which is at least functional, which deals with public claims on the acts of the media. Training opportuinities in the field of journalism have also increased, particularly with the growth and emergence of training institutions, at middle and higher level, apart from the short courses offered by various bodies. However, it should be noted that there is still a lack of quality in the courses offered by formal education institutions, particularly due to the fact that their curricula do not match the interests and concerns of the market, largely due to the inability of educational institutions to set up a connection with the journalism market, over and above the problems of a lack of qualified human resources and practical experience to teach journalism. Public Radio still has problems with regard to independence of content and a Board of Directors which represents the interest of citizens, mainly due to an Independent Regulatory Body which ensures that public radio works for the service of citizens. On the one hand, this fact is due to not having ensured any progress in the proposed broadcasting law, which is still governed by the Press Law (18/91, of August 10); on the other hand, the dependence of government public broadcast companies, which get their financing channeled directly by the Government, through programme contracts signed by RM and TVM with the Ministry of Finance and top executives nominated by the Government, due to the fact that these companies are legally considered to be public undertakings, in applicaiton of Law 17/91 of August 3 1991. Digital Migration – from analogue to digital – is the other problematic theme which may endanger the access to information of citizens in Mozambique. Tthe way in which the process is directed means that there is no clear public information as to what will be done with regard to compliance with deadlines, although there are only a few months until the switch-off agreed to by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Added to this, there are the issues of the costs for signal conversion, for which the policy of access and marketing is still not known, publicly, in addition to its means of selling on the market being beyond the capacity of many citizens. Finally, in order to overcome these situations which call into question the media environment, in Mozambique, among various actions, socio-professional organizations defending the cause of freedom of the press and freedom of expression must be strengthened, over and above the need to remove all legal impediments which limit freedom of exrpession and the right to information. It is also important to encourage the monitoring of ethical issues with recourse to self-regulatory mechanisms and the application of international instruments of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Mozambique. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014 65