The Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium (GAELIC) remains the largest and most prominent project of FOTIM[citation needed].

As a result of the work of this project, all member institutions have now implemented the INNOPAC library system, which is funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation.

Other FOTIM initiatives include matters pertaining to access, quality assurance, disability, HIV/AIDS and regional clearance of academic programmes.

A report entitled Academic Programme Collaboration in the FOTIM Region is being examined and discussed by the senior management of member institutions.

The year 2001 saw a significant increase in the importance and recognition accorded by the Department to the regional consortia at a time when the tertiary sector faces some of its greatest challenges in recent decades.