Oyana Marius joined NECSTouR Permanent Secretariat’s team in March 2022 as Policy & Projects Officer.

She is from Île-De-France Region, and after a Bachelor’s Degree in International Political Science at Paris XII University, she obtained a Master’s Degree in European Affairs at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. Previously, she worked at the Île-de-France Representation to the EU, where she oversaw monitoring European opportunities for the Region on several themes and at a Europe Direct Center: an association in the South of France implementing European projects. Oyana’s mission involves various advocacy-related activities such as monitoring tourism-related policy developments, funding opportunities, supporting the network’s response to public consultations, elaboration of policy papers and promoting members’ good practices in the European Arena to increase the engagement with EU institutions and tourism stakeholders. Moreover, she supports the network in the implementation of several projects and initiatives, such as the Interreg MED Sustainable Tourism Community, and she led the consortium for the submission of the Interreg North West Europe BETTER Tourism Project Proposal.