Angelina Allen: USAID to support efforts to strengthen public participation in Azerbaijan

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) attaches great importance to a continuous partnership with the government of Azerbaijan, Angelina Allen, Director of the Office of Governance and Economic Resilience at USAID, noted at the round table on the results of online public oversight platform project (www.enezaret.az).

She said that USAID would continue to support efforts to strengthen public participation: "The platform is really a very important mechanism for the citizens of Azerbaijan to solve various problems that concern society together with the government. It has great support from both the government and relevant institutions.

"We can see the growing dynamics in the solutions of applies. Public participation and civic activism are essential for the citizens of Azerbaijan. We see that as the social activity of citizens and state institutions increases, problem-solving dynamics also rise."