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.
Merve Duman
Social Media Coordinator
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.
Born in Ağrı, Türkiye! She lived in Ankara and was a dynamic Project Manager driving impactful initiatives at a local organisation, which she thrived on developing activities that resonated with EU objectives, fostering connections with stakeholders from different parts of the world, including local authorities. Beyond her project management prowess, she is a linguistic enthusiast with a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Gazi University. Fluent in English, Turkish, and with a touch of French, she is not just a communicator; also a storyteller. Whether on the dance floor or navigating social media, particularly Instagram, she is on a mission to influence and inspire.
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.
Félix Denk Romero
ESC - Volunteer
Born in Almería, Spain, to a Spanish mother and a German father. He has lived in Almería for his whole life, and there he has collaborated as a volunteer with the Red Cross in projects concerning the migrant population of the area. He graduated from “abitur” in June 2024, being the only person in his province to obtain a perfect score in the Spanish university entrance exam. He is now taking a gap year, and in September he wants to begin his studies in physics in the university of Granada. He is deeply interested in the sciences and STEM, he enjoys playing the piano and singing and he loves traveling and learning about new cultures and languages. He can also speak Spanish and English fluently, and is conversational in German and French. Learning German and getting to work with migrants were the main motives that led him to come to Austria as an ESC volunteer.