The UPU cannot deliver alone. Partnerships help strengthen and accelerate the development impact of our projects and policies through both concrete country-level efforts and global and regional initiatives.
With the support of partnerships and stakeholder engagement, the UPU aims to co-create and implement solutions and policies by leveraging local and global postal networks.
As stated in Sustainable Development Goal 17, achieving the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda requires a revitalized and enhanced global partnership that brings together governments, civil society, the private sector, United Nations system and other actors, and mobilizes all available resources.
The UPU is committed to working closely with partners from the private sector and across the UN system, alongside industry stakeholders and organizations that share the objectives of inclusive, innovative and sustainable development across its 192 member countries.
The UPU is launching Post4Health
This initiative is aimed at strengthening the value proposition of Posts in delivering health policies, products and services.
UPU involvement with the Iraq eTrade Readiness Assessment 2020
In cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development organized the virtual launch of the eTrade Readiness Assessment of Iraq. This is the first of a series of assessments for developing countries that follows an enhanced methodology, including contributions by eTrade for all partners. The assessment of Iraq was prepared in close collaboration with the Universal Postal Union, with the support of the Aid for Trade Initiative for the Arab States programme managed by the International Trade Finance Corporation, member of the Islamic Development Bank Group.
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UPU hackathon makes international postal data available for the first time
28.06.2023 —
Berne, 28 June – The Universal Postal Union (UPU) – the UN specialized agency for international postal cooperation – held its inaugural postal data hackathon, making available data from the UPU, UN partners and 30 postal operators for the first time ever for collaborative analysis and the development of data-driven solutions with partners within and beyond the postal sector.
WCO and UPU boost e-commerce through enhanced Customs–Post cooperation
08.06.2023 — The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have consolidated their commitment to facilitating global trade and transport through the signature of a Joint Declaration at the first WCO–UPU Global Conference, held in Tokyo from 6 to 8 June 2023 and hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Customs and Japan Post. The declaration sets out common objectives in the areas of digitalization, data exchange, supply chain security and capacity building.
UPU highlights how Posts can achieve innovation through equality
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.”