SECTOR 1 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: 3.9 (2010:2.9; 2008:n/a; 2006:n/a) 1.11 Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. There are numerous media organisations in Zimbabwe that strongly advocate for media freedom issues. These include the Media Institute of Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA), the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), the Zimbabwe Independent Editors Forum (ZINEF), the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ), the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (ZiNEF), the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS), the Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe (CANAZ) and the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) Their advocacy efforts have been strengthened by the formation of the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe which brings together MISA, ZUJ and the MMPZ. The three organisations maintain their independence and operate as separate entities in their daily work but unite on media freedom and freedom of expression issues. Model laws have been drafted by MISA with positive contributions from civil society and media lobbying groups and these have been presented to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Communication, Parliament itself and the Senate. In addition, workshops have been held for lawmakers to give them a better understanding of numerous media freedom issues including self regulation. Civil society has actively and strongly pushed the media freedom agenda and participated in media related events. The extent to which they can support media freedom depends on their financial resources. Often they may provide support in principle and join the lobbying and advocacy activities but their priorities will be focused on their core work. Advocacy around media freedom issues has focused primarily on the promotion of privately owned media. As a result media practitioners working for state 22 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2012