BOTSWANA 6. Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE http://www.mewt.gov.bw/DMM/index.php This website is extremely poor, scoring five out of 20 points. It does not contain any relevant public information despite having recent data. There is a need for more work to be done to make the website more user friendly by improving the user interface. n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information s 1. Does this website contain up to date information? 2. Does the website contain the following: a) A description of its powers, as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? s b) A list of laws, Acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers? s c) Reports, policies, programs? s d) Budget and expenditure? s List of awarded contracts also available s e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? f) Vacancy and employment procedures? s g) The name and address, telephone number, and the working hours of the respective institution? s Only a postal address and a switchboard line s h) The contact details of public officials? s i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? Total Score: 5/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism: 1. How many cases of wild animal theft have been recorded in Botswana for the past three years? 2. Does Botswana have any agreement with neighboring countries on efforts to curb wild animal theft? 3. How involved are Batswana at community level in tourism in general and environmental protection? Please state examples to support your case. 4. Do we have any environmental regulation tool in Botswana in place to regulate pollution, especially from the booming mining sector? n = 20 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) 18 Yes No Additional Information Public Relations Officer s 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) s 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? s 4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information requests? s 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) s 6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If information was not refused, please contact institution to find out what the policy is in this regard – if they supply written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’) s 7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc. s