Annual Forum of Beneficiaries of Technical Assistance

On 28-29 March 2022, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the State of Qatar will convene the first Annual Forum of Beneficiaries of Technical AssistancePDF in Doha. The Beneficiaries Forum will bring together recipients, providers and donors of technical and capacity-building assistance in counter-terrorism and prevention and countering of violent extremism (CT/PCVE) to discuss and assess the results-based performance and progress of UNOCT programmes, projects and activities funded by the State of Qatar with the goal of improving programme design, delivery and impact. The hybrid event will also provide an opportunity for beneficiaries to highlight their counter-terrorism priorities and seek further technical and capacity-building assistance.

The one-and-a-half-day Forum will gather senior representatives from Member States, international and regional organizations, and civil society organizations. It will provide an opportunity for beneficiaries to share their assessments of the CT/PCVE assistance received through UNOCT and its implementing partners in the United Nations system. At the same time, it will enable UNOCT and its implementing partners to learn from beneficiaries in what ways to adjust and strengthen programme planning, development and implementation in CT/PCVE to better respond to their needs and expectations.

Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will open the event, which will feature a keynote address by H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.

An outcome document of the Beneficiaries Forum will be prepared after the Forum with key principles, good practices and recommendations to help inform counter-terrorism policy and programming efforts going forward.

The Beneficiaries Forum is the first in a series of annual forums to be co-organized by UNOCT and the State of Qatar.