The Governments of India, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates launched a pilot project to test and identify best practices in managing the temporary contractual employment cycle. The lessons learned from the pilot project will form the basis for developing a comprehensive regional framework that can be carried out on a much larger scale.

The catalyst for this pilot project is the Abu Dhabi Declaration, a document that calls for a collaborative approach to better manage temporary labour mobility and maximize its benefits for foreign workers and the development of both countries of origin and destination.