(e) (k) A task force composed of the following countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe and the Secretariat should develop a road map for implementation of Protocols and Council decisions on the movement of persons and labour as well as harmonization of laws. Cooperation on Immigration Matters among COMESA Member States to Facilitate Trade Decisions 18. Council made the following decisions: Harmonization of National Laws with COMESA Model Law Decisions 17. Council made the following decisions: (a) Member States which have not yet transmitted their national laws on immigration, or the draft laws to the Secretariat should do so within a three months period following the meeting; (b) On the basis of the information submitted by Member States, and in accordance with the decision taken at the third meeting of the ministers responsible for immigration held in Lusaka, Zambia on 04 April 2008, the Secretariat should undertake a comparative study on the approximation of each Member State’s national law with the model law to be considered at a workshop to be organized by COMESA and ICMPD; (c) (d) A roadmap for the harmonisation of immigration laws should be developed by the task force established under paragraph 36(g), including a review of individual national legislation. The line ministries, with the support of the Secretariat, should pioneer the process of reviewing their national immigration laws and take an informed decision on the need to further approximate their national legislation with the model law; The Secretariat should make the national legislation on immigration, of each COMESA Member State, available to Member States as part of a regional database; and 8 (a) Since the common cross border trader permits currently in use restrict rather than facilitate small cross border trade, COMESA should carry out a study on the facilitation of small, cross border trade using best practices, that will give COMESA Member States options of instruments to use to facilitate small border trade; (b) COMESA should establish a central research and analysis unit on immigration affairs to commission, coordinate and analyse shared data across COMESA Member States; (c) COMESA should encourage the establishment of a programme of regular direct contact among immigration officials at all levels, including staff exchange; (d) COMESA should establish a COMESA-wide sensitization programme on the benefits of migration, promoting co-operation with, and tolerance to migrant workers; (e) COMESA should participate in the Joint African European Union Strategy (JAES) Migration Mobility Employment (MME) partnership as a broader international cooperation framework for COMESA Member States;