Co-President – Délia Girod (24) – delia@euforiaction.org

Délia is studying Law at the University of Geneva, finishing her BA and Certificat de droit transnational. Born to a Swiss mother and a Congolese father, Délia’s multicultural background has awoken an interest for Human Rights, Development Aid and Migration at an early age. Since 2005, Délia is an active member and secretary of Amnesty International at the University of Geneva, where she gains important working experiences. Besides, Délia volunteers with children in Lausanne.

Co-President - Eliane Amstad (22) – eliane@euforiaction.org

Eliane is studying Social Work at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. During an exchange year in Mexico, as well as a 4 months internship in the Project Selva Viva in Ecuador and various travels through Europe and Asia she experienced striking memories in handling other social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Thereby, Eliane developed a general interest in other cultures and migration, which is why she is now active in projects for women with emigrational background besides her studies. Furthermore, she is an active member of the Amnesty International University group Lucerne.

Responsible Logistics and Fundraising - Iva Stamenkovic (19) – iva@euforiaction.org

Iva is studying International Relations in Geneva. Especially due to her non-Swiss roots she aims at maintaining intercultural dialogue and at reducing prejudices. So far Iva’s beliefs got concretized in a project for asylum seekers and as a co-organizer of a charity concert for a school in Georgia. Through travels and through intense contact with other cultures, Iva developed a strong awareness for social injustice and the related responsibility of our generation. Iva is especially interested in Human Rights and she would like to work in this field one day.

Responsible Finances and Fundraising (Romandie) – Beatrice Anton (20) -  beatrice@euforiaction.org

Beatrice is a Romanian citizen who, due to her fascination for the complex financial world, came to Switzerland. She is currently studying Business Administration at the University of Geneva. In Romania, Beatrice was for five years an active member of the national debating association. Since, she has gained a personal motivation to walk the talk and at the same time to encourage other young people to get involved. She trusts in her analytic skills in order to develop practical solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s most pressing global challenges with EUforIA.

Responsible Marketing Heissam Serage El-Deen (25) – heissam@euforiaction.org

Heissam studied at Hotel Management School, where he graduated as restaurateur and hotelier. Heissam has both, Swiss and Egyptian roots. He is very interested in cultural differences and speaks five languages. Heissam is determined to commit his experiences in gastronomy management and project management to EUforIA, in order to find new ways to face global challenges.

Responsible international participants and communication – Anca Ioan (20) – anca@euforiaction.org

Anca is studying Business Administration at the University of Economic Sciences in Bucharest, Romania. At the moment she is an Erasmus student at the University of Trier in Germany. Besides her studies Anca is very interested in Europe’s political and social life. Amongst others in 2009 she participated in a conference on democratic deficits of the European Union in Maastricht and attended a “Model European Union” in Strasbourg. Anca regards university as very important, but is convinced that extracurricular activities matter even more. These activities help young people develop the required trust in their skills, which helps them make the most of their potential. That’s why Anca started to commit herself to EUforIA.

Responsible Western European participants - Manuel Bayard (28) - manuel@euforiaction.org

Manuel studies history, political science and social science at the University Bern. He has always been interested in global issues and when he found out about EUforIA he felt that this was a great way of using his fields of study in a descent way, using his knowledge, not only for himself, but also in favour of other people.

Director of Public Relations - Lara Heliotis (26) – lara@euforiaction.org

Lara finished her BA in Media and Communication Studies at the University Fribourg. After having worked one year as a student apprentice at Swisscom, Switzerland's leading telecoms provider, she will soon begin to work in a Public Relations Agency. Lara is half Swiss and half Greek and her multicultural background is probably the reason, why she is very interested in different cultures.

Wishing to work as a PR-Consultant in a NPO for Human Rights one day, Lara now dedicates her knowhow and experience in communications to EUforIA

Intercultural Journey through Switzerland with IFIL.ch - Andreas Graf (25) – andreas.graf@ifil.ch

In high school Andreas often travelled in near and afar foreign countries as a trumpet player of the youth orchestra „il mosaico“. These travels awakened his interest in foreign countries, which led him amongst others for a longer period to Burundi, Mongolia, Palestine and Egypt. As a charter member of IFIL.ch, the initiative for intercultural learning (www.IFIL.ch), in 2007 Andreas Graf organized an expedition for 20 students to Israel-Palestine. Andreas Graf studied International Relations at the American University of Cairo and at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Currently he’s doing an internship at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).