Yes

No

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?

Partial

Additional information

X
X

10. Was the information received clear and understandable?

Total score: 4/20

2. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION UNIT
CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE
www.dmmu-ovp.gov.zm
The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit has a website, although it is not up-to-date. It also has a social media
presence on Facebook, which is regularly updated.
n = 20

Yes

No

Partial

Additional information

Does the website contain the following:

X

1.

Up-to-date information?

2.

A description of the organisation’s powers and structure,
as well as its functions and responsibilities?

X

Many of the pages on the
website which should
contain this information
do not open and others do
not have content.

3.

A list of laws, acts, etc, issued within the scope of its
powers?

X

It has a page that outlines
its objectives but the page
with its policy documents
is blocked.

4.

Copies of reports, policies or programmes?

X

It has a page that is
supposed to have these
documents but it is text
blocked.

5.

Information on budget and expenditure?

X

6.

Information about procurement procedures or signed
contracts?

X

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n = 20

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