The EU Global Threats programme supports a range of projects that tackle complex security challenges worldwide. These initiatives address issues such as terrorism, organised crime, CBRN risks, critical infrastructure protection, and climate-related security threats.
Since its launch, the programme has funded over 80 projects in 130 countries, working closely with governments, civil society, regional organisations, and international partners. Each project is designed to strengthen resilience, promote cooperation, and deliver practical solutions tailored to local and regional needs.
By combining specialised expertise from diverse sectors the EU Global Threats programme provides effective and sustainable responses to interconnected security threats.
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This project aims to contribute to the improved alignment of regional and national policies on peace and climate adaptation in fragile contexts.
- Project locations
- Iraq
- Threat area
- Climate change and security
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Berghof Foundation (BF)
- Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

This project aims to address specific global and trans-regional threats to peace, international security, and stability by enhancing governance and cooperation on CBRN risk prevention, detection, and mitigation.
- Project locations
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology (IMB)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- International Security and Emergency Management Institute (ISEMI)
- University of Lodz

This project aims to support the disruption of illicit trafficking via containers, and the establishment and strengthening of Port Control Units (PCUs) in West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Project locations
- Morocco
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- UNODC
- World Customs Organization (WCO)

This project aims to support Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in developing sustainable, coordinated, and rights-based systems for the prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration of returnees from Iraq and Northeast Syria, thereby enhancing regional stability, resilience, and social cohesion.
- Project locations
- Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- GCERF
- Hedayah
- International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)
This project aims to strengthen the resilience of communities in conflict due to the impact of climate change by encouraging and facilitating conflict-sensitive, community-based technological solutions to climate change.
- Project locations
- Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Haiti, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Zimbabwe
- Threat area
- Climate change and security
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- UN CTCN
This project aims to support partners at community, state and regional levels to build resilience to the impacts of climate change on transboundary peace and security dynamics.
- Project locations
- Bangladesh, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- Climate change and security
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- UNEP

This project aims to initiate or further enhance best practices in chemical waste management in the Eastern and Central African region.
- Project locations
- Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Czech Environmental Information Agency (CENIA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- FIAP

This project aims to disrupt terrorist networks and the activities of recruiters to terrorism and bring terrorists to justice while continuing to respect human rights, gender equality and international law.
- Project locations
- Algeria, Bahrain, Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC)
- CIVIPOL
- Expertise France
- FIAP
- Northern Ireland Cooperation Overseas (NI-CO)

This project aims to improve access to electronic evidence held by foreign service providers during criminal investigations and proceedings, by responding to the needs of law enforcement and judicial authorities.
- Project locations
- Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- EUROJUST
- EUROPOL

This project aims to make explosive ordnance (EO) detection, identification, recognition, mapping, and data collection more accurate, safer, and more effective through the application of new AI and computer vision technologies.
- Project locations
- Syria
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Tech 4 Tracing (T4T)

The project aims to mitigate risks related to water contamination by radionuclides and heavy metals in Central Asia, by providing a regional capacity of water monitoring systems for transboundary rivers and their tributaries.
- Project locations
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)

This project aims to enable citizens of the LAC region to enjoy the digital dividends of an open, free, secure and resilient cyberspace.
- Project locations
- Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
- Threat area
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Estonian Information System Authority (RIA)

This project aims to operate as a flexible facility working with governments to ensure that citizens of EU partner countries benefit from a global, open, free, secure, resilient and peaceful cyberspace.
- Project locations
- Fiji
- Threat area
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Estonian Information System Authority (RIA)
This project aims to contribute to greater awareness and understanding of specific and general climate related security risk pathways to more effectively address the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation on peace and security.
- Project locations
- Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Jordan, Kenya, Panama
- Threat area
- Climate change and security
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- adelphi global

This project aims to enhance medical preparedness and response capabilities to CBRN incidents in the GCC region.
- Project locations
- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- FPI
- International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
- UNICRI

This project aims to enhance the capacity of civil aviation security regimes in Partner States.
- Project locations
- Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)

This project aims to to decrease the evasion of UN Security Council sanctions in the maritime sector and associated transnational organised crime.
- Project locations
- Barbados, Cameroon, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Palau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Tanzania, Togo
- Threat area
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- UNODC

This project aims to reduce Small Arms and Light Weapons trafficking and related organised crime and terrorism activities globally.
- Project locations
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- INTERPOL
- UNODC

This project aims to address emerging global threats of terrorism and violent extremism in the field of public spaces, as well as the associated challenges, while fully respecting human rights, gender equality, and the rule of law in accordance with the EU's political priorities.
- Project locations
- Ghana, Kenya, Senegal
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- EU High Risk Security Network (EU HRSN)
- FIAP
- Spanish Guardia Civil

The project aims to develop highly-qualified capacities in the field of CBRN forensics for each partner country based on their needs, considering also a regional approach to foster interoperability.
- Project locations
- Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- American University of Beirut
- European Public Law Organization
- Fondazione SAFE
- HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research
- Italian Ministry of Defence
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
- Princess Sumaya University for Technology
- University of Rome Tor Vergata