BOTSWANA n = 20 Yes No 5. Information on budget and expenditure? X 6. Information about procurement procedures or signed contracts? X 7. Information about vacancy and employment procedures? X 8. The address, telephone number, and working hours of the organisation? 9. The contact details of specific public officials? X 10. A mechanism to request and receive responses to electronic messages and requests for information? X Partial Additional information X Total score: 4/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to Botswana Police: Would you say there is improvement in the occurrence of this environmental issue? What is the police’s role in the fight against the illegal extraction of river and pit sand? Do you have statistics on how many people were arrested for the offence and how many were tried in courts of law? What could be the cause of the illegal extraction of river and pit sand around urban centres? What can be done to reduce the poaching of river and pit sand? y y y y 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 X Total score: 2/20 14