In terms of marketing products/services of the factories, management of the factories was meeting with the National and Provincial Departments with regards to preferential procurements and marketing of the products of the factories. The Committee was informed that the SEF was collaborating with the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities on projects in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces. In addition, the Committee was also informed that there were Department led projects to train young people in Pretoria and that a programme was developed to access funding with the IDC in terms of the job fund.