Become a Member

Take the next step on the way to a human right conform tourism… join our network of members.

Together we have more force for human rights. 

The Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism is the biggest sector dialogue on Human Rights in Tourism, bringing together various stakeholders from six countries. Any tourism business and any institution interested in promoting sustainable tourism and human rights in tourism can become a member of the Roundtable. This is independent of previous experiences in this field.

In particular, small and medium-sized tourism businesses are invited to become member, get involved in the field of "human rights in tourism" and to benefit from existing know-how and best practices. 

Open and honest communication between members is crucial to develop trust, which forms the basis for collaboration within the Roundtable.
The Roundtable strongly supports that not only similar opinions are shared, but that differences are also addressed in a respectful way, in order to understand the extent of conflicting interests and needs present.

The Roundtable is open to all institutionalised stakeholders who

Tour Operators
Travel Associations
Civil Society
Institutions & Multiplier
Certifier
Tour Operators

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT

The Roundtable provides access to knowledge, initiates pilot projects and develops learning materials. Our work is impact-oriented and demand-led. We will support you to

  • find a common approach to issues affecting us all and being too complex to be addressed effectively without collaboration (in terms of capacity, resources, and knowledge)
  • prevent and minimise potential risks
  • make your customers, suppliers and staff benefit from a human rights-based approach

WHY WE NEED YOU 

  • You can join forces and activities to enlarge the leverage and the positive impacts on your supply chain's human rights situation. 
  • You can secure impact and awareness along the supply chain. 
  • You can integrate human rights policies into the business. You can support joint projects. 
  • You can share information and act as an ambassador for others.
Travel Associations

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT

The Roundtable provides access to knowledge, initiates pilot-projects and develops learning materials. Our work is impact-oriented and demand-led. We will support you through

  • access to best practice outside of your membership and available tools and resources
  • enabling you to collaborate with stakeholders outside of your membership
  • shaping the tools and resources developed to maximise appropriateness and usefulness to your members
  • learnings on how to increase the benefit you bring to your members
     

WHY WE NEED YOU 

  • You have knowledge and understanding of best practice and challenges from across your membership. 
  • You can promote human rights by raising awareness, fostering collaboration among your members and the broader network, and encouraging your members to sign the commitment.
  • You are continuously in dialogue with stakeholders, such as consumers and the government.
Civil Society

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT

The Roundtable provides access to knowledge, initiates pilot-projects and develops learning materials. Our work is impact-oriented and demand-led. We will support you through

  • access to practitioners to reflect practicability of demands and to finetune own actions
  • strengthening of your position for lobbying through joint or coordinated interventions from different stakeholder groups
  • good networking possibilities within the tourism sector (national, international)
  • the chance to participate in the implementation of collaborative projects


WHY WE NEED YOU 

  • You offer dialogue opportunities among various stakeholders in a competition-free setting. 
  • You can use your network to exchange know-how and learnings also from other sectors. 
  • You create public attention through media relations, events, and publications. 
  • You advocate for rights holders. You have access to organisations regarding lobby interventions on business and human rights.
Institutions & Multiplier

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT

The Roundtable provides access to knowledge, initiates pilot-projects and develops learning materials. Our work is impact-oriented and demand-led. We will support you through

  • access to current debates in the field of tourism and human rights
  • access to practical information, tools and guidance regarding human rights due diligence in tourism
  • good networking possibilities within the tourism sector, politics and civil society on a national and international level,
  • opportunities to initiate or participate in joint projects and funding acquisition on a national and international level.


WHY WE NEED YOU 

  • You offer dialogue and networking opportunities among various stakeholders in a competition-free setting. 
  • You create public attention through media relations, events, and publications. 
  • You can use your network to exchange know-how and learnings also from other sectors.
Certifier

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT

The Roundtable provides access to knowledge, initiates pilot-projects and develops learning materials. Our work is impact-oriented and demand-led. We will support you through

  • good networking possibilities within the tourism sector, politics, civil society (national, international)
  • insights in actual debates and relevant aspects to include in certification requirements
  • providing best-practice examples to certification members


WHY WE NEED YOU 

  • You can support members with frequent reporting and integrate measures and mandatory minimum standards into a certification. 
  • You can encourage tour operators to sign the commitment. 
  • You raise public attention through media work, publications and events, and have various networking opportunities. 
  • You know about best practices and challenges of certified businesses and provide a setting for the exchange of experience and mutual learning.

Please contact our office if you are interested in becoming a member. We can then talk about the process and next steps.

Our members benefit from a range of offers and services:
Sympoisum Vienna 2018 Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism

Network, Coordination & Support

  • High level of recognition and credibility (mentioned in NAP Germany, invited to political panels, discussions and consultancies …)
  • Biggest sector dialogue platform in the tourism industry bringing together different stakeholders, offering a broad network
  • Internationality
  • Impact-orientation
  • Demand-led initiative: open for members’ demands and needs
  • Head office for contact, assistance, planning and information
Bedouins Tourists Meeting Encounter

Common approach towards a complex topic

  • Knowledge sharing beyond competition
  • Contribution of members' unique knowledge, acting as partners and contributing unique knowledge towards the same goal, Peer-to-peer learning
  • Inclusion of multiple perspectives, use of interdependencies
  • Collection of relevant information, guidelines, manuals, tools and literature
  • Working groups on relevant topics (open for proposals from members)
Roundtable Presentation Petra Thomas 2017

Initiation of Joint Projects & Application for Funding

  • Support in funding acquisition / project proposals
  • Contact to relevant institutions (GIZ, EDA, SECO etc.) to apply for project funding
  • Initiation of pilot projects