Azerbaijan assumes chairmanship of CIS Advisory Council on Labor and Social Protection
On October 15, Azerbaijan took over the chairmanship of the Advisory Council on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Population of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from Uzbekistan.
The relevant decision was adopted during the 39th meeting of the CIS Advisory Council in Baku.
In his remarks, Anar Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, stressed that the activities of the CIS Advisory Council are crucial in facilitating the existing expertise sharing, discussing avenues for development of labor and socio-economic policies, developing innovative approaches and identifying opportunities for practical cooperation.
He briefed the participants on the reforms implemented in Azerbaijan in recent years in labor, employment and social protection areas under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev.
The Minister also highlighted the operations of the Agency for Sustainable and Operative Social Provision (DOST) established at the initiative of First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, as well as the DOST Centers enabling the delivery of public social services through a "one-stop-shop" concept in a transparent, prompt manner focused on citizen satisfaction.
Other speakers included Olga Kremskaya, Deputy Head of the Advisory Council's Secretariat and Adviser to the Department for Cooperation in Political, Humanitarian and Social Spheres of the CIS Executive Committee; Rashad Mustafayev, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population; Marina Artemenko, Belarusian Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection; Bakhtiyar Zhazykpayev, Kazakh Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population; Aida Isatbek kyzy, Kyrgyz Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Security and Migration; Olga Batalina, Russian First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia; Nasim Karimzoda, Tajik First Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population; Marat Juraev, Uzbek First Deputy Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction.
