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href="/en/our-work/political-priorities/new-chapter-eu-democracy/charter-youth-and-democracy" class="overlay-link"> Charter on Youth and Democracy </a> </h3> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <p class="c-card__text"> The Charter strives to build and consolidate a more youth-friendly democratic space to ensure the voices of young people are formally, continuously and permanently represented in the EU. </p> </div> <span class="c-card__chevron" aria-hidden="true"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path d="M0,8C0,7.4.4,7,1,7h11.6l-4.3-4.3c-.4-.4-.4-1,0-1.4s1-.4,1.4,0l6,6c.4.4.4,1,0,1.4,0,0,0,0,0,0l-6,6c-.4.4-1,.4-1.4,0s-.4-1,0-1.4l4.3-4.3H1C.4,9,0,8.6,0,8Z"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="c-card__image js-decorative-image"> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"> <div class="field--media-image field field__item"> <div class="field--media-image"> <picture> <source 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height="320"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_md/public/2024-07/adamowicz_award.png?h=b66cff3b&itok=0AgV-2VN 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 392px)" type="image/png" width="440" height="220"/> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_sm/public/2024-07/adamowicz_award.png?h=b66cff3b&itok=Z8A7ydRj" width="640" height="320" alt="" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> </div> </article> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="lb-section is-one-column is-width-medium is-align-left is-align-v-default is-align-c-center is-padding-normal is-background-full is-theme-transparent is-border-full is-border-transparent" id=""> <div class="container"> <div class="container-inner"> <div class="lb-section__content-wrapper"> <div class="lb-section__region lb-section__region--content lb-section__content flex-layout flex-layout--one-col"> <div class="lb-section__column-wrapper"> <div class="column column--1"> <section class="lb-block block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodecommissionfield-body"> <div class="layout lb-block__layout"> <div class="lb-block__content-wrapper"> <div class="lb-block__content"> <div class="field--body wysiwyg-content field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>About</h2> <p>CIVEX is responsible for preparing and providing the necessary resources and instruments for the Committee to fully play its advisory role in the EU legislative and political process.</p> <p>The secretariat assists the members in drawing up CIVEX' opinions and supports the follow-up and impact evaluation activities. It is responsible for organising commission meetings and external events in the relevant policy fields.</p> <p>In this context, the following initiatives, activities and bodies of the CoR are coordinated by the CIVEX secretariat: </p> <h3><span lang="fr-be"><strong>Citizenship, Governance, Institutional</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/en/node/339">Better Regulation and Active Subsidiarity</a></li> <li><a href="/en/node/162">Cities and Regions for Integration of Migrants</a></li> <li><a href="https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/default.aspx">Division of powers</a> and the decentralisation index</li> <li><a href="/en/node/258">Countering disinformation </a></li> <li>Cooperation with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights<br> </li> </ul> <h3><span lang="fr-be"><strong>External relations</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li><span lang="en-gb">EU enlargement: </span><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/cooperations-and-networks/enlargement-countries"><span lang="en-gb">Joint Consultative Committees with Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia; Working Groups on the Western Balkans, Türkiye and </span></a><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/cooperations-and-networks/enlargement-countries/working-group-ukraine"><span lang="en-gb">Ukraine</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/cooperations-and-networks/eastern-partnership-corleap"><span lang="en-gb">Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP)</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcor.europa.eu%2Fen%2Four-work%2Fcooperations-and-networks%2Feuro-mediterranean-regional-and-local-assembly-arlem&data=05%7C02%7CCorWebmaster%40cor.europa.eu%7C1f8e922c050c4c0b920908dce207d94b%7C01a4edc0c1304e09bfd47b7de34700e6%7C0%7C0%7C638633773701373762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eb31lAy5Wmal0oxMTHFhJlN0eTfAPRqq0LoBp1gR6MU%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="en-gb">Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/plenaries-events/awards/arlem-award"><span lang="en-gb">Young local entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Award</span></a><span lang="fr-be"> </span><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/plenaries-events/awards/arlem-award"><span lang="en-gb">(ARLEM Award)</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/plenaries-events/forum-cities-and-regions-international-partnerships-2023"><span lang="en-gb">Cities and regions for international partnerships Forum</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/cooperations-and-networks/libya-nicosia-initiative"><span lang="en-gb">Nicosia initiative for cooperation with Libyan municipalities</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/commissions/civex/cooperation-congress-local-and-regional-authorities"><span lang="en-gb">Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe/CoR High Level Group</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/cooperations-and-networks/relationship-uk"><span lang="fr-be">CoR-UK Contact Group</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="lb-section is-one-column is-width-medium is-align-left is-align-v-default is-align-c-center is-padding-normal is-background-full is-theme-transparent is-border-full is-border-transparent" id="Newsroom"> <div class="container"> <div class="container-inner"> <div class="lb-section__content-wrapper"> <div class="lb-section__region lb-section__region--content lb-section__content flex-layout flex-layout--one-col"> <div class="lb-section__column-wrapper"> <div class="column column--1"> <section class="lb-block block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodecommissionextra-field-commission-news"> <div class="layout lb-block__layout"> <div class="lb-block__content-wrapper"> <div class="lb-block__content"> <div class="field--extra-commission-news field field--name-extra-field-commission-news field--type-extra-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div><h2>Latest news</h2><div class="view view-newsroom-items view-id-newsroom_items view-display-id-views_news_commission js-view-dom-id-a696591e51e5b8379fe9603a529dc53c6e328754906593767424598179c3e4f7"> <div class="c-component 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class="c-component c-pill is-c-theme-primary"> CoR Press release </div> </div> <div class="c-card__footer"> <div class="c-card__date text-muted"> <time datetime="2025-02-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">24 February 2025</time> </div> </div> <span class="c-card__chevron" aria-hidden="true"> </span> </div> <div class="c-card__image js-decorative-image"> <article class="media media--type-newsroom-image media--view-mode-teaser"> <div class="field--media-image-newsroom field field--name-field-media-image-newsroom field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_sm/public/newsroom/items/9008df6ff96840d2abbd3e7e55e2ca0c_1_mVkqQIilN57l7vO0LyS7JpTfchA_187837.webp?h=2ce2da25&itok=qKn4CBsq 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 692px)" type="image/webp" width="640" height="320" /> <source 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