The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Roundtables gather insights from the Tasmanian Leaders Network on emerging and anticipated challenges and opportunities impacting on the State’s socio-economic vibrancy. The Roundtables are hosted based on an identified need and build on the Rapid Response Discussions convened by Tasmanian Leaders in 2019. Two Virtual Roundtables are taking place in November 2021: Friday 19 November at 1.oo pm to 2.30 pm and Thursday 25 November 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm.

'Reopening the Borders' will be hosted by Tasmanian Leaders – in partnership with Tasmania’s three COVID-19 Regional Recovery Committees – to anticipate the needs of Tasmanians in the transition to living with COVID-19. In particular, we will focus on the Tasmanian Government’s Roadmap to the Tasmanian Plan to transition our local COVID-19 Response: ‘From Zero to Living in a COVID-19 Vaccinated Community’, and what implications this plan will have for Tasmania’s future. Breakout groups will be used to discuss:

· Anticipated challenges and opportunities to the transition to living with COVID-19 in Tasmania?

· What support do you think your organisation/community will need during this transition?

· What specific actions can be taken in the next 3 to 12 months to respond and recover?