Facilitating the Provision of Technical Assistance to Member

States

Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)United Nations21 July 2010

Key elements of CTED’s mandate

Monitoring and promoting the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001).

Promoting the implementation of resolution 1624 (2005).

Facilitating technical assistance to States in order to enhance their counter-terrorism capacity.

Other tasks emanating from the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Main objectives of the TA strategy

With the aim of improving the effectiveness of CTED’s facilitation of technical assistance needs, new strategy

introduced in June 2008 to: 1) Enhance the internal capacity and working

methods

2) Create a favorable external environment vis-à-vis donors, to improve take-up of referrals from CTED.

General details of strategy Introduction of effective internal working methods:

• Primary focus to be placed on obtaining take-up of a limited number of high priority referrals.

• Visited Member States to be focus of TA referrals.• Mechanism to ensure all referrals are tailored/targeted.• Appointment of Donor Focal Points.• Use of information and technology to ensure better match-up of

referrals. Undertake wider outreach:

• Cooperate with CTITF Secretariat on CT capacity building.• Generate a larger pool of donors.• New emphasis on its outreach activities aimed at enhancing

institutions and strengthening the rule of law. • Review the feasibility of engaging the private sector.

Regional Approach

•States’ challenges often have regional character, share similarities with neighbours.•Regional cooperation between States vital component of counter-terrorism regime.•CTED collaborates intensively with regional organizations.•Provides platforms for regional counterparts to gather to share experience and good practices, and to work towards effective regional cooperation.

Examples of CTED’s Regional Work

•South Asia: creation of regional platform for police officers and prosecutors to meet regularly to discuss issues they identify as vital to their work; work towards establishment of regional law enforcement academy•Europe: input to EU’s priorities on counter-terrorism technical assistance in framework of Stability Instrument•Africa: workshops with African Centre for Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) to identify common technical assistance needs in West Africa and for North African and Sahel States on terrorist financing

Thematic approach

• Relates to issues that cut across geographical boundaries and impact many Member States

Examples:-Upgrading of machine readable travel documents

(MRTDs)-Upgrading of UN Convention Travel Documents (CTDs)-Creation of an international database of lost or stolen

firearms (SLARM)-Human rights and rule of law form part of technical

assistance package. Pilot project in South Asia.

Working with CTITF on technical assistance

•The Integrated Assistance for Countering Terrorism (I-ACT) Initiative of the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) •Current partners

Working with regional organizations

• African Centre for Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT)

• IGAD Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism

Exploring the complementary role of the private sector

• Active engagement with multilateral cooperation (within framework of the UN Global Compact)

• Contact with relevant Permanent Missions expressing interest in recommending private corporations

Recommendations

• Encourage Member States requesting technical assistance from the Committee to work closely with CTED in identifying detailed projects that could be brought to the attention of donor States and organizations;

• Encourage donor States and organizations to engage actively with CTED when drawing up their technical assistance framework in the area of counter-terrorism; and

• Encourage donor States and organizations to take into account priority technical assistance needs identified by CTED when implementing their counter-terrorism related programmes.