ABSTRACT
This chapter builds on the general introduction to counter-terrorism (CT) and details more specifically the policies and practices of the national, supra-national, and international level donors for the case study countering violent extremism (CVE) programs examined throughout this book. Establishing the different policy definitions creates a baseline from which to analyze where and how “say-do” gaps between high-level policy and on-the-ground programming implementation emerge due to lack of institutional commitment to espoused goals and normative positioning. After highlighting the nuances of the different donor definitions, the chapter then acknowledges the impact of the last two decades and the shift toward global governance of transnational CT policy and programming. Various individuals, organizations, and governments have fed into a body of global learning on CVE programming design, implementation, and evaluation “best practices”, which are laid out as a framework. This framework is then used as a standard for analysis and measurement across the case studies and allows illustration of where lack of gender perspective in program design, implementation, and evaluation leads to gaps in outcome and impact.
