DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT “AZERBAIJAN - 2020: OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE” Project A state programme will be adopted to improve children’s health in 2012-2020 and preventive checkups and mass health examinations among children and teenagers will be intensified. In order to strengthen the fight against infectious diseases, appropriate measures will be taken among children to carry out immunoprophylaxis. A national action plan (2014-2020) on the early prevention of typical children’s disability and health institutions will specialize in various spheres in order to improve in-patient services to children. Along with that, measures will be taken to ensure that medicines of vital importance are physically and economically accessible to all groups of the population. A single registration system will also be created to ensure that medicines are of high quality, effective and safe. Practical steps will be taken to prevent unlicensed and low-quality medicines from entering the market. The issue of improving staffing in the health system will be in the centre of attention as the most important issue, appropriate mechanisms will be created to constantly enhance knowledge and skills and training will be organized in foreign countries. Appropriate work will be carried out to create proper conditions for doctors and mediumranking medical staff working in rural areas and encouraging material support mechanisms will be determined. Measures will be carried out to apply the principle of assessing doctors’ work on the basis of the end result. Various medical electronic registers, a system of citizens’ “electronic health card” and a single health information system will be created to monitor the population’s health. 7.2 The formation of a modern education system In 2012-2020, the share of the funding for education in GDP will increase from year to year and reach the appropriate indicator in developed countries. Stimulating mechanisms will be created to increase the quality of education, and the financing of grants that promote per capita funding and innovative activity will be expanded. Management will continue to be improved in education and a management model that ensures the involvement of all interested sides will be prioritized. This will be carried out through reforms to increase the independence of all kinds of education institutions, to manage education centres in a state-public form through the broad involvement of the public (parents, pupils, students, local community, etc.), to apply other modern management technologies, etc. The level of children’s involvement in pre-school education will reach average European indicators. To this end, support measures will be carried out and mechanisms of 22