Terrorism Working Party (TWP) / COTER, Brussels

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date	January 18, 2017
city	Brussels, Belgium
address	Wetstraat 175 [map]
location	Justus Lipsius building i
organisation	Working Party on Terrorism (TWP), Working Party on Terrorism (International Aspects) (COTER)

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 10 January 2017

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NOTICE OF MEETING AND PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Please note the Council's Security Regulations outlined on page 4, including the need to register all the delegates who will participate in the classified item of the meeting.

Joint TWP/COTER (morning session 9.30-12.00)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda for the morning

• 2. 

  Information from the Presidency:

• - 

  presentation of the work programme of COTER

• - 

  presentation of the work programme of TWP

• 3. 

  Recent terrorism-related incidents:

• - 

  Incidents of significant interests

• - 

  External terrorism incidents

• 4. 

  Youth empowerment initiatives to preventing radicalisation and countering violent extremism

• - 

  presentation by the Maltese National Youth Agency, Agenzija Zghazagh

• 5. 

  The Terrorism Financing Package of 21 December 2016

• - 

  presentation by the Commission

• 6. 

  Presentation by INTCEN of its work programme for the first semester of 2017 (EU CONFIDENTIAL)

• 7. 

  AOB

• - 

  Workshop on Soft Target Protection, 6-7 February 2017

At 12 am approximately, COTER will move to a separate meeting room and begin its meeting.

TWP (afternoon session)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

• 2. 

  Questionnaire on Member States' approaches in respect of the return of European children from Daesh-controlled territory

• - 

  presentation by the EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator (CTC)

• 3. 

  Strengthening cooperation on counter-terrorism threat analysis:

• - 

  State of play of the threat assessment mechanism

• - 

  Future oriented threat assessment

• - 

  presentation by Europol (EU RESTRICTED)

• - 

  Six-monthly threat analysis

—    presentation by INTCEN (EU CONFIDENTIAL)

• 4. 

  Countering radicalisation and violent extremism:

• - 

  Update on RAN (Radicalisation Awareness Network) activities in the coming months

• 5. 

  2nd High Level meeting of the EU Internet Forum of 8 December 2016

• - 

  presentation by the Commission

• 6. 

  Update on the Western Balkans Counter Terrorism initiative

• - 

  presentation by Slovenia

• 7. 

  Information on counter-terrorism activities:

• - 

  Commission

• - 

  Europol

• - 

  European External Action Service

• - 

  CTC

• 8. 

  AOB

Note: This meeting will cover information classified EU CONFIDENTIAL - please see item 6 of the agenda (morning session) and item 3 of the agenda for the afternoon session. In accordance with the Council's security rules, all delegates present at the discussion of such items must have a need-to-know and a valid Personnel Security Clearance for access to EU classified information to the appropriate level.

By 13 January 2017, delegations are requested:

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  to forward to the attention of twg@consilium.europa.eu the following details of their delegates taking part in the meeting: the full surname(s), given name, nationality, date of birth and name of the organisation/institution sending them to the meeting;

• - 

  to request their NSAs or other competent security authority to forward to the attention of the GSC Security Office (security.clearances@consilium.europa.eu, or fax number

+32 2 281 5081), a Personnel Security Clearance Certificate (PSCC) for the delegates concerned who are not already in the Security Clearances register, together with a cover letter mentioning the meeting to be attended. Please note that certificates sent by the delegates themselves will not be accepted.

Please note that no admission to the discussion on the EU CONFIDENTIAL item[s] will be granted to delegates whose names have not been forwarded to the GSC or whose PSCC has not be forwarded to the GSC Security Office within the deadline.

Delegates are reminded that electronic devices must be switched off during the discussion of EU CONFIDENTIAL items.

NB:    Council documents are available on Delegates Portal. A limited stock of documents

produced immediately prior to the meeting will be available in the meeting room. Room attendants will provide copies on request at the earliest opportunity.

NB:    Delegates requiring day badges to attend meetings should consult document 14387/1/12

REV 1 on how to obtain them.

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