The Bali Process

The Bali Process Government and Business Forum (GABF) provides a strategic platform for collaboration between the private sector and Bali Process Member States to address forced labour and human trafficking challenges, bringing together influential business leaders and ministers from across the Bali Process membership.

The Bali Process is co-chaired by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs for Australia and Indonesia. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) are responsible for coordination of Bali Process Official Meetings, under the leadership of the Bali Process Senior Official Co-Chairs.

In the 20 years since the first meeting of the Bali Process Ministerial Conference in 2002, the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime has evolved and grown to match the changing scale and complexity of the issues within its mandate. Today, the Bali Process provides its 45 Member States, four Member Organisations, 18 Observer States and nine Observer Organisations with a crucial forum for policy dialogue, information sharing and capacity building, supported by four Working Groups, the Regional Support Office and the Government and Business Forum.