The Regional Support Office of the Bali Process

The Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO) was established in 2012 to provide technical support to Bali Process Members and to strengthen cooperation on refugee protection and international migration, including trafficking in persons, people smuggling and related transnational crime.
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The RSO is the only cooperation mechanism of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region and draws on policy knowledge, technical expertise and operational experience from Bali Process Members and other key stakeholders to translate ambitions into action and real-world impact. This includes supporting Member States through a whole-of-government approach, to improve border and migration management, protection of vulnerable persons and responses to transnational crime.
The Bali Process

The Bali Process

The Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime is a non-binding, international and multilateral forum that supports collaboration, dialogue and policy development relating to irregular migration in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Established in 2002, and co-chaired by the Governments of Australia and Indonesia, the Bali Process brings together 45 Member States and 4 Member Organisations, covering a wide geography ranging across the Asia-Pacific, and reaching across to Europe, Africa and North America.

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RSO Alumni Network promotes cross-border information sharing through community of practitioners

The RSO Alumni Network launched in December 2023—marking a milestone in network-building and information-sharing among practitioners dedicated to countering trafficking in persons, people smuggling, and related transnational crime.
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Capability Development

Capability Development

The RSO supports Bali Process members to engage in dialogue, strengthen cooperation, and to translate Bali Process commitments into action and real-world impact—through knowledge transfer, capacity-building and the sharing of information and best practice. The RSO is the only cooperation mechanism of its kind in the Asia Pacific region and draws on policy knowledge, technical expertise and operational experience from Bali Process members and other key stakeholders.
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Thematic Areas
Thematic areas of focus for the RSO include countering people smuggling and trafficking in persons, irregular migration, related transnational crime and the use of technology in these crimes. The RSO brings Member States together across these areas through training activities, events, workshops and roundtables, supporting dialogue, and policy development and coordination.
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Operational Capacity Building
The RSO works with regional partners to support the knowledge and skills development of operational personnel across the Bali Process membership, including law enforcement officers, border and immigration officials, maritime officers, government officials and wider practitioners in countering trafficking in persons and people smuggling.
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Research and Regional Trends
A focus on research and enquiry enables the RSO to support Bali Process Member States to identify regional priorities relating to irregular migration trends, and to develop strategies to enhance regional awareness and improve the knowledge base.
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Engage with us

Engage with us

Find out more about some of the different ways Bali Process members can engage with the RSO, contribute to our activities and shape our Work Plan. The RSO welcomes suggestions for collaboration and ideas for new activities and projects from across the Bali Process membership. If you would like to partner with the RSO in any way, or to suggest new programmes of activity or support, please get in touch at info@rso.baliprocess.net.
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RSO Networks
Stay connected with peers from across the Bali Process membership and with the RSO. Our networks include the RSO Alumni, and a proposed refresh of the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative.
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Secondments
The RSO Secondment Programme aims to support strengthening of technical capacity across Member States, and allows Member States to share good practices and high-level capacities through and with the RSO.
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RSO Annual Events
The RSO holds a series of annual events to bring together the Bali Process membership to support ongoing dialogue, connections and sharing of knowledge and expertise.
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RSO Resources

RSO resources support Bali Process members to access up-to-date information and trends across the region.

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RSO Publications
The RSO supports the work of Bali Process members and Working Groups, through the development of practical resources and information.
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Regional Directory
The Bali Process Regional Directory pulls together the various Regional Consultative Processes addressing migration and refugee protection-related issues.
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Regional Roadmap
The RSO Regional Strategic Roadmap provides an overview of national laws and counter-trafficking action plans across the Bali Process membership.
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