3. The Cross Border Road Transport Agency's mission is to spearhead social and economic development within the SADC region through facilitating unimpeded cross-border road transport movements. This mission has, however, not been realised in the previous financial years due to funding and institutional challenges. One of the key strategies of the Agency is to position itself as a facilitator to alleviate cross-border road movement impediments. The strategy will include the planning of a collaborative border management system. The Agency's expenditure framework increased from R55 million to R182 million to align its resources with the execution of the newly developed strategy.