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

Select target paragraph3