Central to the Programme are partnerships with Member States and their institutions responsible for legal, prevention and criminal justice responses to terrorism. These partnerships involve all stakeholders in Member States’ criminal justice systems. This includes law- and policymakers, police and other law enforcement agents, prosecutors and defence lawyers, judges, and prison officials.
Building on UNODC’s twenty years of experience in collaborating with Member State criminal justice and counter-terrorism officials, UNODC seeks to continue and expand this collaboration where Member States seek our support.
Development of initiatives with youth-led organizations, women organizations, academic institutions and the private sector in support of the Programme’s implementation are conducted in an inclusive and participatory manner.
Initiatives aim at increasing the evidence-base for preventing terrorism, improving the whole-of-society development of national policy, supporting education and awareness raising, and building trust between authorities and communities.
We engage particularly closely with civil society organizations in our work on victims of terrorism and preventing violent extremism conducive to terrorism.
UNODC's coordination with the UN system is primarily conducted through the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. The Compact brings together UN entities and selected intergovernmental bodies with the aim to harmonize efforts on counter-terrorism and strengthen the UN’s common action to support Member States, at their request, in the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and other relevant UN resolutions and mandates. The Compact is composed of four pillars:
The four pillars consist of eight working groups. UNODC chairs of the Criminal Justice and Legal Responses and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CJLR-CFT) Working Group, and co-chair of both the Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation (RMME) Working Group, and the Border Management and Law Enforcement (BMLE) Working Group, and participates in all eight working groups.
Part of our work on terrorism prevention is funded through assessed contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations. Most of our work is funded through voluntary contributions from Member States and other donors. Member States have access to project-related information through a dedicated portal.
Since 2020, UNODC’s terrorism prevention projects and programmes have been funded by:
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Australia |
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Austria |
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Belgium |
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Canada |
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Denmark |
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European Union |
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France |
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Germany |
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Italy |
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Japan |
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Luxembourg |
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Monaco |
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Netherlands |
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Norway |
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Slovenia |
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Spain |
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Sweden |
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Switzerland |
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Türkiye |
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United Kingdom |
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United States of America |
