 | The objectives of the project are to assist individual countries in SADC, to define a payment system strategy and development plan, and to define a coordinated regional approach to cross border payments. In this regard, the implications for, inter alia, trade, central bank policy and foreign-exchange positions and controls need to be taken into account. At this stage, the focus is developing a sound and robust domestic payment system within each SADC country, a prerequisite for defining a cross-border payment strategy. |