[3] In 1991, he took part in the founding of the International Youth Foundation (IYF), now situated in Baltimore, as a director 1991–1996, thereafter as VP for Europe until 2005.

[5] In 2001, together with ambassador Karl-Erik Norrman [sv], he founded the European Cultural Parliament, where he is the Chairman of the Senate.

[6] In the same year, he founded the Finnish Children and Youth Foundation and acted as its board chair until 2012.

[7] In June 2017, he founded the foreign policy association Nya Utrikespolitiska Samfundet.

[1][8] Stenbäck has published two books depicting his career in politics and in the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement (2007 and 2009).