3.1.10 National Treasury acknowledged that ELM is experiencing problems in obtaining technical skills. National Treasury is under the impression that the district municipality was to share their technical skills with local municipalities who could not afford their own. National Treasury advised that local municipalities may want to explore other recruitment options like sourcing these scarce skills from neighboring countries. Another option could be to form Public Private Partnership (PPP) with local mining companies. The Committee advises that the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs explores and facilitates these options.