The purpose of this framework service contract is to enable the CoR’s Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) to have at its disposal external expertise for the provision of scientific, legal, documentary, and advisory services, particularly on constitutional and institutional issues, local democracy and devolution, multilevel governance, active subsidiarity, better law-making, and issues relating to the area of justice and home affairs. This request for services entrusted to external experts is intended to provide CIVEX members with timely, evidence-based support to strengthen and enhance the Commission’s consultative and legislative work in line with its objectives under the Treaties.
Policy areas covered by the contract:
A. Constitutional Affairs, Multilevel Governance and Devolution, Democracy, Better regulation and Active Subsidiarity
- EU Treaties and Constitutional Affairs
- Democracy and the Future of Europe
- Disinformation
- Better Regulation and Active Subsidiarity
- Regional and Local Governance, Multilevel governance, devolution and decentralisation
- EU Citizenship and citizens’ participation
- Links between the above topics and other aspects of EU policies
- Relevance of the topics above in the relations of the EU/CoR with EU enlargement countries, countries of the Eastern Partnership or countries in the EU’s Mediterranean neighbourhood (hereafter “relevant third countries”).
B. Justice and Home Affairs
- Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice
- Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
- Integration of third country nationals
- Policies in the field of Migration and Asylum
- Security and anti-radicalisation
- The local and regional dimension of judicial and police cooperation;
- Links between the above topics and other aspects of EU policies
- Relevance of the topics above in the relations of the EU/CoR with EU enlargement countries, countries of the Eastern Partnership or countries in the EU’s Mediterranean neighbourhood (hereafter “relevant third countries”).”
