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2024 UNOCT Annual Report

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The UNOCT Annual Report 2024 marks the first-ever Office-wide consolidated report, showcasing the achievements of its work to prevent and counter terrorism with focus on Africa. It highlights key results across its 17 global programmes, delivered in partnership with 140 Member States, and reaching more than 10,000 beneficiaries worldwide. The report presents both the progress made in 2024, and opportunities ahead to strengthen the impact of collective counter-terrorism efforts. These include the ninth review and 20th anniversary of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), the development of UNOCT’s next Strategic Plan (2026–2028), and the broader UN80 initiative. 

The annual report is available in: EN

 

The Second Roundtable of Counter-Terrorism Centres of Excellence on The Impact of New Technologies on Countering the Financing of Terrorism

This report outlines the discussions, reflections, and action points from the “The Second Roundtable of Counter-Terrorism Centres of Excellence on “The Impact of New Technologies on Countering the Financing of Terrorism” (the Riyadh Roundtable), which took place on 29-30 April 2025. Co-organized by United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and the Presidency of State Security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh  Roundtable reaffirmed the value of sustained, cross-regional engagement in confronting the rapidly evolving threat of terrorism financing facilitated by emerging technologies. The event provided an opportunity to foster alignment between international normative frameworks and national-level implementation pathways, while enabling the sharing of pragmatic insights, peer learning, and the exchange of technical innovations.

Report available in: EN

Independent Mid-Term Evaluation: EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility

The independent mid-term evaluation of the EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility assessed the Facility’s relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as the extent to which the Facility has integrated human rights, gender equality, leave no one behind and disability inclusion, covering the period from the Facility’s inception in 2022 to December 2024. The evaluation found the Facility’s support packages aligning well with international and regional counter-terrorism frameworks and having resulted in tangible improvements in technical capacities, institutional processes, and inter-agency counter-terrorism coordination across several countries. Human rights integration was also highlighted as a core strength of the Facility. The evaluation generated nine recommendations that will inform the remainder of the Facility's implementation. 

Evaluation report available in: EN 
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
 

Independent Final Project Evaluation: Counter-Terrorism Early Warning Network for Central Asia

The independent final evaluation of the Counter-Terrorism Early Warning Network assessed the project's performance in terms of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact, as well as the integration of cross-cutting themes of human rights, gender equality, and the principle of leaving no one behind. The evaluation found the Project highly relevant in addressing the security challenges faced by Central Asia and highlighted significant achievements in improving regional cooperation and strengthening the capacities of law enforcement and security agencies to address cross-border threats. It generated seven recommendations accepted by the project team that will serve to strengthen the initiative and guide future technical assistance.

Evaluation report available in: EN 
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
Management response available in: EN
 

2024 Annual Report on the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatar

The 2024 Annual Report regarding the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatat to “Support Initiatives to Adress the Scourge of Terrorism” highlights the main results achieved in 2024 through the support received from the Government and the Shura Council of the State of Qatar. It also provides and update in the implementation of the International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism as well as the UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Doha.

The annual report is available for the year of: [2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020]

UNCCT Annual Report 2024

For over ten years, UNCCT has been a Global Centre of Excellence, delivering capacity-building support to Member States in their implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS). Since 2022, the Centre has been guided by UNOCT’s first-ever Strategic Plan and Results Framework (SPRF 2022–2025), setting high-level strategic goals and outcomes to orient the activities of both UNCCT and the Office of Counter-Terrorism. UNCCT’s annual results-based reports present the Centre’s significant work and impact as the leading UN entity on CT capacity building, while also highlighting efforts to enhance its strategic support to Member States to ensure the balanced implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

• The annual report is available for the year of: [2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020]  [2019]  [2018]
 

Internal Final Evaluation of the Project on Empowering and Engaging Youth to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism and Terrorism

The internal final evaluation of the project “Empowering and Engaging Youth to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism and Terrorism under the overall framework of UNOCT’s Global Programme on PCVE” was conducted from September 2024 to May 2025. The evaluation assessed the project’s effectiveness, relevance and incorporation of human rights, gender equality, disability inclusion and leaving no one behind considerations. It found the project to have been well-designed and aligned to the priorities of implementation countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia). Notably, the project achieved its intended results and generated impact and sustainability. The evaluation produced six recommendations to strengthen the design and delivery of future projects relating to preventing and countering violent extremism and young people.
Evaluation report available in: EN
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
 

Independent Mid-Term Evaluation: UNOCT Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Use of Weapons

The independent mid-term evaluation of the UNOCT Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Use of Weapons assessed Programme activities implemented from September 2018 to July 2023, focusing on relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and integration of human rights, gender equality, disability inclusion and leaving no one behind considerations. The evaluation found the Programme highly relevant to Member States’ needs and effective in delivering its outputs (enhancing visibility, strengthening strategic partnerships, building capacities, advancing understanding of the threat, improving UN inter-agency coordination). It generated eight recommendations accepted by the Programme team to strengthen the design and delivery of technical support to beneficiaries.

Evaluation report available in: EN 
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
 

Independent Mid-Term Evaluation: UNOCT Global Programme on Autonomous and Remotely Operated Systems

The independent mid-term evaluation of the UNOCT Global Programme on Autonomous and Remotely Operated Systems (AROS) assessed the Programme’s relevance, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability, including its integration of human rights and gender considerations across its design and implementation from 2021 to 2024. The evaluation found the Programme highly aligned with Member States’ priorities and confirmed its tangible impact at strategic, operational, and institutional levels. The evaluation issued seven targeted recommendations covering results measurement, financial sustainability, inter-agency coordination, visibility, regional ownership, and the continued mainstreaming of human rights and gender dimensions which will guide the programme's future security and counter-terrorism activities.

Evaluation report available in: EN 
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
 

Independent Project Evaluation: Strengthening the Counter-Terrorism Capacity of Member States in Africa, Through the Development of National Training Programmes and Counter-Terrorism Training Curricula

The independent final evaluation of the Project “Strengthening the Counter-Terrorism Capacity of Member States in Africa, Through the Development of National Training Programmes and Counter-Terrorism Training Curricula” assessed the performance of the two-year project (2022-2023) in terms of its relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability, and the extent to which the project integrated human rights, gender, leave no one behind, and disability inclusion. The evaluation found that the project delivered satisfactorily on the evaluation criteria and generated five recommendations in areas requiring improvement, particularly in project monitoring and evaluation systems and tools, which will guide future programming in counter-terrorism investigations. 

Evaluation report available in: EN 
Evaluation brief available in: EN 
 

Joint Independent Evaluation of the Project 'Supporting the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the Prevention of Radicalisation to Violence in Prisons

The joint independent final evaluation of the project ‘Supporting the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners (VEPs) and the Prevention of Radicalisation to Violence in Prisons’ commissioned by UNOCT was managed jointly by UNOCT and UNODC. The project, funded by the European Union, the Netherlands and the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, aimed to increase the capacity of prison staff to effectively manage VEPs and prevent radicalization to violence in prison systems. The evaluation found the project highly relevant and that results were achieved to differing degrees across all four support areas. The evaluation provides 14 recommendations to support the design of future projects.

Evaluation report available in: EN
Evaluation brief available in: EN

UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on 8 September 2006. The strategy is a unique global instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to counter terrorism. The General Assembly reviews the Strategy every two years, making it a living document attuned to Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities.

UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal

In this first consolidated UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal for 2019-2020, you will find 60 global, regional and national projects from 10 UN submitting entities across the four pillars of the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy.

Monthly Review

Interested in what we achieved? The Monthly Review is UN Office of Counter-Terrorism monthly newsletter. In our Review you will find all the highlights of UNOCT and UNCCT. Get the latest on counter terrorism activities, Member States consultations, capacity-building assistance & more.