BOTSWANA 8. Ministry of Trade and Industry Category 1 - WEBSITE www.mti.gov.bw/ Also a newcomer to the MISA study, the website excelled in terms of timeliness of information, relevancy and user friendliness. The functions were well placed and expressed. n = 20 Yes 1. Does this website contain up to date information? No Partial Additional Information • 2. Does the website contain: a) A description of its powers as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? • b) A list of laws, acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers. • c) Reports, policies, programs? • • d) Budget and expenditure? e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? • f) Vacancies and employment procedures? • g) The name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective institution? • h) The contact details of public officials? • i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? • No names Total Score: 18/20 Category 2- Requests FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the Ministry of Trade & Industry 1. How many Botswana based companies have benefitted from inter-country trade in 2012 alone? 2. What is the story behind the glass plant in Palapye, where are we now? 3. How much has our country spent overall in the glass plant in Palapye so far? n = 20 1.Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) No Additional Information • Public Relations Officer, but the researcher was asked to contact the Permanent Secretary 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) • 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? • 4. Does the authority publish its procedures for dealing with information requests? • 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) • 6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If information was not refused, please contact the institution to find out what the policy is in this regard –if the institution supplies written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’) • 7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc. • 8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and motivations of the applicant? • 9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days? • 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? • Total Score: 2/20 18 Yes