Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism invites you! Beyond the crisis: How to create social benefit and resilience in tourism 28 September 2020 10.00 am – 04.15 pm CEST (GMT + 02:00; Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna) Online (Zoom) Click here for the Documentation Description and Agenda DETAILS Tourism is a people’s business and highly dependent on the stakeholders along the value chain. If done sustainably and with respect to human rights, tourism can create social benefit such as wellbeing, community identity and social cohesion in destinations. Expectations towards tourism businesses to implement their human rights responsibility according to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are rising. With Covid-19 many tourism businesses are facing existential threats, as they seek to survive or adapt to an unprecedented reality. At the same time the responsibility for health and well-being of guests and employees, as well as suppliers is reaching a new level. The pandemic itself is impacting supply chains immensely, and without any doubt it puts human rights at higher risk – especially vulnerable groups in the destinations are profoundly affected by the crisis and most at risk to human rights disregards. In an interactive and solution oriented multi-stakeholder setting this online symposium will explore how a human rights-based approach can create social benefit and be a response to the specific challenges that Covid-19 reinforces: Assess: What are human rights specific challenges of tourism businesses and stakeholders and in which forms are they interlinked with the Covid-19 crisis? Rethink: How can a focus on human rights-compliant decision-making and robust due diligence help to expand the links between economic and social benefit, and increase on the long run the resilience of destinations? Adjust: How can tourism stakeholders practically adapt to the crisis while improving the human rights situation and giving customers the confidence to travel again? The event offers keynotes, inputs and a panel discussion in the morning, and interactive thematic workshop sessions for practical exchange in smaller groups in the afternoon. AGENDA 09.30 - 10.00 am Technical Onboarding 10.00 - 10.20 am Welcome & IntroductionAntje Monshausen, Chairwoman Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism, Head of Tourism Watch (BfdW) Klaus Ammann, Deputy Head of Business Editorial Department Radio SRF 10.20 - 10.50 am Keynote: Managing Risks & Opportunities: Changes during times of crises in tourismDr David Beirman PhD, Senior Lecturer: Tourism, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School – Australia 10.50 - 11.05 am Overview of Business and Human Rights actions worldwideArchita Faustmann, Advocacy Advisor/ Human Rights Specialist, Helvetas, Switzerland 11.05 - 11.25 am Switzerland’s commitment to human rights and new challenges with regard to Covid-19 Rémy Friedmann, Senior Advisor Desk Human Security and Business, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland 11.25 - 11.35 am BREAK 11.35 am - 12.25 pm Findings and learnings from the Roundtable Human Rights Impact Assessment in Thailand and MyanmarMatthias Leisinger, Co-Founder and CEO, focusright Tony Reyhanloo, Sustainability Manager, DER Touristik Suisse Jara Schreiber, Coordinator, Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism 12.25 - 12.55 pm Video-Snapshots from Tourism Stakeholders How has Covid-19 affected the working and living situation of different tourism stakeholders in Thailand and Myanmar from a human rights-perspective? 12.55 - 01.45 pm LUNCH BREAK 01.45 - 02.35 pm Panel Discussion: How to create social benefit and resilience beyond the crisis as tourism stakeholderUlrike Braun, Director Corporate Responsibility, DER Touristik Group Win Min, Senior Programme Associate, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Peter-Mario Kubsch, Managing Director, Studiosus Reisen München Debbie Stothard, Coordinator/Founder, ALTSEAN Free seat for participants' contributions (Fishbowl)Moderation: Klaus Ammann 02.35 - 02.45 pm BREAK 02.45 - 03.45 pm Parallel breakout sessions: What tourism stakeholders can do to improve the human rights situation in the supply chain Room 1 – How to support local communities to become resilientSumesh Mangalasseri, Chairman & Managing Director, Kabani, India Tony Reyhanloo, Sustainability Manager, DER Touristik Suisse Room 2 – How to ensure economic inclusion of the informal sector Win Min, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Room 3 – How to deal with harassment and discrimination of female workers Debbie Stothard, Coordinator/Founder, ALTSEAN & Matthias Leisinger, Co-Founder and CEO, focusright Room 4 – How to approach tourism-related human rights violations on the doorstep – discussing case studies from EuropeNina Sahdeva Ndotoni, Editorial office and education, akte - Working Group on Tourism and Development Room 5 – How to improve conditions for migrant workers and prevent modern slavery and why it is relevant for investors relationsAndy Hall, Independent human rights defender and migrant workers rights specialist Antje Monshausen, Head of Tourism Watch (BfdW) Info-Session: Around the Roundtable - Tools and OffersJara Schreiber, Coordinator, Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism 03.45 - 04.15 pm Presentations and Closing Closing NoteBruno Bisig, General Manager, Kontiki Reisen, part of DER Touristik Suisse (Co-Chair of the Roundtable) Downloads RT Symposium_2020_Agenda 201.14 KB RT Symposium_2020_save-the-date 153.57 KB RT Symposium_2020_Speaker Info 337.97 KB