its partners;
Limited provision of light, non-lethal equipment, such as personal protective equipment or IT equipment.

Human rights and gender aspects are integrated in the support provided the Facility in ways that are context-specific and comprehensive from design to implementation and assessment. The Facility operates in accordance with the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on Support for Non-United Nations Security Forces (HRDDP) and internal UNOCT guidance, including on gender mainstreaming.

Steps to obtain assistance from the Facility

Activities and Events

October 2024	Hand-over of radiation detection equipment and training on radiological and nuclear security for Border Troops of Tajikistan [Webstory] []
October 2024	One-week Training-of-Trainers course for 14 Ugandan counter-terrorism investigators and prosecutors [Webstory] []
June 2024	The EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility organized a two-week training-of-trainers for Kyrgyzstan [Webstory] []
May 2024	Intensive, joint training course for counter-terrorism investigators and prosecutors in Uganda [Webstory] []
April 2024	Learning from the experience of other African Member States: study visits for Malawi on inter-agency coordination to prevent and counter terrorism [Webstory]
April 2024	Start of Assistance to the Ministry of Justice of Kyrgyzstan []
April 2024	Counter-Terrorism Tabletop Exercise in Uganda
January 2024	Workshop on Vulnerable Targets Protection and Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Togo [Webstory] []
September 2023	5-Day Mentorship Support on Vulnerable Targets in Togo []
April 2022	Launch of the Facility

Useful Resources

Brochure: EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility

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Engagement with Member States

Iraq	The Facility, in coordination with the UNOCT Global Programme on Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (PRR), provides technical assistance to the Iraqi authorities in charge of registering adult Iraqi citizens seeking voluntary repatriation from Al Hol camp in Northeast Syria.
Kenya	The Facility, together with UNOCT’s Global Programme on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism conducive to terrorism (PCVE), is providing advice and mentoring for the elaboration of a monitoring and evaluation solution for the national PCVE strategy and the development of PCVE strategic communication campaigns. Separately, the Facility is supporting Kenya’s National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) to responsibly use Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the implementation of its mandate.
Kyrgyzstan	The Facility, in coordination with the CT TECH initiative implemented by UNOCT and INTERPOL, and in collaboration with the Law Enforcement In Central Asia (LEICA) Project, is providing advice, mentoring, training and equipment to strengthen the capacities of Kyrgyzstan to make proper and effective use of digital forensics in the investigation and prosecution of counter-terrorism related cases, in line with the rule of law and human rights.
Malawi	The Facility, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is providing technical advice to the Law Commission of Malawi for the drafting of a new, comprehensive anti-terrorism bill. Together with UNOCT’s Global Fusion Cells programme, the Facility is facilitating an exchange of experience between Malawi and other African Member States to help inform reflection towards strengthening its national interagency coordination for preventing and countering terrorism.
Tajikistan	The Facility, in coordination with UNOCT’s Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Use of Weapons, is providing non-lethal equipment and training to relevant national authorities in Tajikistan to prevent trafficking in radiological and nuclear materials at the border with Afghanistan.
Togo	The Facility, together with UNOCT’s Global Programme for the Protection of Vulnerable Targets (PVT), is advising in the development of a risk-based protection and intervention plan for a vulnerable target selected by Togo and raising awareness of good practices on public-private partnerships and protection against terrorist use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Separately, the Facility is providing mentoring, non-lethal equipment, and training to enhance the protection of the local population against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Uganda	The Facility, in coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is providing advice, mentoring, and training to the Uganda Police Force and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in strengthening national coordination and capacities to investigate and prosecute terrorism-related cases.