SECTOR 3 3.3 The body, which regulates broadcasting services and licences, does so in the public interest and ensures fairness and a diversity of views broadly representing society at large. Mozambique does not have the body referred to [independent regulator of the broadcasting sector]. Licences are granted by the Government, but in a way which does not seem to guarantee balance and a diversity of points of view, since, for example, the spectrum is not auctioned, but awarded on the basis of criteria which are not made public. 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: 1.2 (2005 = 1.0; 2007 = 1.0; 2009 = 1.2; 2011 = 2.2) 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through an independent board which is representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. Taking as criteria the existence of an “independent Board of Directors which is representative of society as a whole, chosen in an independent, open and transparent manner”, Public/State broadcasting is not answerable to the public/ citizenry, since nothing which is asked for is done. As shown in question 3.2, there is a lack of transparency in the process of appointing the Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Public Broadcasting, in Mozambique, since the process is handled by the Government, without the involvement of Civil Society. As a result, the Boards of Directors have not been able to be answerable to the public/citizenry, but to those who appointed them, the Government. 96 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014