The South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) and the South Asian Forum of Employers (SAFE) are the workers’ and employers’ regional organizations engaging with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) which comprises eight Member State (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
In 2019, in line with SAARC’s agenda on migration, SARTUC and SAFE engaged in bipartite social dialogue on this topic and agreed in 2023 on a joint resolution in which they commit to working together for safe, responsible, and legal migration, thus protecting the rights of migrant workers.