NAMIBIA NAMIBIA SUMMARY in NUMBERS Institution Request for information Total score 0 14 14 2. Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) 13 2 15 3. Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development (MTI) 12 18 30 4. Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) 15 4 19 5. Communication Regulatory Association of Namibia (CRAN) 15 20 35 6. Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) 17 4 21 7. Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) 8 2 10 8. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) 0 2 2 THE MOST SECRETIVE PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN namibia The 2017 recipient of the Golden Padlock Award for the most secretive public institution is the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry is the poorest performer with a score of 2, which is the lowest score any institution has received in the past five years. THE MOST OPEN PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN namibia The 2017 recipient of the Golden Padlock Award for the most open public institution is the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia. CRAN scored 35 points, which equal 85% of the total possible score and is the highest percentage of points an institution has received in the past five years. RECOMMENDATIONS Some of the ICT targets set out in the Harambee Prosperity Plan include: covering 80% of the population with broadband services by 2020; 80% broadband connections and usage to all primary and secondary schools to allow e-learning by 2020; broadband connections and usage to 70% of health facilities to allow e-health by 2020; 100% broadband connections and usage to all public sector agencies to allow for e-governance by 72 Website 1. Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MPESW) 2020; and 100% coverage by digital TV and radio broadcast to all households by 2020. These are ambitious yet achievable targets which require a commitment from all public institutions to build their capacity on the Internet of things. Further, we reiterate our call to Government for the appointment of competent individuals as communication officers. Apart from one exception, the institutions that have scored the highest since this project’s inception have individuals who have the education and work experience in the areas of communication or public relations, and media or journalism. Also, Government, civil society and the media need to continue working together as partners, as they have over the last few years. This can surely only result in an informed and empowered citizen who participates in the strengthening of the Namibian state and its democracy.