  
4. BackgroundIn 2001 the Board and the EWLG commenced work on a new strategic direction and in 2002 a three-year Strategic Plan (copy available at www.ewrb.govt.nz) was introduced. The key objective in introducing the Strategic Plan was for the Board and the EWLG to be an efficient and effective business unit. For many years sectors of the industry have been concerned at what was seen as the excessive costs practitioners were required to pay through their licensing and associated fees. Those concerns, along with opportunities to integrate Board functions and the overall desire to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the work and services performed by the organisation, were the drivers for a three-year strategic direction.   
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