The project, under which the Centre was created, is one of UNESCO’s and UNDP’s collective efforts to support the implementation of the Azerbaijan Government commitments made during a recent visit of the Director-General of UNESCO to this country.
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The UN Development Program released its report entitled "E-Governance in Azerbaijan: UNDP's contribution to promoting transparency and accountability in public administration" in Baku on Thursday. Minister for communications and information technologies Ali Abbasov said in his opening speech that electronic public administration greatly contributes to fighting corruption and setting up new mass media in the country. He said e-governance projects have a measurable impact in bringing about reform of Azerbaijan's public sector.
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