27.03.2013 -
The new Postal Operations Council (POC) will hit the ground running
when it meets for its first post-Congress session at UPU headquarters
from 8-19 April 2013.
The POC will not only have to finalize the work plans of the various
working groups, but also approve amendments to the letter-post and
parcel international regulations.
More than 150 proposals are up for review to amend the regulations
and make them compliant with decisions taken by the 2012 Doha Congress.
Posts worldwide rely on these regulations as they move billions of mail
items across borders every year. They cover everything from prohibited
items and dangerous goods in the mail to postal security, standards, and
exemptions and charges.
The revised regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2014.
The groups reporting to five broad committees or directly to the
plenary will also be finalizing and adopting their work plans for the
next four years. Groups focus on a range of operational issues, from
standards and transport to postal security, customs, quality of service
and the development of existing and new postal products and services, to
name a few.
Integration key
A brand new group of the POC – Products Strategy and Integration –
will start its work to apply an integrated approach for developing
physical services such as letters, parcels and EMS items.
“Our current range of products needs to be sustainable if we want to
grow our business in the emerging cross-border, e-commerce market and
meet our customers’ needs,” says Great Britain’s Chris Powell, who
chairs the group. “The UPU must have an integrated approach based on
customers’ requirements to reach a structured suite of services with
clear differentiation between products, covering quality, reliability,
sustainability, returns and customs clearance, for example, and how we,
as Posts, deal with issues when things go wrong.”
The new .post user group, set up at the Doha Congress to help manage
the future development of the UPU’s sponsored top-level domain name,
will also hold its first general assembly and elect its chair,
vice-chair and steering committee members.
For POC Chairman Masahiko Metoki from Japan, strong communication and
quicker decision-making should be among the body’s guiding principles
during this cycle.
“We need to create an atmosphere for close and constant communication between stakeholders,” says Metoki.
Close to 800 delegates are expected to attend the POC’s April session.
The Council of Administration will also hold meetings from 22-25
April, but its first official session will take place over three weeks
from 28 October to 15 November 2013.
Source : http://news.upu.int
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