Sri Lanka

Official Name
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
ISO2 Code
LK
ISO3 Code
LKA
Longitude
7 00 N
Latitude
81 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (81 7)
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Policy and Institutional Coherence on Migration and Development within Government" 
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 2.1 "Reducing the cost of migration and maximizing human development" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Engaging the Private Sector in Labour Market Planning" 
  • Team Member in Cluster I "Labour Mobility and Development" 
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Thematic Meetings
- Co-Chair in Thematic Meeting on "Markets for Migration and Development (M4MD): Trade and Labour Mobility Linkages - Prospects for Development" on 13-15 September 2011 in Berne, Switzerland.
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

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  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Reducing migration costs" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 2.2 "Protection of migrants in all situations"
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration"
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Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
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Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives. 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "From Global Agenda to Implementation - National Action Plans for migration-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Attended Summit
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

RT Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Beyond Remittances: leveraging the development impact and promoting the transnational engagement of diaspora and migrants"

Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "South-South mobility: trends, patterns and transferable learning"

Government Team Member in RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development"

Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

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Colombo Process

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

The Colombo Process is a Regional Consultative Process on the management of overseas employment and contractual labour for countries of origins in Asia. According to best estimates, over 2.5 million Asian workers leave their countries every year under contract to work abroad. A large proportion of workers from South and Southeast Asia head for the Gulf States to perform various types of service, trade and construction jobs, while others move to North America, Europe and Asian countries.

Decent Work in Sri Lanka

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

This document reflects the collaboration between the ILO and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Labour to ensure the effective implementation of the Sri Lankan National Labour Migration Policy. The three objectives are to:

1) strenghten policy, legal and institutional frameworks of the migration process and protection and empowerment of migrant workers and their families;

2) review and enhance the processes for improved governance, protection and empowerment;

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