Center for Inclusive Development and Creativity

The next meeting of the Supervisory Board of the DOST Agency under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population was held.

Chairman of the Council, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Sahil Babayev spoke about the activities of the DOST Agency and DOST Centers established by the Decree of President Ilham Aliyev dated August 9, 2018.

He stressed that the DOST concept, initiated by First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, allows for the provision of public social services from a "single window", in an efficient, fully transparent and modern, innovative, polite manner.

It was noted that since May 2019, the DOST Agency and then 5 DOST centers have been opened, covering all districts of the capital and Absheron district with DOST services. In the past period, 537,000 citizens were served in these centers, where 155 services were provided, and the level of satisfaction of citizens with these services is 98.2%.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Population Fund spoke about the Inclusive Art School established within the project "Ensuring the rights and welfare of women with disabilities and veterans of the Karabakh war." It was noted that the school, located in the Baku DOST Center No. 4, teaches students with disabilities the knowledge and skills of painting, weaving and wood carving, along with students without disabilities.