SECTOR 4 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 3.9 4.10 Journalists and other media practitioners are organised in trade unions and/or professional associations. The Ivorian media landscape is dotted with a multitude of union and professional organisations regrouping different categories of actors (employers, journalists, technicians, etc...). A panel member explains this proliferation as “democracy and its misfortunes”. One of the oldest unions of journalists and undoubtedly the most renowned is UNJCI (Nation Union of Journalists in Ivory Coast). The Union was established in 1991 following the opening of the Ivorian media landscape. UNJCI is a main contact of the public authorities and partners in the sector. Ivorian journalists owe several achievements to UNJCI such as the Code of professional conduct adopted in 1992, the creation of OLPED in 1995, the Maison de la Presse, the Noël X. Ebony Award, the Journalists’ Solidarity fund project, the housing project, etc. Over the past few years, the emergence of several union-related organisations has been noted. In addition to SYNAPPCI (National Union of Private Media Practitioners in Ivory Coast) created in 1999, several other company unions have been set up within RTI and Fraternité Matin. There are consequently 3 local union organisations within Fraternité Matin. The same applies to RTI. At least two new union organisations were created between 2008 and 2009: UPMCI (Union of Media Professionals in Ivory Coast) and OJPCI (Organisation of Professional Journalists in Ivory Coast). Employers’ associations have not been outdone either. Several organisations of editing houses defend the interests of employers in negotiations with the employees on the one hand and with the public authorities on the other hand. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER IVORY COAST 2009 125