However, the SPLM said that challenges in IDP alignment and collaboration still exist but this issue is being addressed. On their side, the Mayor and Municipal Manager attended the 5-year Provincial Strategic Planning Forum and the Premier's Inter-Governmental Relations Forum which meets every quarter. The SPM reported that there is little direct participation by sector departments in IDP. The Committees were told that, after the IDP Engagement event, there is little follow-up until the next event except when Members of Executive Council (MECs) comment on draft IDP on the ccommitments made by Provincial Sector Departments (namely, Department of Tourism, Department of Water and Environment Affairs, and Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs). The SPM said that there is sufficient participation by public entities and others on an ad-hoc basis in terms of IDP.