Latvian postal company struggling to manage even half of EU requirements
The Latvian state postal company Latvijas Pasts is behind on implementing EU requirements with the company currently having implemented only 40 percent of the requirements listed in a cooperational project signed back in 1998, stated the company’s temporary CEO, Gints Skodovs.
Skodovs said that in 1998 Latvijas Pasts signed the Accord 1 agreement, aimed at assisting EU candidate countries with implementing EU requirements and postal directives, improving postal service quality and promoting development of new projects and infrastructure improvements.
The stand-in CEO for Latvijas Pasts said that on June 02 the Accord 2 agreement is set to be signed in Switzerland, which should thus state Latvijas Pasts “preparedness for moving towards EU quality standards and readiness to work towards implementing these.”
The company is set to undergo a general audit for developing modernization schedules and calculating the necessary funding. Skodovs said that modern post offices, as well as quality and polite services are required by EU directives and also the company’s clients.
He said that the entire management system of the Latvijas pasts company is in need of reorganization, which until now has been based on “mistrust towards each other.” Thus the company has developed a very complicated control system, causing additional stress on employees and additional spending.
Skodovs said that the company’s management and control system must be simplified and automated, expanding the rights of employees and also their responsibilities.
