constitution for the Swaziland Complaint Commission and a Charter. The media in the country has endorsed the process and the media complaint commission will be launched soon. D4. In Zambia, the process brought about a merger of the two separate media accountability systems – one that was established by the public media and the other by the independent media. A National Convention on the establishment of the Media Council of Zambia (MECOZ) was held on November 29, 2003. The meeting was attended by about 120 journalists from all over the country and was jointly convened by ZIMA and the Press Association of Zambia (PAZA). Instead of the gathering adopting the draft constitution of MECOZ, several amendments were made to the document and the steering committee comprising PAZA, ZIMA and other representatives was mandated to finalise the document and proceed with the registration of MECOZ. A follow-up workshop was held in February 2003 where 25 editors from both the private and state-owned media were called to discuss the draft MECOZ constitution. The editors made final amendments to the document which is now in the process of being finalised in readiness for the appointment of the MECOZ board by the stakeholders, namely PAZA and ZIMA. D5.MISA-Zimbabwe working with the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum, ZUJ, IJAZ, MMPZ and FAMWZ resuscitated the Media Council Project initiative. The project is specifically aimed at coming up with a Code of Conduct for media practitioners in Zimbabwe. As such, a number of seminars will be held throughout the country. It is hoped that a draft code of conduct already in place will be circulated, discussed and adopted by all journalists participating at these seminars. A public awareness campaign on the code of conduct will also be embarked upon once all journalists, editors, publishers, media houses are agreed on the code of conduct. Media Awards The MISA Malawi Media Award Committee continued to publicise its activities and received an overwhelming response from media workers. The Award attracted 30 entries from both the print and electronic media and this was a remarkable response considering that it is the first time for such a competition to happen in Malawi. The participation from female journalists was dismal as out of the 30 entries only three were from female journalists. 29