Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour

The Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour creates the framework conditions for companies to improve the economic structure of the state. The wide range of responsibilites includes attracting and expanding companies, business development, infrastructure funding, support for company succession, competition law and public contracts. Additional areas include trade and commerce, vocational training, innovation and collaborative research, money-laundering prevention and health economy, tourism development and employment protection.

In Germany, labour market policy and the reduction of unemployment are the responsibility of the federal government. The federal help shaping the federal framework, including collaboration with the Federal Employment Agency. 

In the field of infrastructure, the Ministry is responsible for the development and maintenance of transport networts, including roads, bridges and cycle tracks and winter road-services. The harbours are also of key importance for economic development in the north-east. As Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s highest aviation and aviation safety authority, the Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour is responsible for the areas of aviation policy, air traffic law, air traffic control, aviation safety and flight operations and licensing procedures. The Ministry’s transport policy aims to ensure connectivity across all areas of social life.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern already produces, in purely statistical terms, 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources. Saving energy is just as important as expanding  electricity generation and heat supply from alternative energy sources. Energy efficiency and conservation are therefore key to security of supply and drive innovation in new products and technology, thereby supporting employment.