𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗸 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗣𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲

At today’s constituent meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Universal Postal Union (UPU CC), Ecommerce Europe’s representative, Mr Walter Trezek, was re-elected as the Chair for a second term.

In welcoming the members of the UPU CC to the meeting, the Director General of the UPU, Mr Masahiko Metoki, emphasised the specific mandate given to the Consultative Committee by the 27th #UPU Congress last summer in Abidjan, tasking it to represent the wider #internationalpostalsector and to increase the value of the Union’s #network and services by actively interacting with the postal sector as a whole.

The Director General stated that, “The UPU has responded to the rapid changes by enhancing the role of its Consultative Committee, so that the wider postal sector entities actively contribute via the Consultative Committee to the work of the Council of Administration (the Member States) and the Postal Operations Council (the Postal Operators).”

One of the UPU CC’s most pressing tasks is to engage in the work to open up the Union; it is expected to provide valuable input for the task force run by the UPU Members. Working in #cooperation with the UPU CC and its members, this task force will draft the necessary proposals for an extraordinary #Congress planned for mid-2023 to specifically address this #issue.

By July 2022, the new membership structure of the UPU CC will allow wider postal sector entities to become #members. The UPU CC will then provide the #structure and #format with which to directly contribute, engage and work with the standing bodies of the Union on behalf of its members. 

The Consultative Committee work plan for 2022-2025 has been endorsed, and includes the following deliverables:

·       Consultative Committee plenary/Management Committee meetings;
·       Thematic events (webinars) aimed at the private sector;
·       Membership outreach campaigns;
·      Marketing and promotion activities for UPU products and services;
·       #Partnership reports;
·       Formal inputs for the UPU bodies and working groups.

The UPU’s Director General finished his remarks to the UPU CC members by stating: „The International Bureau will ensure that #support will be given to the UPU CC!“