TY - EJOUR T1 - Brief Paper: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries Good Practices, Challenges and Ways Forward IS - NO.1 PB - International Organization for Migration (IOM) N2 - Since 2005, the Colombo Process (CP) Member Countries have taken concrete, proactive steps to manage labour migration by, for example, amending existing regulations or adopting new legislation, creating new government structures dedicated to managing labour outflows, signing bilateral agreements (BAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key destination countries and launching innovative programmes and activities at various levels of government. Despite successes in key areas, challenges remain, especially surrounding implementation. There is often a gap between the stated aims of policy measures and their application on the ground, particularly in four key areas: dissemination of information, the recruitment process, welfare support to migrants (at all stages of the migration cycle) and maximizing the benefits of labour migration. Indeed, policymakers in CP Member Countries face a formidable task: creating efficient and equitable migration systems that benefit labour migrants and their families while contributing to long-term economic growth and development in both source and destination countries. Governments have many options as they work to meet these and other challenges. This brief highlights 10 potential areas of focus, such as (1) improving pre-departure orientation programmes, (2) developing and harmonizing recruitment regulations between origin and destination countries and (3) enhancing welfare support at destination. Success requires serious investments in building capacity to fill critical information gaps. To this end, we recommend a three-pronged strategy: developing knowledge based on policy-relevant research, formalizing practical policy dialogues and forging meaningful partnerships among the major actors in labour migration. A1 - Agunias , Dovelyn Rannveig A1 - Aghazarm, Christine Y1 - 2012/// KW - policy KW - recruitment process KW - welfare support to migrants KW - benefit of labor migration UR - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/ColomboProcessBrief.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-02 JA - Migrationpolicy ER -