New Delhi: On June 28, the first meeting of the Colombo Process was held in Geneva, with India presiding over it. This is the first time that India has assumed the Chair of the Colombo Process, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
The Colombo Process is a regional consultative process with 12 member states from Asia that primarily serve as countries of origin for migrant workers. The forum facilitates the sharing of best practices on the management of overseas employment.
India emphasised the importance of reviewing the financial sustainability of the Colombo Process, expanding membership by including new member states and observers, restructuring technical-level collaborations, implementing a structured rotation for the chairmanship, conducting a regional review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM), and engaging in dialogues with the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) and other regional processes.