• Vision

An efficient and result oriented public administration that delivers citizen centred quality services.

A socio-economic environment that promotes the generation of decent jobs, and develop a national competitive labour force.

• Mission

The mission of the Ministry of Public Service and Labour is to provide public institutions with efficient organization and human resources to fit the objectives of best public service delivery at low cost; and to set up a fair working environment, based on international standards of health and social security, and favourable to jobs creation and labour market development.

• Values

Excellence – Excellence" describes the outcomes of public service as we commit ourselves to the standard of whatever we do. In order to achieve this, public servants must manifest such excellence within themselves. Staff development is an important aspect of striving towards excellence for the public service. Thus, public servants must possess a mindset for excellence that strives to be the best that one can be in his or her role.

Integrity –"Integrity" serves as the core of our beliefs and is the underlying foundation upon which the mission, goals and beliefs of the Public Service are built. Integrity enables us to safeguard the sovereignty, independence, security and prosperity of Rwanda, and uphold justice and equality. The Rwandan Public Service commands a high level of trust among our citizens and foreign investors because of our integrity. Thus, it is imperative that the Public Service maintains this high standard of integrity in our conduct.

Accountability- Accountability is defined as demonstrating the ownership necessary for achieving desired results, employees make personal commitments  to their colleagues, jobs and citizens and keeping those promises. We value the ability of our staff and Institutions to honor our commitments to get results for our citizens. We build trust with our citizens by delivering on our promises. Accountability involves a process of seeing it, owning it, solving it, and doing it, and requires a level of ownership that includes making, keeping, and answering for all commitments.

Team Sprit – We can only achieve or performance objectives if we work together as a team to pursuit excellence. We will pool our abilities to accomplish our shared objective. No matter how talented we are as individuals, without cooperation and team spirit we will be an institution in name only.

• Responsibilities

1. To develop, disseminate and coordinate the implementation of policies, strategies and programs;
2. To initiate laws that regulate the public service sector and related sub-sectors;
3. To build institutional and human resources capacity in the sector;
4. To monitor and evaluate the implementation of policies, strategies and programs related to the management of public servants;
5. To oversee the institutions under its supervision;
6. To mobilise resources for the development of public institutions and labour sector and related programs.

THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MIFOTRA

Before the Independence of Rwanda, laws on Employment were not yet established. After that period, when the Country was independent, changes occurred and laws on employees in Governmental Institutions appeared.

Before 1973, the Ministry of Public Service and Labour did not exist whereby coordination of all about Labour and Public Service were in the hands of other Ministries.

• MINISTRIES IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE 1961-1973 

1961-1963: Ministry of Local Government

1963-1964: Ministry of Finance

1965-1965: Ministry of Information and Tourism

1965-1968: Ministry of Local Government and Public Service                                           

• MINISTRIES IN CHARGE OF LABOUR 1961-1973 

1961: Ministry of Public Welfare

1961: Ministry of Education and Public Welfare

1961: Ministry of Public Welfare

1962: Ministry of Public Welfare and Information

1963: Ministry of Local Government and Public Welfare

1964: Ministry of Local Government

1965: Ministry of Family and Integrated Development

1973: Ministry of Health and Public Welfare  

In 1975, Labour and Public Service were coordinated in the same Ministry whereby it got its name Ministry of Public Service and Labour.  

In 1984, the Ministry changed its name and became Ministry of Public Service and Traning to foster workers trainings.

In 1992, the coordination of Public Workers Trainings was shifted to the Ministry of Labour and Public Welfare.

On 28 May 1997, the coordination of Labour returned back to the Ministry of Public Service and regained the name of “Ministry of Public Service and Labour with the following responsibilities:

1. Find and recruit competent employees in Public Institutions;
2. Initiate strategies to promote work in private sector;
3. Training workers in Public and private;
4. Strategies to increase productivity and fight for Employees benefits;
5. Update laws on Employees and Labour;
6. To set up new politics on salaries and Employees Welfare;
7. Training and reintegrating Employees from the exile.