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

​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

Webmaster:  Piotr Grzebielec  in charge of WG Western Balkans

Administrators:

  • Katerina STAMATI, Coordinator Constitutional Affairs and in charge of migration and election observation
  • Monika WEYMANN, in charge of EU citizenship, better regulation and governance
  • Oskar WHYTE,  in charge of better regulation and subsidiarity
  • Kristina CHARRAD, in charge of subsidiarity and migration
  • Paulo ROCHA TRINDADE, in charge of migration, fundamental rights and future of the EU treaties
  • Milica NEACSU, Coordinator External Relations – East and in charge of CORLEAP, Eastern Partnership and JCC FYROM
  • Gudrun NIEDORF, Coordinator External Relations – South and in charge of ARLEM, Euromed and Division of powers
  • Tatiana DIMITROVA, in charge of ARLEM, Euromed and decentralised cooperation for development
  • Darja GONTSAROVA, in charge of Task Force Ukraine, Eastern Partnership and CORLEAP
  • Alfonso ALCOLEA MARTINEZ, in charge of decentralised cooperation for development including Libya and the European Portal for Decentralised Cooperation, JCC Montenegro
  • Victor TILEA, in charge of ARLEM, Euromed, WG Turkey and Division of Powers
  • Simona-Elena LIVIDEANU, in charge of security and fundamental rights

Assistants:

  • Efterpi KOUTSI, in charge of support to CIVEX commission meetings, opinions and amendments, plenary sessions, WG Turkey
  • Daniel FERNANDEZ BUCKLEY, in charge of support to CIVEX commission meetings, subsidiarity, REFIT and to multilevel governance
  • Viliam CIERNY, in charge of general support for CORLEAP, Task Force Ukraine, JCC Serbia, relations with the Congress
  • Andrea PARTOUNE, in charge of support to ARLEM, Euromed, Union for Mediterranean, decentralised cooperation, JCC FYROM
  • Luca VENOSTA, in charge of support to enlargement, decentralised cooperation including the Assises of Decentralised Cooperation, JCC Montenegro and ARLEM
  • Women’s Empowerment in the Mediterranean Region
    Publication date: 03.08.2017
    Theme: -
    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: -
    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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  • Regional Development in Ukraine: Priority Actions in Terms of Decentralization
    Publication date: 17.01.2017
    Theme: European Structural and Cohesion Funds, Migration and External relations, Decentralised cooperation for development
    Keywords: Ukraine, CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Dr Tomila Lankina (LSE Department of International Relations), Dr Claire Gordon (LSE Teaching and Learning Centre) and Professor Svitlana Slava (LSE local researcher).
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  • Energy efficiency: The role of local and regional authorities in the Eastern Partnership countries
    Publication date: 30.11.2016
    Theme: Eastern Partnership and Russia, Energy efficiency, market and technology
    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 (main author) (LSE Enterprise Ltd, United Kingdom, and CASE – Centrum Analiz Społeczno – Ekonomicznych – Fundacja Naukowa, Poland).
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  • Report on the Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) Programme: EU regulatory bottlenecks and administrative burdens at local and regional level
    Publication date: 18.10.2016
    Theme: -
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Matthieu Burnay and Pierre Schmitt (KU Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies).
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  • Cross-border cooperation in the Mediterranean Region
    Publication date: 29.06.2016
    Theme: -
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: CASE Poland - Katarzyna Sidło, Bartosz Radzikowski, Karolina Zubel, Karolina Beaumont, and Christopher Hartwell
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  • New Approach to the European Neighbourhood Policy
    Publication date: 29.06.2016
    Theme: International cooperation
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: CASE Poland - Malgorzata McKenzie, David Dyker, Katarzyna Sidlo, and Christopher A. Hartwell.
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  • Regulatory Framework on Employment and Funding for Migration and Integration Policies in the EU
    Publication date: 16.06.2016
    Theme: Migration and External relations
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP (United Kingdom)
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  • Local and regional authorities promoting fair trade
    Publication date: 19.03.2015
    Theme: International cooperation
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Julius Sen, Elitsa Garnizova and Alexander Negencov (LSE Enterprise)
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  • The efficient use of funds for local and regional authorities under the IPA-II regulation
    Publication date: 02.12.2014
    Theme: International cooperation
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Aston Centre for Europe (Aston University, UK)
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  • Local and regional authorities for a successful eastern partnership
    Publication date: 27.11.2014
    Theme: International cooperation
    Keywords: CIVEX (Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External affairs)
    Author: Aston Centre for Europe (Aston University, UK)
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