Countering violent extremism (CVE) initiatives tackle conditions conducive to radicalization into violent extremism with the ultimate aim of denying terrorist groups new supporters and recruits. The strategies and toolsthat governments and civil society organizations use to counter violent extremism vary, reflecting differing conditions and settings. The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) has ad- dressed some of these strategiesincluding: 1) focusing on prisons and delineating good practices on rehabilitating and reintegrating into society violent extremist of- fenders who have disengaged from violent extremism, 2) enumerating good practices on working with victims of terrorism in the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack, 3) exploring the importance of multi-sectoral (i.e., government institutions, agencies, the private sector, and civil society) approaches to CVE, 4) examining the methods of CVE communications most resonant with key audiences, and 5) measuring the effectiveness of CVE programming….