Our Vision

To be an active partner in creating a prosperous, wealthy, progressive, and sustainable economy for Solomon
Islands.

Our Mission Statement

The Ministry will provide effective and efficient commercial, labour and immigration services that will give Solomon Islanders more opportunities to actively engage in activities that will enable them to improve and sustain their livelihoods. We believe that in order to serve our clients well, we must uphold the values of this organization that advocate good governance, transparency and accountability. Amongst other things, we will ensure that the limited financial resources that we have must be carefully expended on areas that will enhance the capacity of the Ministry to effectively and efficiently deliver the required services. It is our commitment to recruit, train and retain experienced, qualified and committed officers and to equip them with the required technologies that will assist them in their official work. Although human resources may be an issue now, our current workforce is competently serving and providing a friendly environment to our day to day clients.

Our Policy Objectives

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour & Immigration is mandated to provide and deliver services in the
following areas:

• Empowering Solomon Islanders
• Reserved business areas for Solomon Islanders
• Economic reforms
• Productive and economic sector
• Infrastructure development
• Foreign relations
• Education

Basic Principles and Values

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour & Immigrations, in the course of executing its mandated responsibilities, will uphold and build on the primary pillars of Accountability and Transparency. These principles will be encouraged and emphasized to officers during the tenure of implementation of this Corporate Plan:

• Honest, Reliable, and Impartial
• Accountable to our actions
• Respect for others and understanding people
• Give due recognition to the contributions made by individual officers
• Smile with a mission to succeed
• Commitment and Dedication
• Build up Confidence
• Creative and Innovative

Organizational Structure

The Ministry has nine (9) technical divisions supported by the Administration and Accounts division. The chart in Appendix 2 shows the Ministry’s structure with the Hon. Minister being the political head and the Permanent Secretary as the administrative head. The Permanent Secretary is supported by two (2) Under Secretaries; one is responsible for Administration and Planning while the other deals with technical issues arising within the Ministry.