Project profile — Counter terrorism project for North Africa - phase II

• Mauritania (10.00%)
• Egypt (15.00%)
• Morocco (15.00%)
• Algeria (15.00%)
• Sudan (10.00%)
• Libya (20.00%)
• Tunisia (15.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This regional project aims to provide technical assistance in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia, to disrupt foreign terrorist fighter mobility. It seeks to enhance counter-terrorism capacities addressing the transnational threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in this region. The project does so by providing law enforcement professionals modernized equipment and training to strengthen inclusive and gender-responsive strategies for preventing, detecting and combatting terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa region. Project activities include: (1) investigating crime scene; (2) providing effective border management techniques; (3) delivering gender-sensitive training for frontline law enforcement officers, border officers and women police cadets; and (4) establishing regional working groups for enhanced cross-border coordination and information sharing.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) made effective inclusive and gender-responsive use of biometrics and border security technical capabilities in the fight against terrorism; and (2) made effective inclusive and gender-responsive counter-terrorism operational capabilities lead to more efficient counter-terrorism investigations.

Results achieved as of December 2024 include: (1) trained 290 frontline officers from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya and Tunisia to use the International Criminal Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) tools and capabilities, along with 561 national officers who benefitted from other training activities; (2) conducted over 28 million crosschecks against INTERPOL databases, resulting in 99 terrorism-related hits. This led to the seizure of over 3,000 kilogram of cocaine and the dismantling of several criminal networks linked to producing fraudulent travel documents and trafficking illicit firearms, minerals and luxury cars; and (3) launched an online module available to all INTERPOL member states on the importance of human rights in counter-terrorism investigations through the virtual academy. To date, 280 officers completed the course.

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