Colombo Process is a Regional Consultative Process on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin in Asia. Sri Lanka as the current Chair of Colombo Process, invited the Member States namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam for the 2nd Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Colombo Process which was held on 14thOctober, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This was the 6th round of the Colombo Process Member States Meeting since its inception in 2003.

All Member States of the Colombo Process responded positively to the invitation extended by Sri Lanka and sent their full compliments of delegates to participate in the 6th round of the Colombo Process meeting which was followed by the 3rd Asia EU Dialogue on Labour Migration in Colombo.This afforded an opportunity for delegates of CP Member States to participate in Asia EU Dialogue and also to interact and engage with the delegates from Europe in a productive and constructive manner deliberating on the relevant agenda items in a friendly atmosphere.

The agenda items for the 2nd Senior Officials’ Meeting revolved around andfocused on the five thrust areas and five highly relevant thematic areas of Sri Lanka’s strategic vision for the Colombo Process 2014-15. The participating member states engaged in lively and in-depth discussions to arrive at action oriented programmefor the benefit of migrant workers of the Member States and also to forage healthy relationship with the receiving countries. The member states agreed upon the concluding statement incorporating the summary of discussion and decision arrived at the 6th round of the Senior Officials’ Meeting held in Colombo.
Finally, Heads of Delegations of Colombo Process Member States expressed their sincere thanks to the Government of Sri Lanka for hosting this meeting and for inviting them to participate as delegates.

The 2nd Senior Officials’ Meeting was held under the auspices of Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare of Sri Lanka with the financial support of International Organizationfor Migration (IOM).

Download  Second Senior Officials’ Meeting Agenda
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