Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a decree on the social protection of persons registered as unemployed at the State Employment Service institutions in the conditions of the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Trend reports.

The number of social services centers for children and other vulnerable persons have increased by 3.5 times in Azerbaijan, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Sahil Babayev said at the event titled "Collaboration with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Social Services: Achievements and Prospects" held on December 17, the official website of the Ministry reported.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has listed the success story by a self-employed Azerbaijani among the 10 best success stories in the world, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has said in its official website.

Deputy Minister of Azerbaijan's Labor and Social Protection of the Population Anar Aliyev has praised the ministry’s Sustainable and Operative Social Security (DOST) project for its role in carrying out social services in a transparent and operative manner.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has launched another new electronic appointment system – a mechanism to assign monthly disability benefit.

Azerbaijan is committed to the development of social sphere in the country.

Azerbaijan and Lithuania have signed a cooperation agreement on labor and social security, Trend reported on October 3.

Azerbaijan implements active work in the social sphere, including the self-employment programs, focused on allowing the disabled to have an opportunity to be involved in business life and become entrepreneurs.

Azerbaijan is one of the 29 countries in the world where the poverty level has been reduced to five percent.

Starting from April 1, Azerbaijan’s monthly age-related allowances increase by 80 percent, reaching 130 manats (currently 73 manats), Trend report referring to Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.