Ministerium des Innern und für Sport

What Ministerium des Innern und für Sport does

The Ministerium des Innern und für Sport des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz (Ministry of the Interior and Sports of Rhineland-Palatinate), now officially branded as Ministerium des Innern, für Integration und Verkehr, is a state government ministry headquartered at Schillerplatz 3-5 in Mainz, Germany. It is the state-level executive authority for internal affairs, constitutional protection, policing, civil protection and disaster management, fire services, migration and integration, and transport infrastructure in Rhineland-Palatinate. The ministry exercises direct hierarchical oversight over six core subordinate agencies: Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz (state police), Verfassungsschutz Rheinland-Pfalz (constitutional protection/domestic intelligence), Landesamt für Brand- und Katastrophenschutz (fire and civil protection), Landeskriminalamt (LKA) Rheinland-Pfalz (state criminal police), Landesbetrieb Daten und Information (LDI, the state IT service provider), and Landesbetrieb Mobilität (LBM, road construction and maintenance). Its constituents are the roughly 4 million citizens of Rhineland-Palatinate, the municipalities and local governments within the state, and emergency services including police, fire departments, and rescue services.

The ministry operates a portfolio of digital citizen-facing services built on the state's own eGovernment infrastructure. Core technology assets include the rlp-Netz state data network (a non-public data exchange between state authorities), the rlp-Middleware / eGovernment platform (secure communication between citizens, businesses, and administrations), the Virtuelle Poststelle (VPS, an electronic registered mail system providing legally binding digital communication), and the OSCI-Intermediär standardized data exchange interface. The LDI, which holds ISO 27001 certification for security management, operates this stack. Citizen-facing products include the Bürger- und Unternehmensservice (BUS) service portal, the moveRLP mobility portal, the Karriereportal der Landesregierung career portal, the bleib-bereit emergency preparedness campaign, and the ContraHass.RLP anti-hate crime portal. The ministry also publishes the annual Verfassungsschutzbericht (Constitutional Protection Report) tracking extremist threats and politically motivated crime.

The ministry is a public sector entity and does not generate commercial revenue. Operations are financed through the state budget of Rhineland-Palatinate and federal cost-sharing arrangements, with appropriations administered by the state treasury rather than commercial sales. Policy execution is led by Minister Achim Schwickert alongside State Secretaries Markus Wolf and Dirk Herber, with accountability to the state parliament (Landtag). The ministry maintains deep formalized cooperation with federal partners (BfV, BKA), international partners (NATO Allied Air Forces Ramstein, U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa), and civic education organizations (Bundeszentrale und Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Kompetenznetzwerk "Demokratie leben!"). The state hosts a significant U.S. military presence of over 50,000 personnel and family members, making international military cooperation a notable portfolio element. Marketing and citizen outreach are conducted via the official website, Facebook, X, Instagram, press releases, a newsletter subscription, and sub-brand portals.

Name

Ministerium des Innern und für Sport

Legal name

Ministerium des Innern, für Integration und Verkehr des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz

Website

https://mdi.rlp.de

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ministerium des Innern und für Sport (now Ministerium des Innern, für Integration und Verkehr) is a Rhineland-Palatinate state government ministry overseeing internal affairs, policing, constitutional protection, civil protection, migration/integration, and transport for the state's citizens, municipalities, and emergency services, funded through the state budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration and Government Services

NAICS

Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (921140), Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs (92612), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Governor/Executive Office & Cabinet Administration (BPAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial Transportation, Roads & Public Works Administration (BPAIABAK), Public Transit Bus Operator Authorities & Agencies (Planning/Fare/Admin) (TLAFAGAL)

Keywords

• Public safety administration
• Civil protection services
• Migration and integration
• Transportation infrastructure
• Constitutional protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Mainz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Ministry of the Interior, Integration and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate is a state government ministry that coordinates and delivers public administration services across internal affairs, public safety, civil protection, migration and integration, and transportation infrastructure. It oversees subordinate agencies including the state police, constitutional protection, fire and civil protection services, state criminal police, IT services, and road construction. The ministry operates citizen-facing digital portals for administrative services, public transport information, government careers, emergency preparedness, and hate crime reporting.

Product overview

Ministerium des Innern und für Sport des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz operates a portfolio of government service portals and digital initiatives. Key products include: the Bürger- und Unternehmensservice (BUS) portal for citizen and business administrative services; moveRLP for public transportation information; the Karriereportal for government career opportunities; the bleib-bereit emergency preparedness campaign; and ContraHass.RLP for hate crime reporting. The ministry also publishes the annual Verfassungsschutzbericht (Constitutional Protection Report) documenting extremist activities and security threats. Regional public transport is supported through approximately 140 state-funded bus lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• moveRLP: Mobility portal for public transport information in Rhineland-Palatinate
• Bleib Bereit
• ContraHass.RLP

Products and services

• Bürger- und Unternehmensservice (BUS) Citizen and business service portal providing easy access to administrative services and procedures offered by the state government.
• moveRLP Mobility portal providing information about public transportation services, job listings, and travel information across Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Karriereportal der Landesregierung Rheinland-Pfalz Career portal for the state government providing information about job postings and training opportunities in public service.
• bleib-bereit Emergency preparedness campaign providing information on topics such as first aid, warning systems, self-protection, and emergency preparedness supplies.
• ContraHass.RLP Portal providing information on hate speech and online harassment, with access to civil society counseling services and online police reporting.
• Verfassungsschutzbericht 2025 Annual constitutional protection report presenting data on politically motivated crime, extremist threats, and security situation in Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Regionale Buslinien Rheinland-Pfalz State-funded regional bus network providing public transport across Rhineland-Palatinate, with approximately 117 million euros budgeted for road-based public transport in 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,700 politically motivated crimes documented in 2025 (new record high)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-PfalzcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014The Atlantische Akademie coordinates the Landesprogramm 'Willkommen in Rheinland-Pfalz! (WiR!)' which supports German-American community relations in the state. The program was developed in 2014 to promote positive cooperation between local communities and U.S. military personnel stationed in the region.
• U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose cooperation with U.S. Army Europe as part of the significant U.S. military presence in Rhineland-Palatinate. The state maintains active dialogue and cooperation with USAREUR stationed at locations including Kaiserslautern, Baumholder, and Landstuhl.
• U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with U.S. Air Forces in Europe at key installations including Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base, which are strategically important for NATO operations.
• NATO (NATO Air Forces Headquarters at Ramstein)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with NATO at the Allied Air Forces Command Ramstein, where military personnel from numerous NATO countries serve together.
• Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) is the domestic intelligence service of the federal government, subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The state constitutional protection authority cooperates with BfV on extremism and security matters.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) serves as the central coordination point for German criminal police cooperation with state criminal police offices including LKA Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Landeskriminalamt (LKA) Rheinland-PfalzcoreTechnology or IntegrationThe State Criminal Police Office (LKA) is the central point for criminal investigation coordination in Rhineland-Palatinate, headquartered in Mainz with technical supervision over local police operations.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Federal Agency for Civic Education provides publications and educational materials on extremism prevention, coordinated through state cooperation.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (LpB) Rheinland-PfalzmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe State Agency for Civic Education supports educational work by funding and cooperating with other educational institutions, developing projects and seminars on democracy, extremism prevention, and political culture.
• Kompetenznetzwerk 'Demokratie leben!' Rheinland-PfalzmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe federal program 'Demokratie leben!' supports initiatives and civil engagement for democratic coexistence. In Rhineland-Palatinate, participants organize through the Kompetenznetzwerk with coordination by the Landeskoordinierungsstelle at the Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und Versorgung.
• Melde- und Dokumentationsstelle für menschenfeindliche Vorfälle in Rheinland-PfalzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDocumentation center for misanthropic incidents in Rhineland-Palatinate, operated by the Zentrum Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der EKHN, documenting and providing support for victims of discriminatory incidents.
• Landesbetrieb Daten und Information (LDI)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe LDI operates as the state's IT service provider, running the technical infrastructure including rlp-Netz, rlp-Middleware, and the Virtuelle Poststelle. The LDI received ISO 27001 certification for security management on eGovernment platforms.
• Landesamt für Brand- und KatastrophenschutzcoreTechnology or IntegrationSubordinate agency responsible for fire services and civil protection coordination across Rhineland-Palatinate.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres, Sport und Digitalisierung: Lower Saxony's interior ministry with a portfolio combining internal affairs, sport, and digitalization — closely aligned with the Rhineland-Palatinate ministry's combined mandate and digital service emphasis.
• Hessisches Ministerium des Innern, für Sicherheit und Heimatschutz: Hesse's interior ministry with directly overlapping mandates in internal security, integration, civil protection, and state policing; comparable administrative scale and policy scope.
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration: Interior ministry of Bavaria with a closely matching portfolio covering internal security, integration, civil protection, and (historically) sport; structurally and functionally the most comparable state-level peer to Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Ministerium für Inneres, Bauen und Heimat des Landes Schleswig-Holstein: Schleswig-Holstein's interior ministry, exercising similar functions in a smaller state context; useful as a like-for-like benchmark for a Rhineland-Palatinate-sized jurisdiction.
• Ministerium des Innern des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Interior ministry of Germany's most populous state, exercising comparable authority over police, constitutional protection, fire and civil protection, integration, and transport policy in a substantially larger jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI): Federal interior ministry that sets the overarching legal and policy framework (BKA, BfV, federal migration policy) within which the Rhineland-Palatinate ministry operates; broader in scope but the structural reference point.

Others

• Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz: Subordinate state police authority of the ministry; included as a thematically related entity illustrating how ministerial functions are operationalized through line agencies.
• Landesbetrieb Daten und Information (LDI) Rheinland-Pfalz: State IT service provider that operates the ministry's eGovernment backbone (rlp-Netz, rlp-Middleware, VPS); peer to comparable state IT service providers such as Dataport and IT.NRW.
• Landesamt für Brand- und Katastrophenschutz Rheinland-Pfalz: Subordinate state fire and civil protection agency; included as a closely related operational counterpart and as a peer to other state-level fire and civil protection offices (e.g., LFA NRW, Hessische Landesfeuerwehrschule).

Regional players

• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr: Bavarian state ministry for transport and infrastructure, comparable to the transport policy function performed within the Rhineland-Palatinate interior ministry; useful peer for benchmarking state-level mobility funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/innen_rlp
• Facebookfacebook.com/innen.rlp
• Instagraminstagram.com/innen.rlp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministerium-des-innern-und-f%C3%BCr-sport

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

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