Over the four months prior to the Truckers’ Forum, a working committee, through a process between FESARTA and its member NRTAs, identified a number of key problems and possible solutions. These were then sent to each delegate to assist them in their preparation for the Trucker’s Forum workshops. A document listing NTBs directly affecting the road transport industry was compiled from the NTB monitoring system and given to delegates. Barney Curtis, executive director of FESARTA, stressed that what was discussed and agreed in the forum workshops would be vitally important to the East and Southern Africa region and the transport industry. Greg Faasen facilitated the proceedings, which produced the following outputs:

1-Border procedures documentation smuggling and infrastructure
2-Load limits and overloading control
3-Excessive and arbitrary charges levies and taxes
4-Unacceptable level of road safety
5-Low level of adherence to regulations and poor relationship with authorities