NAMIBIA n = 20 9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days? Yes No Partial Additional Information • • 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? Total Score: 5/20 2. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE www.moj.gov.na/home The website contains up-to-date information and is informative with relevant content. The MoJ has an active Facebook account but their followers seldom interact with their posts. n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information • 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? b) A list of laws, Acts etc issued within the scope of its powers? • The website provides law reforms, but not acts. • Working hours are not displayed. • c) Reports, policies, programmes? d) Budget and expenditure? • e) Information about procurement procedures and/or signed contracts? • • f) Vacancy and employment procedures? g) The address, telephone numbers and working hours of the institution? h) The contact details of specific public officials? • i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? • There is a Government Communication System on the website. Total Score: 14/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the MoJ: 1. Does the ministry collaborate with peer ministries in other SADC member states and if so, in what way? 2. What are some of the relevant regional instruments that speak to regional collaboration in the area of justice? 3. What are some of the challenges faced by the ministry in the execution of this area of work? 4. What is the ministry’s 2018 budget for regional cooperation and how is this determined? n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information • Senior Public Relations Officer 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? • Same-day response 3. Did the institution respond to the request for information? • 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? • 4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information requests? 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? • 63