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Sri Lanka and the Philippines discuss collaboration between the Colombo Process and Abu Dhabi Dialogue

Wednesday, 08 January 2014

Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera met with his counterpart,Secretary Labour and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz of the Philippines on Monday 6 January in Manila. The areas for collaboration discussed at the meeting included pre-departure orientation, qualification recognition process, comprehensive information orientation programmes and recruitment standards.

Sri Lanka to address regional mismatches on supply and demand in foreign employment through Colombo Process

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare Dilan Perera has said Sri Lanka which recently assumed the Chairmanship of the Colombo Process - the Regional Consultative Process on migration, will do its utmost to share its experience and bring together the eleven countries and nine observer countries of this group to address common interests, including the mismatches between supply and demand and applying ethical concepts to foreign employment management. He said Sri Lanka will also play its full part in developing the post 2015 Millennium goal development architecture, emphasizing on Migration and Development.

Sri Lanka assumes leadership of the Colombo Process

Monday, 21 October 2013

The Chairmanship of the Colombo Process was transferred from the Government of Bangladesh to the Government of Sri Lanka during a meeting held at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva on 21 October 2013. The Colombo Process is a Regional Consultative Process on the management of overseas employment and contractual labour for countries....

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