The Code is attending ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism fair, from 6 – 8 March 2013.
Our goal at ITB is to provide information, tools and services to responsible tourism companies so that we all can protect children from sexual exploitation. The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism is an internationally recognized, award winning tool for the integration of child protection into CSR/responsible tourism initiatives.
We kindly invite you to come by our booth in hall 4.1, number 219, to get more information about our work, the benefits to be a member, how to implement… etc..
CSR Day at ITB Berlin – Don’t Miss It!
- ·CSR Day, March, 7th, Hall 7.3, Auditorium Europa
15:15 – 16:00 The Child Protection Code Of Conduct: The Challenges And Problems Of putting It Into Practice
Protecting children from sexual exploitation at tourism destinations can only succeed if the parties involved implement the relevant measures as best possible. What steps have currently been achieved and how do we move forward from here?
Introductory presentation:
Matthias Leisinger, Chair of the Board of Directors, The Code, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Kuoni Travel Ltd.
Moderated by:
Matthias Beyer, Managing Director, Mascontour
Panel guests:
Inge Huijbrechts, Director Responsible Business, Rezidor Hotel Group
Matthias Leisinger, Chair of the Board of Directors, The Code, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Kuoni Travel Ltd.
Bo Viktor Nylund, Senior Advisor CSR, PFP, UNICEF
Jennifer Seif, Local Code Representative South Africa, Executive Director, Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA)
- · Hall 4.1 B (Small Stage)/ Friday March 8th:
11.00 – 11.30 CHILD PROTECTION IN TOURISM – A CHALLENGE FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
Welcome address: Rika Jean-François, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commissioner, ITB Berlin, Germany
• Matthias Leisinger
Head of Corporate Responsibility for the Kuoni Group, Chairman of the Child Protection Code in Travel and Tourism,Switzerland
• Mechtild Maurer
Managing Director, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT), Local Code Representative of the Child Protection
Code in Travel and Tourism, Germany
After the session five tour operators will sign the Child Protection Code in a ceremonial framework (the signing procedure will be in German).
11.30 – 12.00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Haiti – Latest developments and concerns / Challenges of the Implementation of The Code in the Dominican Republic
Moderated by: Rika Jean-François, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commissioner, ITB Berlin, Germany
• Kerby Lacarriére
Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Haiti, Germany
• Nadjine François
Counsellor, Embassy of Haiti, Germany
• Frans de Man
Founder and Director, Retour Foundation, The Netherlands
ITB website : http://www.itb-berlin.de/en/
We are looking forward to seeing you there !
