On February 11th Azerbaijan`s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva met UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative to Azerbaijan Antonius Broek.
Mehriban Aliyeva said cooperation between the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and UNDP started in 2005. Azerbaijan`s First Lady highlighted projects implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, saying the largest one was “Project on assurance of access of the blind and visually impaired persons to ICT”. Mehriban Aliyeva pointed out that under the project, ICT centers and facilities had been constructed in Baku and regions for the people who are blind or visually impaired.
She also briefed Antonius Broek on environment and culture projects.
Azerbaijan`s First Lady expressed confidence that activities on this direction would be boosted in the future.
Antonius Broek congratulated First Lady on the occasion of launch of Azerbaijan`s communications satellite into orbit, describing it as a “great achievement”.
UN Resident Coordinator said his organization was open to proposals over continuation of the above mentioned projects.
Mehriban Aliyeva and Antonius Broek stressed importance of continuing projects by Heydar Aliyev Foundation and UNDP on impaired persons in this year, too.
They proposed to expand activities in the fields of environment and ICT as 2013 was declared "Year of the Information and Communication Technologies” in Azerbaijan.

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