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In the lead up to the 2020 Virtual UN Counter-Terrorism Week, the Global Center launched the summary findings and key recommendations of the fifth iteration of its Blue Sky report series. With the generous support of the governments of the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland, the report builds on the Global...
The Global Center organized a virtual expert focus group on furthering cooperation between government and civil society in the prison rehabilitation and reintegration efforts of violent extremist offenders. The focus group involved practitioners from both government and civil society from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The focus group discussed...
As part of its Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons Program, the Global Center and the National Training Academy of the Moroccan prison service co-organized a series of advanced trainings on the management of violent extremist offenders. The objective of these training workshops was to enable international trainers from the Global...
The Global Center, Carefronting Nigeria, and the Kenya Community Support Centre hosted the final workshop of a small grants program that provided support to 20 youth-based civil society organizations (CSOs) to build resilience to violent extremism in Kenya and Nigeria. The workshop provided space to discuss with grantees the successes...
The one-day workshop for civil society representatives preceded the Joint Regional High-Level Conference and provided a dedicated opportunity for participating representatives from civil society to reflect on their experiences in addressing current challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters. The meeting also allowed for perspectives from civil society to be incorporated...
As part of its Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons Program, the Global Center facilitated a study visit for the Moroccan prison service to the United Kingdom. The study visit included a group of eleven officials of the Moroccan prison service and its National Training Academy, to participate in a series...
The one-day workshop for civil society representatives provided a dedicated opportunity for participating civil society actors to reflect on their experiences in relation to empowering youth and promoting tolerance in efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism conducive to terrorism. Participants included youth leaders, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders...
The Global Center received the Innovators Award in Global Affairs in the Security & Defense category, for addressing the root causes of violent extremism with innovative, inclusive, and human rights-based policies, partnerships, and practices. The Awards, sponsored by Network 20/20 and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, recognize those individuals and...
As part of its partnership with The Commonwealth, the Global Center presented a four-day advanced training for selected senior prison staff in Port of Spain in cooperation with the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service. This was the second in a series of training workshops to establish a shared understanding among...
In partnership with the Government of Kazakhstan and with support from the US Department of State, the Global Center and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue co-delivered the first Strong Cities Network Regional Practitioners’ Workshop for Central Asia. The workshop brought together local and national authorities, as well as civil society representatives,...
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