Preparations are being made for the opening of new DOST centers

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

Chairman of the Council, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Sahil Babayev emphasized that the DOST Agency, which was established by the Decree of President Ilham Aliyev dated August 9, 2018 and opened in May 2019, is a manifestation of reforms aimed at citizen satisfaction in the social field.

It was noted that the DOST concept, an initiative of the First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, enabled the provision of state social services through "single window" with modern and flexible, fully transparent mechanisms. The level of citizen satisfaction with these services is more than 98 percent.

The DOST concept is also highly valued at the international level. During this year, DOST Agency was awarded with: "European Social Services Award", 3 awards of the International Social Security Association and the Certificate of Excellence, the award of the International Association of Pension and Social Funds.

DOST centers were evaluated as an advanced reform in the "European Union Business Environment Report-2021".

Since May 2019, 5 DOST centers have been opened in our country. One more DOST center will be opened in Baku, and preparations are being made for the opening of DOST centers in a number of regions.

At the same time, a network of DOST services will be established in our territories freed from occupation. As a first step in this direction, in May 2022, the first "SMART DOST" service point was opened in Agalı village of Zangilan district.

Later, the chairman of the Agency, Farid Mammadov, presented the report for 2022 on the activity of the institution he leads.

At the meeting, the results of the work done by the DOST Agency, preparations for the opening of new DOST centers, issues related to the structure of the apparatus of the DOST Agency, "DOST" centers and other departments were discussed.