China hosts international meeting on UPU strategy
An international meeting on the Nairobi Postal Strategy is taking place today and tomorrow in Guangzhou (China). The meeting ends a cycle of seven regional round tables held over the past few months to gather the views of UPU member countries on the future sector strategy.
The first round table was held in Moscow (Russia) last June and the last one in New Delhi (India) last week. Through this consultative process, some 400 participants and over 170 countries have been able to put forward their views on the future strategy.
This strategy, based on the three dimensions of the sector, contains four objectives: improved interoperability, promotion of sustainable postal sector development, stimulation of the universal postal service, and promotion of market and postal service growth.
For Pascal Clivaz, Director of Finance and Strategic Planning at the International Bureau, “one of the most important lessons of the round tables has been to find out that objectives are similar throughout the world, although the order of priority is not the same”.
The strategy will be implemented through the regional development plans prepared by the International Bureau for the UPU’s main geographical regions and should make it possible to strengthen the postal sector as an essential element of the world economy.
The UPU’s four-year roadmap will be submitted to the Postal Operations Council and Council of Administration in January and February 2008. It will then be presented for adoption by member countries at the Nairobi Congress.
