The Regional Consultative Process on the Management of Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origins in Asia or ‘The Colombo Process' is led and governed by the annual Ministerial Consultation in which recommendations and action plans are discussed and adopted by the Ministers of the participating countries.

During each Consultation, member states review and monitor the implementation of the previous recommendations and identify further steps for action.

The Colombo Process, following the principles of a Regional Consultative Process, provides Member States and organizations a non-binding and informal environment to engage in dialogues and cooperation on issues related to labour migration that are of common interest and concern.

• The First Labour Migration Ministerial Consultation for Countries of Origin, 1-2 April, 2003 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• The Second Labour Migration Ministerial Consultation for Countries of Origin in Asia, September 23- 24, 2004 in Manila, the Philippines.
• The Third Ministerial Consultation on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin in Asia 20-21 September, 2005 in Bali, Indonesia.
• The Fourth Ministerial Consultation on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin in Asia, 19 - 21 April 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.