Inter
Aktion
Katja Lenič Šalamun und Goran Janevski
Founders, Project Managers
Katja Lenič Šalamun, was born 1982 in Slovenia. She studied translation studies at the University of Graz. She lived in Maribor, Edinburgh and Brussels. In 2014 she carried out her first Erasmus+ project "Youth for Peace" with the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee. "Youth for Peace" was awarded the Erasmus+ Award in 2015 as the best project in the youth work category in Austria.
Goran Janevski, born in North Macedonia. Tourism and management studies in Skopje. Many years of experience in the field of international youth work with active participation in the development of nonformal education in the youth field in North Macedonia and numerous stays abroad, among others in Bulgaria, Greece and the USA. He came to Austria in April 2015 through the European Voluntary Service.
Iulia Manda
Project Management
Emma Steinbock
Project Assistance
Born in Linz, she has found Graz as her new home. Studying translation gives her insights into new cultures and exciting fields of work. In her free time she is a scout and loves solving puzzles and embroidery.
Born in Romania, studied Advertising in Cluj-Napoca and Azores. Started being active in local volunteering initiatives in 2011, getting to the point of being a project coordinator for a local project called Incubator107Cluj. From there to participating and working with Erasmus+ projects was just a step and in 2016 started working with InterAktion for the first time.
Anita Nagy
Project Assistance
Born in Hungary, she studied Social Sciences, Intercultural Psychology, and Education. She is a co-leader and youth worker at a non-governmental organization in Hungary dedicated to supporting the social inclusion of Roma children through experiential pedagogy and sports. She is highly motivated to fight injustice and promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence. In her free time, she prefers being outdoors, hiking, playing, or doing sports.
Ibrahima Balde
Volunteer
Born in Guinea, has been living in Austria since 2018. He started volunteering with InterAktion in 2021 helping the team with various activities and then slowly started taking part in the Youth Exchanges and projects organized by the team in Austria.
Ioannis Karnoutsos
ESC - Volunteer
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, he has lived there his entire life, from his school years through his university studies. Although raised in an urban environment, he has always sought opportunities to connect with nature whenever possible, a tendency that gradually shaped his interest and involvement in activities in the countryside. He is a Scout and a lifelong member of the YMCA of Thessaloniki, where he has been actively engaged as a volunteer. He is currently taking a gap year alongside the completion of his master’s degree. During this period, he has been developing personal projects aimed at benefiting his local community in rural areas.
Sebastian Robert Bexa
Volunteer
Being born in Romania and currently living in Austria, Sebastian speaks Romanian, German and English. He has a creative mind and is innately social with an ability to cheer up the people surrounding him.