Terrorism Prevention

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was established in 1997 and in Vienna, Austria. UNODC is s a world leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. It operates through 54 regional offices, covering more than 150 countries. Its regional office for Western and Central Africa (ROSEN) is located in Dakar, Senegal and has been active in the region for more than 20 years. Currently ROSEN covers 22 countries and has established 13 field offices.

Context

Assistance delivery at the field level is pursued under the substantive leadership of TPB (within the framework of a global project on “Strengthening the Legal Regime against Terrorism”) and the operational leadership of the respective UNODC regional or country offices, as an integral component of UNODC’s respective regional and country programmes. For West Africa, this leadership is provided by the UNODC Regional Office for West and Central Africa, headquartered in Dakar, Senegal (ROSEN). The scope of assistance provided has been broadening, with ever increasing attention being given to implementation assistance, as more countries have ratified more of the universal instruments. Special attention is given to assisting countries to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (resolution A/RES/60/288, adopted on 8 September 2006) and the relevant Security Council resolutions. Countries of the Sahel region (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad) have been a major focus of assistance delivery over the last several years. Many of these countries face several crime and security challenges, intertwined with development challenges. They continue to require extensive assistance to undertake rule of law-based criminal justice responses to prevent and combat terrorism – an essential component of an effective counter-terrorism strategy. With respect to these countries, assistance activities are delivered as an integral component of the UNODC contribution to the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (Sahel Programme). Through this regional programme, UNODC is seeking to support the Sahel countries in strengthening their operational capacity to investigate terrorism-related cases, working with law enforcement and prosecutors to prepare them to effectively investigate terrorist threats and terrorist acts within a rule-of-law framework. Whereas the focus of CT assistance remains very much on addressing the threat of terrorism affecting the Sahel countries, support is also increasingly being provided to the neighbouring countries both in West and Central Africa. Under the regional project in support of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum West Africa Working Group co-chaired by Germany and Algeria, UNODC is providing capacity-building and training to develop and implement national action plans (NAPs) and national priority actions in coastal countries (Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal). Other countries that are in the process of stepping up their efforts to prevent and counter the spill over of terrorism are Guinea, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and to some extent Cabo Verde. Specific areas of interest have been identified by the West Africa Working Group: - Law enforcement Cooperation; - Border Security Management with focus on Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) - Countering terrorist financing - Preventing/Countering Radicalization and Violent Extremism National Action Plans, with specific focus on the integration of gender and youth perspectives in counterterrorism efforts - Preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, IEDs, ammunition and UAS

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Regional Coordinator Terrorism Prevention, the Terrorism Prevention Youth UN will support in: • Assisting in the designing youth-led initiatives and programmes to prevent and respond to terrorism • Support in the implementation of activities in West and Central African countries, especially in support of youth mainstreaming in CT efforts, as articulated in UNODC’s Global Programme on Terrorism Prevention; • Analysing and identifying capacity-building needs of national entities including civil society, in areas relevant to preventing terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, in particular with respect to youth mainstreaming; • Providing inputs for the preparation of reports, briefing notes, project concept notes, technical assistance tools, substantive publications and training materials pertaining to operational and rule of law-based criminal justice responses to terrorism, especially by carrying out related legal research and analysis, compilation and analysis of related substantive information and preparation of draft documents. • Carry out missions to support program managers in their program implementation tasks; • Strengthen efforts to integrate gender and youth issues into the fight against terrorism; • Strengthening internal and external communication on counter-terrorism programmes and activities in the Sahel, West and Central Africa through public presentations, and articles on social networks, UNODC website and other tools. Contributing to programme development, implementation, monitoring and reporting, especially by preparing related documents and undertaking tasks to support programme coordination and oversight; • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor in support of TPB/ROSEN portfolio of programmes and activities. • As an active UNODC/ROSEN TPB team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNODC and programme beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: o Support for the development and implementation of projects and activities, in particular with respect to youth mainstreaming in relevant programming; o Inputs related to the development of technical assistance tools and projects in the counter-terrorism area; o Contribution, as part of the team, to the delivery of advisory services and training to several criminal justice and other officials in charge of preventing terrorism; o Assistance in the formulation of reports, briefing notes, substantive publications and training materials pertaining to the rule of law-based and operational criminal justice responses to terrorism; o Increased visibility through internal and external communication on counter-terrorism programmes and activities in the Sahel, West and Central Africa through public presentations, and articles on social networks, UNODC website and other tools; o Implementation of activities of the UNODC/ROSEN terrorism prevention portfolio. • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment. • The position involves extensive traveling across the West Africa region and to a lesser extent to Central Africa.