Board meeting on the organization of social services to socially vulnerable groups, improvement of activity in this area, the work done and forthcoming tasks in labour policy and other areas was held at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population (MLSPP) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 
   Opening the meeting the minister of labour and social protection of population Salim Muslumov stressed that, the special attention and care of the President Mr. Ilham Aliyev to socially vulnerable groups created the conditions for strengthening of activities from year to year in the field of provision of these groups with social services that they need, improvement of the social service system. "In our country, according to the Law "On social service", provision of social services is organized in collaboration with specializing civil societies. Last year, 28 NGOs won in competitions announced by the MLSPP on social services. Last year, a total of 31 projects were executed by NGOs that, 30 of them were related to the children who need special care. A total of 1933 children with limited health and experiencing hardship have been provided social services on these projects. As well as, daytime care centers were established in 11 districts of the country within the scope of the projects being implemented".
   S.Muslumov stated that, one more project attributed to the increase of care and attention to persons with disabilities and children with limited health, organizing the propaganda campaign with the aim of their integration into society. The special programs relating to persons with disabilities were prepared and broadcasted by the Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, within the project. 
   The Minister said that, the implementation of all these projects should not have formal character and the society should see its consequences: "At the moment, the creating a monitoring and evaluation system in accordance with the progressive standards for measuring the quality, efficiency and targeting of social services provided by specializing NGOs is one of the most important issues. In this regard, the development of mentioned standards together with international experts has been launched on the basis of the advanced world experience. At the same time, The European Union, "The development of the social services system in Azerbaijan" Twinning project will be executed, in May - June of the current year. The project to be carried out jointly with the relevant authorities of Austria will contribute to the use of best practices of this country for improving of social services in our country. 
   At the meeting, the chief of the State Social Security Service under the MLSPP Chingiz Aliyev gave information about the results of the execution of projects, which won the competitions of the ministry on social order, last year. The heads of NGOs implementing projects on social services made special presentations on the results of the competitions on social orders, sounded separate proposals. It was emphasized that, the active cooperation of the MLSPP with NGOs in this field, as the central executive body is a good example of cooperation between government agencies and civil societies. It was decided to hold a special conference to disseminate information about the work done in this direction more widely.

 The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan