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Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund

Acronym: GCERF

General Information

Identification Code: 880835352417-22
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Entity Form: foundation
Registration Category: Other organisations, public or mixed entities
Registration Date: 1/30/2024
Last Update: 1/31/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: GCERF is the only international organisation dedicated to preventing violent extremism. Its mission is to support local, community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremist agendas. GCERF and the community-led interventions it supports, contribute to the implementation of the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy and the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism, and ensure that the policy frameworks developed by the Global Counterterrorism Forum are implemented at the local level. GCERF fully aligns its work with Agenda 2030 with a specific focus on SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), as well as SDGs 1, 4, 5, 8, 10. As a public-private partnership, GCERF is an example of an innovative partnership, SDG 17.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Migration and asylum
  • Regional policy
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Global Strategy A Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU: Anticipate, Prevent, Protect, Respond EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy EU STRIVE Council Conclusions on EU External Action on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism The EU’s 2021-2027 Peace, Stability and Conflict Prevention thematic programme and its Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) The EU’s Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe) More information on the EU legislative proposals and policies targeted by GCERF can be found in the following links: https://ct-morse.eu/projects/ https://www.gcerf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PCVE-stories-from-the-EUs-work-around-the-globe.pdf
Communication Activities: Joint events with the EU on the margins of the UN General Assembly Sessions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023): 21.09.2016: EU-GCEERF event on “Preventing Violent Extremism: The Private Sector as a Vehicle for Innovation and Success” 20.09.2017: EU-GCERF High-level panel on “Migration and Violent Extremism” 26.09.2018: EU-GCERF-Kofi Annan Foundation event on “Listen! A Youth Perspective on Preventing Violent Extremism” 26.09.2019: EU-GCERF event on “Preventing Violent Extremism in Universities » 23.09.2022 : EU-GCERF-Muflehun event on « Innovating for the Future of Preventing Violent Extremism” 4th GCERF Board Meeting was hosted by the EU in Brussels in June 2016 15.06.2022: Albania-EU-GCERF High-level event on “Rising to the Challenge of Rehabilitation and Reintegration to Prevent Violent Extremism”, Tirana GCERF regular participates at the EU conferences/events, meetings; the publications of GCERF’s annual report is generously supported by the EU.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 5-7 Avenue de la Paix
Post Code: 1202
City: Geneva
Country: SWITZERLAND
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EU Office

Address: 5-7 Avenue de la Paix
Post Code: 1202
City: Geneva
Country: SWITZERLAND
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Most recently closed financial year is 2021-2022. The financial data on 2022-2023 has yet to be concluded. Furthermore, the indicated contributions received from the EU are pluri-annual, 7% of which are used to cover administrative costs. No new contribution was received in 2023. A € 6 million contribution is expected to be signed in the first quarter of 2024.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 3
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 0.8500000238418579
Info Members: 4 GCERF staff members working on matters related to the EU relations from the Executive Office, External Relations Unit, Portfolio Management Unit, Finance and Compliance Unit, and in the Resource Mobilisation Unit.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: As per GCERF’s Statues and Bylaws, its supreme governing body is a multi-stakeholder board with representatives in constituencies including five donor country and six beneficiary country constituencies; as well as single constituencies for civil society; foundations; the private sector; policy, think and do tanks; and Switzerland (the host country). Information on the donor and partner constituencies can be found on the GCERF website: https://www.gcerf.org/governance/
Organisation Members: GCERF partners are listed here: https://www.gcerf.org/donors-funding/ – United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), G5 Sahel, Hedayah, The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), Kofi Annan Foundation, International Gender Champions, and Christchurch Call.