(c) The meeting of the chief immigration officers should be held more frequently in line with the rules of procedure of meetings of chiefs of immigration, which require that they meet once a year; (d) The harmonisation of policies should take into consideration other regional obligations of Member States; (e) The inter-linkage between the fulfilment of economic integration, economic union procedures and free movement of labour be emphasised; (f) There is need for a paradigm shift from migration control to migration management at all institutional levels and COMESA Secretariat and cooperating partners should mobilize funding for capacity building to this effect; (g) A task force composed of the following Member States: Burundi, Egypt, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia and the Secretariat should work on the development of a capacity building programme that is in line with a developed road map; (h) The implementation of the Protocols should take into consideration the several existing regional agreements to which COMESA Member States are party, in order to neutralise contradictions and promote convergence; (i) Regional consultative processes in the form of technical workshops aimed at building the capacities of the national institutions responsible for implementation and addressing specific critical aspects should be encouraged; (j) A specific study addressing topics, such as border and data management systems should be undertaken; and Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS) Programme in the COMESA Region Decisions 15. Council made the following decisions: (a) Member states should support development of the Regional SPS and the agricultural trade facilitation project that seeks to put into action the priority issues; (b) Member States should support development and implementation of the Green Pass Certification Scheme; (c) Member States should support harmonization of regulatory aspects relating to aflatoxin control including natural remedies such as bio control technologies; and (d) Member States should support the SPS joint work programme developed by East African Community (EAC), COMESA and Southern African Development Community (SADC) for harmonization of SPS measures in the Tripartite Free Trade Area. IMMIGRATION Implementation of the Protocols and Council Decisions on the Movement of Persons and Labour Decisions 16. Council made the following decisions: (a) Member States which are yet to ratify and sign the Protocols be encouraged to do so; (b) The chief immigration officers should play a key role in the adoption, ratification and implementation of the Protocols; 7

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