SECTOR 3 decree comes an Inter-ministerial Order, decree N°92-1604 MC-MAT/CTSP/ ASS-MSCPJ-MDSI that defines specifications for receiving frequencies from the Ministry for Communications and Information Technlogy for private FM broadcasting services. It is hoped that the legal reforms will result in the establishment of a unique, strong and independent regulatory body. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.3 (2008 = 1.8 ; 2006 = 1.4) 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through a board representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. The Board of Directors of the Office of Radio and Television Broadcasting of Mali (ORTM), the public broadcasting body, comprises eight members chaired by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology. From the eight members, five are nominated as representatives of State powers. Civil society at large is represented by the Consumers’ Association of Mali, which is apparently unrepresentative. The members appear to be selected on a personal basis. Some of the board members are pensioners, while others have been discharged from their functions, and as such the council cannot be representative of Malian society in its diversity and cannot be held accountable to the public. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MALI 2010 109