President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend the opening of a new residential building for visually disabled people

On December 24, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva participated in the commissioning of a residential building constructed in Narimanov district of the capital for visually disabled people.

Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslimov gave information to the Head of the State about the works performed. Construction of the building started in 2011, and now the building is ready for operation. Proper living conditions have been created in the building for visually disabled people, based on a special design. In order to facilitate their sense by hands and legs, special construction materials and signs were used in relevant places. 

President Ilham Aliyev met with residents of the new building.

The Head of the State presented orders for apartments to their residents.

Then a photo was taken.

The Head of the State and the First Lady acquainted themselves with the conditions created in apartments. Out of 132 apartments in the building, 22 is three-, 44 two-, and 66 one-room apartments. All conditions have been created here for the residents’ comfort. 

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Then President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the opening of a new administrative building of the Narimanov District Centre for Social Protection of Population and Medical and Social Expert Commission No.8.

Significant works are being carried out by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population at Medical and Social Expert commissions to improve conditions for serving population. All expert commissions of the ministry have already been provided with state-of-the-art working conditions, medical equipment, and medical examination facilities. Here too, all conditions have been created for the commission’s normal operation. The building has been provided with expert examination devices and household equipment. The conditions created in the new building serves to performing disability examinations, as well as electronic exchange of examination results between the entities concerned. And this will enable to ensure transparency in the process of assigning disability and minimising official-citizen contact. 

The Narimanov District Centre for Social Protection of population too has been provided with state-of-the-art technical facilities. Necessary conditions have been provided in the centre for the examination of citizens’ appeals. And this serves to ensuring a transparent working regime while considering appeals. 

President Ilham Aliyev was given information about the works carried out in connection with the Single Electronic Appeal and Assignment Sub-system (SEAASS) for categorical state social aid in the centralized information system of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population. The new system will provide citizens with broad access to speedy, easy and transparent services for categorical state social aid. Computerization of this area for minimising official-citizen contacts in the process of assigning categorical social aids has formed the basis of the reforms. To this end, a system providing for electronically receiving appeals and automatic assignment of aids has been formed. So, appeals made by citizens through information kiosks will be received through SEAASS. Certificates and information required for the consideration of eligibility of citizens to receive a categorical state social aid based on such appeals will be obtained from relevant state bodies, rather than from the citizens themselves, in an electronic form. Then centres for social protection of population will conduct examination of financial and living conditions of these families and transfer the results to SEAASS. After this, a decision will be taken with regard to assigning social aid to the relevant family. 

The Republican Association for Visually Disabled too will function in this building. The basement of the building will be used for the Association’s production area. On the lower floor of the building, necessary conditions have been created for meaningful rest of the visually disabled people at their free times, as well as holding public and cultural events associated with them, and landscaping works have been performed around the building.