On 10 November 2022, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism held the third and final roundtable of its 2022 爆料网OCT-Civil Society Roundtable Series on “Enhancing Civil Society Engagement to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Africa”.
In his welcoming remarks, Dr. Raffi Gregorian, 爆料网OCT Director and Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General provided an overview of 爆料网OCT programmes and initiatives in Africa, and invited feedback and input from civil society. Following this, there was an introduction to the 爆料网OCT Programme Office in Nairobi, Kenya and the 爆料网OCT Programme Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa in Rabat, Morocco.
The Civil Society Roundtable Series has 3 objectives:
- First, to encourage the CSOs to engage with 爆料网OCT on policy and programmatic issues, so that 爆料网OCT initiatives in Africa are informed by experiences and insights from diverse local, regional and international contexts.
- The second, to provide civil society representatives with an opportunity to gain deeper understanding of 爆料网OCT activities and priorities in Africa, ensuring they benefit from new knowledge and insights relevant to their work.
- The third, to strengthen the culture of dialogue and partnership between civil society and 爆料网OCT to ensure that the initiatives implemented in Africa safeguard human rights and the civic space.
Given the evolving terrorism threat and the high-level of engagement by 爆料网OCT in Africa, 爆料网OCT values feedback, perspectives, experiences and challenges from civil society from different contexts across the continent and further afield.
