The programmes include the Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP) and the Cooperative Incentive Schemes (CIS). The Department allocated R40 million towards BBSDP for 2011/12. This programme provides incentive opportunities that promote broadening participation by historically disadvantaged communities and marginalised regions in the mainstream of the economy. Moreover, the programme assists small business in townships and in rural areas by providing grants and skills development, marketing and quality standards up to R200 000. It also assists with technology programmes to acquire machinery up to R1 million on a 50/50 basis. 39% or 120 of total applications approved were from female owned enterprises across the provinces for the financial year 2011/12. 44% or 53 applicants are from Gauteng, 19% from Limpopo and 12% from the Western Cape Provinces. 32% or R29 million of the total incentive value approves was allocated for female owned applicants. 47% (R14 million) is from Gauteng and 21% or R6 million from Limpopo Province respectively. The Department also assists rural cooperatives through the Cooperative Incentive Scheme. The purpose of the scheme is to encourage broader participation by promoting the development of cooperatives. The Department approved 1 361 cooperatives of which 60% or 820 are females. 28% are from Limpopo, 27 % from KwaZulu-Natal and 19% from Gauteng. 231 or 17% of all cooperatives members are youth and 27% are from Limpopo, 26% from Gauteng and 19% from KwaZulu-Natal. 14 or approximately 1% of all cooperatives are classified as disabled and 64% of the 14 disabled members are from KwaZulu- Natal Province.