1. SWITZERLAND - IOM Signs Cooperation Agreement with     ISESCO
2. TUNISIA - Sri Lankan Labour Migration Experts Visit
3. SWITZERLAND - New Issue of International Migration

SWITZERLAND - IOM Signs Cooperation Agreement with ISESCO - IOM yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with ISESCO, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The agreement, which will result in closer links between the two organizations, including information sharing and joint projects, follows a similar cooperation agreement concluded earlier this year between IOM and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, another leading international Islamic agency.

The agreement was signed in Geneva by IOM Director General Brunson McKinley and ISESCO Director General Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altawaijri.

ISESCO, which is headquartered in Rabat, Morocco, was created in 1981 by the Third Islamic Summit Conference to promote cooperation between Islamic states in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.

TUNISIA - Sri Lankan Labour Migration Experts Visit - A group of labour migration experts from the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is visiting Tunisia on an IOM-sponsored study tour this week.

The visit is designed to provide the group with insights into how Tunisia manages its overseas employment programmes, how the Tunisian diaspora contributes to the country's development and how the Tunisian approach might be adapted to Sri Lanka. .

The initiative, which is funded by the European Commission, will include visits to various Tunisian institutions including the Ministry for Social Affairs and Solidarity, through the Office des Tunisiens à l'Etranger (OTE); the Ministry of Employment, through the Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi et le Travail Indépendant (ANETI); the Ministry for Development and International Cooperation, through the Agence Tunisienne de Cooperation Technique (ATCT) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The programme is part of IOM's efforts to help governments of labour exporting countries to leverage the skills and resources of their diasporas as a major contributor to national development goals.

SWITZERLAND - New Issue of International Migration - The new issue of IOM's quarterly refereed academic journal International Migration appears today.

Topics covered in this issue include:

· Comparing Conflict and Development-Induced Internal Displacement and    Involuntary Resettlement
· The Determinants of Immigration from Fiji to New Zealand
· The Influence of Support Services and Refugees' Own Resources on    Resettlement Style
· English Language Proficiency of Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota
· Unemployment Transitions among Brazilians in the US and Canada
· Retirement and Making a Fresh Start - Older Russian Immigrants in Israel
· Sponsorship of Relatives for Migration in Australia