Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX)
The Commission for
Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX)
coordinates the European Committee of the Regions’ work in the following areas:
• Freedom, Security and Justice
• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Active Citizenship
• European Communication Policy
• Devolution
• Constitutional Affairs
• Multi-level Governance
• Local and Regional Governance
• Better law-making (including the reduction of administrative burden and regulatory fitness)
• Subsidiarity and Proportionality
• Immigration Policy, Asylum and Visas
• External Relations Policy
• Enlargement
• Neighbourhood Policy
• Eastern Partnership
• EU Mediterranean Policy
• Decentralised Cooperation for Development
• Administrative external cooperation and capacity building
• International treaties and negotiations
• International terrorism and border controls
Members of the commission
Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES 
- Renew Europe Coordinator
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