Welcome to the Bali Process Website

December 2009
Website Updates:

 

Regional Activities and Projects
 - New website link to the Immigration Borders Information Service (restricted access)

Identity Management:
 - Document security: the latest trends, by Gerhard Almer

 - E-passports: possiblities for e-faciliation, by Chas Yap

Cambodia and Vietnam country links and downloads: 
 - Cambodia and Vietnam's agreement on standard operating procedures for the identification and repatriation of trafficked victims

 - Cambodia's agreement on guidelines for practices and cooperation between relevant government institutions and victim support agencies in cases of human trafficking

 

The Bali Process brings participants together to work on practical measures to help combat people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crimes in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.  Initiated at the "Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime" held in Bali in February 2002, the Bali Process follow-up is a collaborative effort participated in by over 50 countries and numerous international agencies.

The Bali Process is co-chaired by the Governments of Indonesia and Australia.

Bali Process activities were mandated by the Ministers of participating countries at two Ministerial level conferences and are subject to annual review by senior officials. 

Two 'country coordinators' lead follow-up activities in two thematic areas: Regional and International Cooperation on Policy Issues and Law Enforcement (Thailand) and Regional and International Cooperation on Policy Issues and Legal Frameworks (New Zealand).

Monitoring and implementation of related activities and initiatives in these areas are guided by a steering group composed of

 

the governments of Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR.

The Bali Process follow-up is supported by financial contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, United States, as well as in-kind contributions from numerous participating countries.

This website provides a one-stop-shop for information on upcoming Bali Process activities, information sharing, capacity building and knowledge gained through Bali Process conferences and workshops including model legislation on criminalizing people smuggling and trafficking in persons, a checklist of issues to be addressed in the return of illegal immigrants and best practice guidelines for the initial establishment of identity of illegal immigrants.

Bali Process Steering Group

Australia

Thailand

Indonesia IOM
New Zealand UNHCR

Bali Process Countries

Afghanistan Mongolia
Australia Myanmar
Bangladesh Nauru
Bhutan Nepal
Brunei Darussalam New Zealand

Cambodia

Pakistan
China Palau
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Papua New Guinea
Fiji Philippines
France (New Caledonia) Republic of Korea
Hong Kong SAR* Samoa
India Singapore
Indonesia Solomon Islands 
Iran Sri Lanka
Iraq Syria
Japan Thailand
Jordan Timor-Leste
Kiribati Tonga
Laos PDR Turkey
Macau SAR* Vanuatu
Malaysia Viet Nam
Maldives
*Special Administrative Region of China

Other Participating Countries

Austria Poland
Belgium Romania
Canada Russian Federation
Denmark South Africa
European Commission Spain
Finland Sweden
Germany Switzerland
Italy United Kingdom
The Netherlands United States of America
Norway

Other Bali Process Organizations

APC

UNDP

ICMPD UNODC
IGC ILO
IFRC ADB
ICRC World Bank
Interpol

 

This website is funded by the Governments of Japan, New Zealand and Australia