Chairman // Institute of the Regions of Europe (IRE)
Franz Schausberger was Governor of Salzburg from 1996 till 2004. In 2004 he founded the Institute of the Regions of Europe (IRE). Within the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels he chairs the Joint Committee on EU-Serbia relations. His focus is on strengthening subsidiarity and decentralisation, connecting the regions of Europe, the Enlargement process of the EU.