Transnational Threats Department Action against Terrorism Unit

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The Action against Terrorism OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Conference

Threats Department supports the In co-operation with the OSCE international and regional Chairmanship, the Unit organizes organizations, civil society, youth OSCE’s 57 participating States the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism and the private sector to examine Conference, which brings together emerging threats and explore ways and 11 Partners for Co-operation high-level representatives, counter- to counter and prevent terrorism at terrorism experts and practitioners, local, regional and global levels. in the implementation of their anti-terrorism commitments.

Anti-terrorist activities play Based on the OSCE’s a prominent role in the comprehensive and co- OSCE’s overall efforts to operative approach, the Unit address transnational threats. promotes multi-stakeholder Guided by the ‘Consolidated dialogue, raises awareness and Framework for the Fight carries out capacity building to against Terrorism’, the Unit prevent and counter terrorism acts as the OSCE focal by working closely with the point, information resource, Organization’s field presences and implementation partner, and executive structures. providing OSCE participating States and Partners for Co- The Unit collaborates with operation with a wide range international and other regional of programmes and activities. organizations and promotes public-private partnerships to advance the global counter-terrorism agenda. What we do

The terrorist threat is multi-faceted units, law enforcement in the International Civil Aviation bodies and the judiciary. Organization’s Public Key and evolving. The Action against Directory, enhancing their use Countering the use of the Advance Passenger Terrorism Unit is responsive to the of the internet for Information system, better terrorist purposes detecting forged travel challenges facing the participating documents and improving The internet is increasingly identity management systems. States and Partners for Co-operation exploited by terrorists to find, recruit and train new OSCE Counter- in countering terrorism. members, collect and transfer Terrorism Network funds, organize attacks and incite violence. The Unit More than 1,000 counter- The Unit carries out a wide and strengthening policies on works to identify effective terrorism focal points within range of counter-terrorism youth participation and gender counter measures such as the OSCE participating States, programmes and activities: awareness, the Unit is at the an online course, publicly executive structures and field forefront of efforts to promote accessible, showing how presences, and regional and Promoting and facilitate the exchange of terrorists manipulate the international organizations implementation of good practices in countering internet for their own nefarious are connected through the the international incitement to terrorism aims and how to counter web-based Counter-Terrorism legal framework and preventing terrorist this multi-faceted threat. Network. The network against terrorism radicalization, while upholding facilitates exchange on human rights and the rule of Protecting non- counter-terrorism programmes The universal implementation law. Upon request, the Unit nuclear critical energy and legal developments, as of the international legal also assists in developing and infrastructure well as regional and global framework against terrorism implementing comprehensive terrorism trends. The Unit allows for the pursuit and national strategies and action The impact of terrorist also produces a bi-monthly prosecution of terrorists plans to counter violent attacks on critical energy newsletter for the Network. beyond national boundaries extremism and terrorism. infrastructure is potentially based on the uniform devastating to society. The criminalization of terrorist Suppressing the Unit engages both the public acts. The Unit supports financing of terrorism and the private sectors in OSCE participating States in crisis management simulation implementing this framework To support national efforts exercises to increase the and promotes with relevant to counter terrorist financing, resilience of such infrastructure UN bodies and the Global the Unit has developed, to terrorist cyber-attacks. Counterterrorism Forum in co-operation with the international legal co-operation United Nations Office on Strengthening travel in terrorism-related cases. Drugs and Crime, training document security courses focused on inter- Preventing and agency co-operation, Through specially designed countering violent analysis, investigation, and capacity-building activities from extremism and creating a toolkit for the the perspective of counter- radicalization that lead financial disruption of terrorist terrorism, the Unit works to terrorism (VERLT) networks. The training courses together with the OSCE Border are based on real-world Security and Management By engaging civil society, scenarios for intelligence Unit in supporting participating promoting community policing agencies, financial intelligence States in attaining membership How we work

The OSCE’s response to terrorist These methodologies particular youth, to contribute and tools include: to formulating alternative threats follows a multi-dimensional narratives to violent extremist Interactive training messaging online and offline. approach to ensure that counter- programmes Table top terrorism measures comply with human The multi-year Leaders exercises against Intolerance and rights and fundamental freedoms. Violent Extremism (LIVE) Based on specially designed initiative builds the capacity interactive scenarios, exercises The Unit engages state authorities, of leaders in civil society, have been developed to especially youth, women, increase the resilience of the private sector, civil society, media, and community leaders, to national critical energy speak out and mobilize others infrastructure from terrorist regional and international organizations, against violent extremism cyber-attacks and to promote that leads to terrorism. a whole-of-society approach and develops and implements to address the phenomenon of Awareness-raising foreign terrorist fighters. programmes based on innovative and strategic communications E-learning methodologies and tools. The OSCE United in A publicly accessible, modern Countering Violent Extremism online tool offers up-to-date (#UnitedCVE) campaign seeks course materials and provides to reinforce a global consensus basic knowledge about against VERLT, creating countering the use of the opportunities for the public, in internet for terrorist purposes.

Through its #UnitedCVE campaign, the Unit engages young people and Discussion between youth leaders during the LIVE programme pilot. helps raise awareness of how everyone can contribute to preventing violent extremism.

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