Concerning registration and regulation of charities and societies, regional states have enacted and enforced their own regulations and handled this through their respective Agencies. The Agency itself has set up an appeal system under which the Charities and Societies Board receives and adjudicates complaints of violation of its rights by any aggrieved charity or society. The Agency‟s Board consists of seven members, two of whom are representatives of the charities and societies, an arrangement which provides better bargaining power for the societies and further ensures their constitutional rights are respected. The Agency has enacted and applied diverse and detailed regulations and directives to facilitate the activities of Charities and Societies. Additionally, in connection with resolving common problems and challenges of the charities and societies, there has been established Civil Society Working Group inclusive of: the Government, charities, societies and development partners. Institutional Measures Ethiopian Broadcast Authority and Office of Government Communication Affairs has been given the task of ensuring citizens‟ right of Access to Information and Freedom of Information. Administrative Measures The Government fully recognizes the indispensable role to be played by a free, independent and diverse mass media with high ethical standards and professional competence in the national endeavor to build a fully democratic order. It has issued the Freedom of Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation (Proclamation No. 590/2008). This proclamation provides that citizens have the right to create and establish mass media services which creates enabling conditions for the nurture of a free and independent mass media. It also dictates that any person or entity who exercises direct or indirect effective control over a company possessing a nation-wide broadcasting license may not exercise direct or indirect effective control over another company holding such a license and servicing the same or an overlapping market. This legislative measure is taken with the view to ensuring diversity and pluralism of opinion in the overall mass media platform. With the conviction that the nation needs to diversify its broadcasting infrastructure, the Government has allocated a significant budget to launch 12 additional TV channels so that citizens will be able to enjoy the availability of diverse broadcasting productions. In addition to these, community-based radio stations that broadcast programs in local languages have also started to 61