UNCCT has been conceived as a “Centre of Excellence” with subject matter expertise on counter-terrorism issues that are not covered by other UN bodies such as strategic communicating, prevention of violent extremism and cooperation between the development and counter-terrorism sectors.
In view of the :
- unprecedented growth in global terrorist networks and transnational criminal organisations
- complexity of these 21st century threats has empowered these groups to cooperate in real time and worldwide at an unprecedented scale
- growing range of criminal actors, include: violent political extremists, terrorists, war lords, globally networked insurgents and transnational criminal groups
Staff needs a continuous update on the threat, methodologies and approaches to maximize project’s implementations and global security