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GCC postal heads back proposal for world meet

Posted by | Mar 12, 2008 | |

The heads of postal corporations of the GCC States have backed Qatar in its efforts to host the Universal Postal Union’s World Postal Congress in 2012.
At a meeting held at the Q-Post head office yesterday, they also agreed to intensify their efforts to launch a logistics company, to be maintained and operated by the region’s postal corporations.

The countries have also agreed to participate in the world exhibition of stamps to be held as part of the UPU’s next World Postal Congress, scheduled for the last week of July in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.

The meeting also urged the Qatar Philately and Numismatic Club to strive for a Gulf Philately Union, with a world character. The Emirates Post made a proposal to jointly raise the issue of terminal use at the next WPC.

It pointed out that the latest move of the UPU to put GCC States in different postal zones would adversely affect the revenues of the postal corporations. Earlier Q-Post chairman Ali Mohamed al-Ali declared the meeting open.

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Evaluation of Q-Post project to be conducted

Posted by | Mar 11, 2008 | |

An evaluation of the ongoing Q-Post project of connecting the branch offices to the postal corporation’s IT network would be carried out soon.

This was decided at a meeting between Q-Post chairman Ali Mohamed al-Ali and chairman of international relations of Slovenian Post Jan Koehler at General Post Office yesterday. Koehler is the Universal Postal Union (UPU) official overseeing the improvement of the country’s ongoing postal projects.

Announcing the plans, Q-Post chairman said the corporation would utilise fully the share it had received from the UPU’s terminal use fund for improving the services of the corporation.

The UPU share of 7 pct for postal improvement would be allotted to all postal corporations. As per a UPU agreement, the money that the UPU allots for postal projects comes from the advanced industrialised countries. The fund is provided to finance the administering of projects until 2012. Each country has a national co-ordinator to oversee the ongoing projects.

For the improvement of services Jan Koehler suggested the training of postal staff. He said the movement of staff to other sectors in search of better opportunities would jeopardise the implementing of postal projects.

Al-Ali briefed the Slovenian official of the steps the Q-Post had undertaken to improve the postal services in Qatar. The electronic-linked developments at the corporation were also discussed.

The Slovenian official also held talks with Q-Post IT manager George Scott Campbell.

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Qatar: Zone revision likely to hit postal work

Posted by | Feb 14, 2008 | |

Qatar’s inclusion in Zone 1 of the classification of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), on the basis of the per capita income of its nationals is likely to hit the country’s postal operations in coming years, said a top Q-Post official.

The official said under the present terminal dues system of the UPU, two sub-systems are involved – the target system and transitional system. On account of the classification, Qatar, being a Zone 1 member, needs to pay a hefty amount as service charges for the services rendered by destination country’s domestic services. Qatar’s operations come under the target system.

The official said that as per the system, rates are decided on the basis of a percentage of the charge for a priority letter in the destination country’s domestic service.

– As a result, a considerable amount needs to be paid by countries in Zone 1 to its member countries for the services that they render at the destinations for the mails, he said.
– For instance, while the international postal tariffs from some Zone 1 countries to another member country of the zone may be cheaper, for the local mails, in some countries like the UK, there should be higher postal rates, considering the huge tariffs involved locally in their dispatch said the official.

Asked if this would result in a rise in the local postal tariffs, the official said no hasty decision would be taken on this score.

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Qatar planning to host World Postal Congress

Posted by | Jan 31, 2008 | |

Qatar will make efforts to host the Universal Postal Union’s World Postal Congress in 2012, chairman and chief executive of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said yesterday.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first Arab postal stamps exhibition, being hosted by Q-Post, at Villagio mall.

Al-Ali said the exhibition would help participants exchange ideas and expertise and expressed the hope that it would help enhance co-operation between various postal corporations of the region.

The event will boost Qatar’s image, al-Ali said, terming the exhibition “a feather in Q-Post’s cap.”

Seventeen postal corporations and prominent philatelic societies of the region have set up pavilions at the venue. Among the collections are some of the first and the latest stamps issued by the postal corporations of the region.

Referring to Q-Post activities, Al-Ali said the corporation has brought about several innovations by introducing the latest technology. He said Q-Post has implemented several services as part of Qatar’s e-government project.

The chairman said Qatar would take the lead in forming an Arab Philately Society. “The exhibition is a first step in this direction and the Q-Post is sure that it will help enhance people’s knowledge of the culture, history and traditions of the region.”
Among those present at the inaugural ceremony were ambassadors of Palestine and Djibouti Muneir Abdullah Ghanam and Mohamadi Ali Mohamadi respectively.

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Q-Post to test new technology

Posted by | Jan 16, 2008 | |

Qatar is leading an initiative in collaboration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to ensure that payments between countries are made on time.

The General Postal Corporation (Q-Post) is hosting a meeting at the General Post Office to determine which company would be best suited to provide the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

Ali Mohammed Al Ali, General Manager of Q-Post, told reporters: “Most likely the pilot project will begin from March and run for three months. We have to see what technology to use. It could be from Spain or China for example. This meeting will help us determine which system to use.”

Catina Aghayan, Quality and Development Consultant with Q-Post, told The Peninsula: “This is a pilot project for the whole region and is a first for the whole (postal) industry. It is meant for quality service improvement.”

She said by 2009-2010, all international payments will be linked to the quality of services. Failure to meet quality standards would result in penalties, said Aghayan.

The system will test a scientific and accurate system for payment and also enable a monitoring of service. “After the three-month period, the results will be passed on to the UPU,” said Aghayan.

Qatar is one of the ten member countries who constitute the Quality Steering Committee of the UPU.

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