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The Second International Conference on Countering Violent Extremism : Collective Intelligence in Facing Terrorism and Building CVE/PVE Strategies

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Add to Calendar 2022-06-08 10:00:00 2022-06-10 17:30:00 The Second International Conference on Countering Violent Extremism : Collective Intelligence in Facing Terrorism and Building CVE/PVE Strategies Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

The Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence is organizing its second International Conference on Countering Violent Extremism in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), and the Mohammedia League of Scholars.

 This conference will be held under the theme “Collective Intelligence in Facing Terrorism and building CVE/PVE Strategies and will take place on June 8, 9 and 10, 2022.

Since the events of September 11th, 2001, the world has experienced multiple waves of terrorist threats, during which terrorist groups have mastered multiple means of actions. In the meantime, structural geopolitical transformations have occurred on all continents, which have complicated and affected all the forms of existing responses to threats.

The shift was also reflected in the change of strategies and tactics by terrorist organizations in multiple dimensions; in designing their objectives and priorities, in their narratives in their modes of attacks, and in their tools of connection and communication tools.

In Terms of responses, Global performance in addressing those threats has reached significant development, improvement and experience in responding against terrorist attacks, and in developing innovative tools to reduce violent extremism impact. Thus, challenges in combating terrorism and violent extremism as a cross-border phenomenon create a strong motivation for strengthening both international and regional cooperation and coordination in which North and South gap should be reduced.

It is significant to stress the urgent need today to apply for collective intelligence of different professional communities to face terrorism threats.

This conception aims to engage different stakeholders working in combating terrorism and violent extremism in an assessment to identify what works and what does not work during the last two decades in different forms of international cooperation and coordination.

We estimate at this stage that joint efforts to fight terrorism and violent extremism, requiring the promotion of an advanced version of cooperation based on collective intelligence in building Shared awareness, joint capacity building, and joint coordination among various actors in the field.

However, collective intelligence is not limited to regional and international experiences, but can also be applied to enhance coordination between different sectors and departments within a single country, in the way that could play the role of a lever to achieve coordination in building inclusive public policies and putting them on the ground.

The new generation of Cooperation might be promoted as the main key for reaching a collective intelligence based approaches that protects global security, reduces the cost of insecurity, and limits efforts to build sustainable development in the global south.

The second edition of the International Conference aims to provide the opportunity to different professional communities to discuss recent developments of terrorist threats in their various dimensions, and to evaluate the effectiveness of regional and international existing cooperation models in countering terrorism, and then assure a space where experts and researchers could collectively brainstorm innovative thoughts to keep pace with the new challenges of terrorism threats and violent extremism.

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

June 8, 2022

09h00 – 10h00   

Reception and registration

 

Welcome coffee

 

 

10h00-12h00

Opening session

 

  • Welcoming Remarks by H.E Mr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Welcoming Remarks by Mr. El Mostafa Rezrazi, President. Moroccan Observatory on Extremism & Violence & Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South
  • H.E Mr. Abdellatif Wahbi, Minister of Justice and Freedoms
  • H.E Mr. Weixiong Chen, Acting Executive Director of United Nations Countering Terrorism Executive Directorate
  • H.E. Mr. Abdelwahed Jamali Idrissi, Coordinator of the Foundation Mohammed VI  for the reinsertion of Prisoners
  • H.E Mr. Habboub Cherkaoui, the Director of the Bureau of Legal Investigations
  • H.E Mr. Abderahim Hanine, Presidency of Public Ministry
  • H.E  Mr. Mohammed Loulichki, Former Ambassador at the UN & Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South
  • H.E. Mr. Carlos Monteiro Reis, Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa (UNOCT). Rabat
  • H.E. Mr Mohammed Belekbir, Director of the Research Center on Values, Rabita Mohammadiya of Ulemas

12h00-13h30

Lunch

14h00-15h30

Session I: Extremism and Religious Discourses: Narratives of Extremism and Counter-narratives

 

Part 1

 

Chairperson: Mr.Khalid Chegraoui, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South & Vice Dean of FGESS, UM6P

  • H.E. Mr Ambassador Khalid Fathalrahman, Director of the Center for Civilizational Dialogue , ICESCO
  • Mr. Mohammed Belekbir, Director of the Research Center on Values, Rabita Mohammadiya of Ulemas
  • Ms. Reham Abdullah Salama  Nasr, Director of Azhar Observatory on Countering Violent Extremism, Egypt
  • Mr.  Jeffrey Kaplan, Senior Researcher, Danube Institute. Hungary

15h00-15h30

Coffee break

15h30-17h30

Session I: Extremism and Religious Discourses: Narratives of Extremism and Counter-narratives

 

Part 2

 

  • Ms. Ibtihal Altalhi, Senior Researcher at the Security Research Center, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, NAUSS, Saudia Arabia
  • Mr. Assaad Alsaleh, Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington. USA
  • Mr. Tarik Ejaz, Assistant Professor. Air University, Islamabad
  • Ms. Sidra Tariq Jamil, Expert at the Center of Civilizational Dialogue, ICESCO

 

June 9, 2022

09h30 – 10h30   

Session II: Countering Violent Extremism, De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programs in Prisons

 

Chairperson: Mr. Moussaoui Ajlaoui, Professor at the University Mohammed V & Vice President of OMEV

 

  • Mr. Mly Driss Aguelmam, Director of Social Affairs,  The General Delegation for the  Penitentiary Administration and Reinsertion
  • Mr. Ousama Ben Seddik, the Foundation Mohammed VI  for the reinsertion of Prisoners
  • Ms. Joana De Deus Pereira, Senior Expert, The Royal United Services Institute
  • Mr. Bakary Sambe, Director, Timbuktu Institute African Center for Peace Studies, Senegal

 

10h30-10h45

Coffee break

10h45-12h00
  • Mr. Thowdihul Islam, Associate Professor, Center for General Education (CGED). International Islamic University Chittagong. Bangladesh
  • Mr Abdelaziz Rahhou, National Coordinator of ASDGAPR  at the PNUD
  • Ms. Maha Ghazi, Researcher at OMEV & Ph.D candidate, Mohammed V University-Agdal, Rabat

12h30-14h00

Lunch

14h00-15h00

Special Session: 20 years after the UNSCR 1373;  15 years after  launching of UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and 10 years after the initiation  of The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) : capitalize on successes, overcome weaknesses

 

Chairperson: Mr. Othman Belbachir, Foreign Affairs Advisor in charge of issues related to terrorism and NATO, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates

 

  • H.E Michael Guinan, Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement . Embassy of the United States in Morocco
  • H.E Mme Nell Stewart, Ambassador of Canada to Morocco
  • H.E Mr. Jeroen Roodenburg, Ambassador of Netherlands to Morocco
  • Mr. Thomas Wuchte, Executive Secretary-General at International Institute for Justice and the rule of Law, Malta
  • Mr. Matthew Levitt, Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, USA

15h00-16h30

Coffee break

15h15-16h30

Session III: New requirements for CVE and structuring the framework for international cooperation in law enforcement and the management of intelligence and forensic evidence

 

Part 1

 

Chairperson: Mr. El Mostafa Rezrazi, President of OMEV; Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South

 

  • Mr. Hicham Mellati, Director of Penal Affairs and Grace, Ministry of Justice, Morocco
  • Mr. Matthias Biesemans, EU General Directorate of Counter Terrorism. Brussels
  • Mr. Portuesi Andreas, EEAS, CT Division. EU
  • Mr. Carlos Monteiro Reis, Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa (UNOCT). Rabat

16h30-16h45

Coffee break

16h45-18h00

Session III: New requirements for CVE and structuring the framework for international cooperation in law enforcement and the management of intelligence and forensic evidence

 

Part 2

 

  • Mr. Abdelhak Bassou, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South, Morocco
  • Mr. Mohamed Hedi Shili, Director of Legal Affairs, ICESCO
  • Mr. Othmane Benabdellah, Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Rabat,
  • Mr. Jose Maria Fernandez, CT-JUST

 

 

June 10, 2022

09h00 – 10h30   

Session IV: Terrorist threats and the dynamics of extremist organizations during the pandemic and beyond

 

Part 1

 

Chairperson: Mr. Rachid El Houdaigui, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South & Professor at the University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tanger

 

  • Mr. Major-general Carlos Branco, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Portugal
  • Mr. Gilad Ben-Nun, Leipzig University, Germany
  • Mr Muhammad Zia-Ul-Ha, Director General& Ms. Malaika Umer, Research associate, the Islamic Research Institute International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • Mr. Muhammad Shahid Habib, Assistant Professor, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & IT, Pakistan

10h30-10h45

Coffee break

11h15-12h30

Session IV: Terrorist threats and the dynamics of extremist organizations during the pandemic and beyond

 

Part 2

 

Chairperson: Mr. Jean Cardona, Expert CT, European Union Delegation, Morocco

 

  • Mr. Noureddine Jallal, Professor at the University Sidi Mohammed Ibn Abdellah, Taza Campus & Vice President of OMEV
  • Mr. Rajab Dawo Khaleifa Almariyed, Professor at the Bani Walid University, Libya
  • Mr. Djalil Lounnas, Assistant Professor, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
  • Mr. Abdelhkim Aboullouz, Professor, the University Ibn Zohr, Agadir

12h30-15h00

Lunch

15h00-16h00

Session IV: Terrorist threats and the dynamics of extremist organizations during the pandemic and beyond

 

Part 3

 

Chairperson: Ms. Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem, Manager of the Strategic Monitoring and Analysis Unit, Policy Center for the New South

 

  • Ms. Luciana Garcia de Oliveira, Researcher-Professor at the University of São Paulo. Brazil
  • Mr. Mohamed Belamghari, Associate Professor at the University Ibn Zohr, Agadir
  • Ms. Hajiba Kaoukaou, Research Professor, the Regional Center for Professions of Education and Training. Rabat

16h00-16h15

Coffee break

15h15-16h30

Session IV: Terrorist threats and the dynamics of extremist organizations during the pandemic and beyond

 

Part 4

 

Chairperson: Mr. Manar Abderahim Slimi, Professor at the University Mohammed V & Vice President of OMEV

 

  • Mr. Omar Amelhay, Researcher in Data Sciences, University of Greenwich. UK
  • Mr. Arouna Pountougnigni Mfenjou, PhD student at the University of Yaoundé 1.Cameroon
  • Ms. Er-rifaiy Amina, Ph.D candidate, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes

17h00-17h30

Closing remarks

Speakers
Abdelhak Bassou
Senior Fellow
Abdelhak Bassou is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Bassou has had an extensive career in Moroccan National Security, where he served in various capacities including as head of the border division from 1978 to 1993. He was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and as Central Director of General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.   He holds a master's degree in political science and international studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences in Rabat. His academic research delves into inte ...
Mohammed Loulichki
Senior Fellow
Mohammed Loulichki is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He brings over 40 years of comprehensive experience in diplomacy, conflict resolution, and human rights. He has served in various roles including as a member and Deputy Head of the Moroccan delegation to the 3rd Conference on the Law of the Sea (1982-1990), Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-1991), and General Director for Multilateral Affairs in the same ministry (2003-2006).   He also acted as Morocco's Ambassador to Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia (1995-1999), and was the Moroccan Government's Ambassador Coordinator with MINURSO (1999-2001). Furthermore, he served ...
Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem
Manager - Strategic Monitoring & Analysis Unit
Sara Mokaddem is the Manager of the Strategic Monitoring & Analysis Unit at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to that, she has worked as a research analyst in charge of specific due-diligence reporting and risk analysis on private placements for a London-based investment fund focused on the mining and energy sectors. She has also worked with firms and individuals on attaining FCA authorization and regulation in the United Kingdom. Her previous professional experience includes a position as a visiting researcher at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in 2011 and 2012 where she has produced research on the post-revolutionary situation in Tunisia and Libya and on the security of the Sahel. Having written modules on corporate forensics and on employee protectio ...
El Mostafa Rezrazi
Senior Fellow
Dr El Mostafa Rezrazi is a professor of Crisis Management, and Security Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South who focuses on Terrorism, Security and East Asia studies. His area of Expertise covers Afro-Asian Affairs, Strategic & Security Studies, Terrorism, Extremism and Deradicalization, mainly from the view of Criminal; Legal and Forensic Psychology.  He got his Ph.D. in Regional & International Affairs from the University of Tokyo in 1998, and later a Doctorate from the University of Mohammed V on the Psychological dynamisms of Suicide Bombers (2014). He is the executive director of the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence, Director of the African Center for Asian Studies, Rabat. Currently, he is Visiting Professor at the Univ ...
Youssef Tobi
International Relations Specialist
Tobi Youssef has joined the Policy Center for the New South in 2017. He is currently working on Politics and Governance in the Maghreb Region; his areas of expertise are geopolitics, political risk and nation building. Youssef Tobi obtained a Master Degree at Sciences Po Lyon  where he wrote two thesis on “ the role of Moroccan Bank in Africa, a non-state actor in service of the Diplomacy”  and the“ Chasm between the mediatic and associative representation of refugees : a case study”.  Prior to working at the Think tank, Tobi Youssef participated in a Social Entrepreneurship Project in Beirut, Lebanon and conducted an internship in a NGO based in Marseille where he assisted refugees and helped raise funds. ...