SECTOR 1 substantial foreign funding. This, coupled with the undeveloped culture of grass root level participation in the country, has made fund raising extremely difficult. Lack of adequate funding has forced such groups to reduce the number of staff, shut down offices and focus on limited areas of activities. The Ethiopian Media Women Society, for example, which used to get 70 per cent of its budget from foreign sources, has cut down its staff from 12 to 2 after reregistering as an Ethiopian society under the new law. The society was also forced to change its objectives and tone down its advocacy work. The passing of this new law is seen as a fall-out from the 2005 election campaign when quite a number of non-governmental organisations supporting the opposition had allegedly been funded by foreign organisations. Prior to the coming into effect of the Charities and Societies Proclamation, there had been some cooperation among the media and civil society particularly in the area of training. However, this cooperation was not to the satisfaction of both sides - both complain that they are not getting enough support from the other. After the coming into effect of the law this cooperation has become even more tenuous. 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: 22 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ETHIOPIA 2010 2.4