The CVE Center was invited to attend the Third Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE), held in Istanbul, Turkey on 11-12 December 2018. It was organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in cooperation with the Government and the Ministry of Interior of Turkey, together with Integrative Internal Security Governance Initiative (IISG).

The conference is a follow-up of the second Regional CT and P/CVE Coordination Conference, held in Slovenia last year, and gathers representatives of national governments, international and regional organisations and initiatives active in the area of counterterrorism, prevention and countering violent extremism in South East Europe, discussing enhancement of cooperation and coordination of CT and P/CVE programmes and activities in this region.

The focus of the conference was on increasing current regional efforts aimed at preventing radicalization online, which could lead to terrorist acts that abuse virtual and cyber space.
During the conference, participants were introduced to a publication on the new virtual battlefield in cyberspace. An innovation in the field of this regional co-operation is the taking of the Presidency of the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC) by representatives of the Albanian State.