Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX)  

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The remit of the CIVEX Commission covers the following fields:     

  • Area of Freedom, Security and Justice   
  • Immigration Policy, asylum and visas     
  • EU Charter of Fundamental Rights     
  • Active Citizenship
  • Devolution
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Governance, better Law-Making, Subsidiarity and Proportionality     
  • External Relations, including administrative external cooperation and capacity building
  • International Treaties and negotiations, terrorism and border controls
  • Neighbourhood Policy (including Eastern Partnership and Euro-Med cooperation), decentralised cooperation for development and EU enlargement issues     
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Head of Unit: Silke Tönshoff

Assistant to the HoU: Fernanda Rondao Brito in  charge of support to JCC North Macedonia

Webmaster:  Piotr Grzebielec  in charge of support to Decentralised cooperation and Nicosia initiative

Administrators:

  • Victor Tilea, Head of Sector Constitutional Affairs, in charge of migration and integration of migrants
  • Hana Slepickova, in charge of Migration and integration; Future of the EU Treaties
  • Benedetta Pricolo, in charge of Subsidiarity and proportionality monitoring; Future of the EU
  • Galina Samaras, in charge of Better regulation and public administration reform including work on REFIT; Subsidiarity and proportionality monitoring
  • José Fonseca Lavado, in charge of Migration and integration; EU Citizenship and European Citizens Initiatives; Anti-Corruption
  • Simona Livideanu, in charge of Terrorism and Anti-radicalisation incl. RAN; Security, Civil and Criminal Justice and Judicial cooperation; Fundamental Rights, Relations with the FRA
  • Mario Grubisic, in charge of Subsidiarity and proportionality monitoring; Better regulation and public administration reform including work on REFIT
  • Milica Neacsu, Deputy Head of Unit and Head of Sector EAST, Coordinator External Relations – East and in charge of CORLEAP, Eastern Partnership and JCC North Macedonia
  • Petri Mirala, in charge of Enlargement, WG Western Balkans, JCC Serbia and Coordination with the Congress
  • Marinko Raos, in charge of Eastern Partnership and CORLEAP, JCC Montenegro and Disinformation
  • Gudrun Niedorf, Head of Sector SOUTH, Coordinator External Relations – South and in charge of ARLEM, Euromed and Division of powers
  • Marc Kiwitt, in charge of Decentralised cooperation for development and Nicosia initiative
  • Tatiana Dimitrova, in charge of ARLEM, Euromed and Decentralised cooperation for development
  • Santiago Mondragon, in charge of WG Turkey, Division of Powers, ARLEM

Assistants:

  • <currently vacant>, in charge of support to CIVEX commission meetings, opinions and amendments, plenary sessions, WG Turkey
  • Gaetano Bertozzi Avanzini, in charge of support to CIVEX secretariat, CIVEX commission meetings, opinions and amendments, plenary sessions, WG Western Balkans
  • Darja Gontsarova, in charge of Task Force Ukraine, Eastern Partnership and CORLEAP, JCC Montenegro
  • Viliam Cierny, in charge of general support for CORLEAP, Task Force Ukraine, JCC Serbia, relations with the Congress
  • Marcial Mendez Magan, in charge of support to ARLEM, Euromed, Webmaster ARLEM
  • Preventing corruption at local and regional level in South Mediterranean countries
    Publication date: 11.12.2018
    Theme: Public administration, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: Clara Volintiru, PhD (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies - ASE) and Jose Javier Olivas Osuna, PhD (The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE).
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  • The contribution of local and regional authorities to regional integration in the Mediterranean
    Publication date: 10.10.2019
    Theme: Multi-level governance and devolution, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: Aleksandra Chmielewska, Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria, Krzysztof Głowacki, Agnieszka Kulesa, Justine Renard and Katarzyna Sidło (CASE)
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  • Contribution of local and regional authorities to the development of the blue economy in the Mediterranean
    Publication date: 09.10.2019
    Theme: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Fisheries and maritime affairs, Tourism
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: Roger Albinyana, Krzysztof Głowacki, Maria Krell, Anna Malinowska, Daniel Ruiz-Giménez, Katarzyna Sidło, Karolina Zubel (CASE)
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  • Capacity building of local and regional public administration in Eastern Partnership countries
    Publication date: 23.05.2019
    Theme: Eastern Partnership and Russia, Multi-level governance and devolution
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), CORLEAP (Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership)
    Author: Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) - Szymon Ananicz, Dzmitry Babicki, Stanislav Bieliei, Krzysztof Głowacki, Justine Renard, Nino Sichinava, Katarzyna Sidło, Małgorzata Zawadzka
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  • Youth Entrepreneurship in Mediterranean Partner Countries
    Publication date: 21.12.2018
    Theme: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: LSE Enterprise Limited
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  • EU financial assistance available to local and regional authorities in Mediterranean partner countries
    Publication date: 11.10.2018
    Theme: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: Dr Katarzyna Sidło and Karolina Zubel (Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE)
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  • Reflecting on the future of the European Union - The view from local and regional authorities
    Publication date: 09.10.2018
    Theme: Citizenship, Multi-level governance and devolution, REFIT and better law-making, Subsidiarity and proportionality
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Michael Bruter, Sarah Harrison and Federica Bicchi (LSE Enterprise Limited - London School of Economics and Political Science).
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  • EU financial assistance available to local and regional authorities in the candidate and potential candidate countries for EU enlargement
    Publication date: 21.09.2018
    Theme: Enlargement
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey
    Author: Andrzej Dziurdzik, Katarzyna Sidło and Klaudia Wolniewicz-Slomka (Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE)
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  • EU financial assistance available to local and regional authorities in Eastern Partnership countries
    Publication date: 19.09.2018
    Theme: Eastern Partnership and Russia
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), CORLEAP (Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership)
    Author: Karolina Zubel and Przemysław Kowalski (Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE)
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  • Women’s Empowerment in the Mediterranean Region
    Publication date: 03.08.2017
    Theme: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Education, Equal opportunities, Employment
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: This report was written by dr. Katarzyna Sidło (research team leader), Iakov Frizis, dr. Olimpia Dragouni, dr. Anna Ruzik-Sierdzińska, Karolina Beaumont, Givi Gigitashvili, Anne-Christin Winkler and dr. Christopher A. Hartwell (CASE)
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  • The Role of the Sub-National Authorities from the Mediterranean Region in Addressing Radicalisation and Violent Extremism of Young People
    Publication date: 30.07.2017
    Theme: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), ARLEM (Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly)
    Author: Prof. David A. Winter, Dr. Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, Dr. Mohammad Haj Salem, Dr Mohammed Musbah, Dr. Ahmed Tohamy (NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions and LSE Enteprise).
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  • Preventing Corruption and Promoting Public Ethics at the Local and Regional Level in Eastern Partnership Countries
    Publication date: 19.02.2017
    Theme: Eastern Partnership and Russia, Fundamental rights and rule of law, Public administration, Multi-level governance and devolution
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs), CORLEAP (Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership)
    Author: Clara Volintiru (LSE/ASE), Sergiu Gherghina (University of Glasgow), Eleanor Knott (LSE), Radu Mușetescu (ASE)
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