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04.04.2023 — The postal sector has a key role to play in accelerating gender equality alongside digital transformation, according to speakers in a UPU-led webinar held on the occasion of International Women’s Day under the theme: “Innovating equality: The Post as an engine of digital empowerment.”
 

03.04.2023 — Cambodia Post is nearing the end of a modernization project, supported by the UPU and Japan, that will see it improve service levels, quality, affordability, and access to postal services as it continues its transition from a traditional postal service provider to a leading, global e-commerce-driven player.

27.03.2023 — Poste Italiane’s new Polis project, whose proposing party is the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, was officially launched earlier this year. It aims to improve digital inclusion for around 16 million citizens across Italy to ensure “no one gets left behind,” as the country continues to accelerate its digital transformation.

14.03.2023 — Members of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) Digital Transformation and Innovation Group (DTIG) have outlined their key priorities for 2023, including plans for the WSIS Forum 2023, the first-ever Postal Data Hackathon, and the work to define Crypto and NFT stamps.

02.03.2023 — The Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) Postal Security Group (PSG) has announced that Cristian Nazareno Cuccaro, Head of the Aeropostal Security Department at Correo Argentino, has been selected as the second-ever winner of its Chair’s Award thanks to his role in facilitating successful postal security certifications for administrations in Latin America. 

26.01.2023 — Argentina’s postal operator, Correo Argentino, is working hard to mitigate its impact on the environment through several initiatives and partnerships that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. 

17.01.2023 — The postal sector can play a key role in helping raise awareness in rural populations in Africa about the need to transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient future and the technologies required, according to Gareth Phillips, Climate and Environment Finance Manager at the African Development Bank (AfDB). 

02.01.2023 — From couriers delivering messages on foot to automated drone delivery, the focus on accelerating delivery times has necessitated the Post’s constant evolution and innovation. 

29.12.2022 — The past years have seen the release of a crypto stamp with digital twins and a world record-setting stamp that covers almost six square meters. These achievements have come while the 180-year-old philately sector navigates a digital world in which technology has both threatened philately’s existence and sparked movement toward its innovation.

26.12.2022 — Launched in 2012, the Universal Postal Union’s .POST Group (DPG) celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. DPG traces its roots back to the late 1990s when visionaries in the postal sector – led by Sweden, Canada, France, and Italy – believed that the internet would become a significant part of people’s lives, and that important industries such as the postal sector should have a stake in its development. 

23.12.2022 — A digital transformation is allowing the Tunisian Post to bring financial services to more of Tunisia’s underserved as it works to strengthen its business in this time of rapid change and intense competition, said Sami Mekki, CEO of the Tunisian Post.

20.12.2022 — French postal operator La Poste Groupe has reaffirmed its commitment to fighting violence against women by strengthening its partnership with France’s National Federation of Women’s Rights Information Centers – FNCIDFF, Fédération Nationale des Centres d'Information sur les Droits des Femmes et des Familles – and joining the One In Three Women campaign – the first European network of companies dedicated to detecting and preventing violence.