SECTOR 1 1.11 Media legislation evolves from meaningful consultations among state institutions, citizens and interest groups. The drafting of media legislation is not necessarily the result of in-depth consultations with institutions, citizens and/or interest groups. In most cases, the basic work is done by a foregone agreement. But one panellist underlines that this can change from one day to the next. For example, in the drafting of the twin laws of 2004 on the press and on broadcasting, it was suggested that managers of publications and newspapers should be professional journalist. This suggestion, however, was not incorporated into the final law. Panellists noted that although some consultation may take place, the definitive version of a law does not necessarily provide the anticipated result. 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: 1.9 (2012 = 2.8, 2009 = 4.9) Average score for sector 1: 3.2 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Côte d’Ivoire 2016 79