Praktik, kommunikation/evenemang

Vi söker dig som kan hålla många bollar i luften men samtidigt vara lugn och organiserad, kan sociala medier och kommunikation på dina fem fingrar, vet hur man arrangerar evenemang och vill vara med och göra en skillnad inom hållbar turism/besöksnäring.

Praktikanten bör vara flytande i engelska och ett nordiskt språk, i tal och skrift, och behärska publiceringsverktyg och sociala medier. Praktiken är obetald. Du kan göra din praktik på distans, men vi vill gärna att du är på plats i Ljusdal/Järvsö innan och under konferensen och resor och boende är då betalda. Praktikperioden omfattar vårterminen alternativt höstterminen 2023 och är på hel eller halvtid.

Du gillar att koordinera samt att vara en del av ett lag och kunna vara ansvarig att driva specifika processer i samråd med andra. Om du har erfarenhet från turism/besöksnäring, eller arrangera evenemang, så är det meriterande.

Skicka ditt CV och ett personligt brev på max 1 sida till linnea.vanwagenen@ljusdal.se. Ange ”Praktik JSTS 2023” i ämnesraden.

Konferensen arrangeras av Green Team- Destination Järvsö, Järvsörådet och Ljusdals kommun.

Om konferensen:

Målsättningen är att konferensen ska bli årligen återkommande, med olika teman men alltid med fokus på besöksnäringens roll i hållbar utveckling och transformation.

Målgrupp:

• Lokala/regionala/nationella beslutsfattare kring hållbar turism i Norden
• Besöksnäringsledare i Norden som är intresserade av en omställning till hållbar turism
• Civilsamhällesrepresentanter som kan träffas för att utbyta erfarenheter samt stärka länken till social hållbarhet

Participant profile: We are looking for dedicated representatives from private and public sector, as well as civil society. Participants should be interested in sustainable transformation through tourism, and be ready to engage at the conference and beyond. People or organizations with challenges, opportunities or best-case practices are of special interest.

Syfte:

• Deltagarna ska få en chans att inspireras av vad som är möjligt att göra för att ställa om till en mer hållbar besöksnäring
• Deltagarna ska kunna presentera möjligheter och utmaningar, lösningar, dela best practices
• Deltagarna ska få information från internationella källor (FN, SEI) om hur hållbar turism tolkas och utövas i andra delar av världen

Concept note: Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries. Recent developments – a worldwide pandemic, an increased focus on climate change, the war in Ukraine – has changed the way in which people travel. It has been a challenging time for the tourism industry, and as it begins to recover, it does so under new conditions. More and more, tourists want to promote sustainable solutions and contribute to good social, economic and environmental practices through their travels.

The World Tourism Organization defines tourism as sustainable when it “takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities".

Depending on location, these needs will be vastly different. The international development community, for a long time, focused on issues facing the Global South through the Millennium Development Goals. However, as the world turned towards the Sustainable Development Goals, so did the need to ensure that the Global North fulfilled its promises and responsibility towards global sustainable growth.

In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDG 8.9 aims to “by 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products”. SDG 12.b. aims to “develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products”.

The 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework similarly sets ambitious goals for the world. We believe that tourism and private sector will play an important role in implementing the agenda.

In Sweden, the 2022 Strategy for sustainable tourism and a growing tourism industry emphasizes sustainability across all dimensions- environmental, social and economic – and ties all aspects of the strategy in with the 2030 Agenda.

Against this backdrop, Järvsö 2023, reflecting the destination´s leadership and demonstrated commitment on sustainability issues, will focus on SDG 8.9. The agenda will explore the interlinkages to other goals as well as create a glocal discussion where local, regional, national and international expertise and research can be explored together with local experiences and best practices.

The focus will be on sustainable tourism in the context of the Nordics. Climate change will pose unique challenges to nature and wilderness tourism. Rapid urbanization risks leaving rural populations without equal access to services and without the agency needed to negotiate tourism as an empowered stakeholder. The relative wealth of the Nordic tourist can also mean a higher demand of climate-intensive goods and services. As private and public sector tourism operatives strive to be more sustainable, there is a need for a space to share best practices, discuss methods of measuring and comparing process, be inspired by and inspire others.

The three-day conference, hosted by Järvsö Green Team (a non-profit, public-private partnership) and Region Gävleborg, with partners Nya Sparbanksstiftelsen, Tillväxtverket, Visit Sweden and Nordiska Ministerrådet, will feature opening and closing plenary sessions, interactive thematic sessions, NGO-sponsored workshops and field trips. Speakers and attendees will include leaders and other representatives from UN agencies, academia, NGOs, traditions, the public and private sectors from around the Nordics and beyond.

Järvsö, the location of the conference, is the first GSTC-certified destination in Scandinavia. Through a public-private partnership, the Green Team has worked to create a more sustainable approach to tourism and has reached silver status, certified by Earthcheck. It also features two UNESCO-certified areas of interest, the Voxnadalen biosphere reserve and the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland cultural site, leading to unique challenges and opportunities for sustainable tourism.