The following request was made to the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy: The complete contract with SICPA, a company contracted by MIREME in 2018 to carry out fuel marking (petroleum products) in Mozambique y n = 20 Yes No Additional information X 1. Is there an official, who is designated to take and respond to information requests? 2. Did the organisation reply within 21 days? X 3. Did the organisation respond to the request for information? X 4. Does the organisation publish their procedures for handling information requests? X 5. Did the organisation provide all of the requested information? X 6. Did the organisation provide written reasons for the refusal of information? X 7. Did the organisation disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure, etc. X 8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and motivations of the applicant? X 9. Did the organisation acknowledge the request for information within 7 days? X 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? Partial MIREME responded but refused to provide the information alleging the following: “The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy reiterates that you have the right to receive the requested information, because it is not a matter of State secrecy. however, due to the fact that the process of awarding the public tender, which resulted in the contract in question, is still the subject of a dispute, for the moment it cannot be provided to you; moreover, if the dispute is resolved and the conflict situation is overcome, MIREME can provide the information to any public or private entity that requests it”. The information was not provided. X Total score: 8/20 RETURN TO CONTENTS PAGE 99 MOZAMBIQUE CATEGORY 2: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION