Chad 2.9. The government puts in place the mechanism to promote a favourable political and economic environment for media landscape diversity. ANALYSIS: Everyone can establish a newspaper but the environment is not favourable: there is no policy of tax reduction and the Florence Convention though ratified by Chad in November 22nd 1990 is not respected. The media aid (established in 1999) was granted twice and only partially (39 millions Fcfa in 2002 and 60 millions Fcfa in 2005 which was used partially for training and the remaining 45 millions, distributed among the media). Moreover, the distribution criteria was judged arbitrary by some beneficiaries. Media actions to get indirect aid were unsuccessful. GRADES Individual grades: 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 Average: 2,1 2.10. Private media operate like effective and professional enterprises. ANALYSIS: The newspapers are considered like enterprises: subject to tax, registration of employees with the national social security fund, etc. In about fifty newspapers created since 1990, only some ten still operate today. This written press and some fifteen existing radios face problems of management of human resources. The wages are 54 The African Media Barometer (AMB) - Chad 2007