Capacity building and Technical assistance

INFORM

• Gather state of trade inclusion activities in the postal sector
• Flagship publication of postal e-trade
• Policy briefs / cases for inclusion of SME and Gender inclusion in trade, Posts and paperless trade
• Conduct joint studies on postal contribution on new global trends in SME                   e-commerce and cross-border trade. 
• Study links with SDG 2030

INTEGRATE, INVEST and INTEROPERABILITY

• Inject policy positions on post in trade community (e-trade-for-all, WTO JI e-commerce)
• Develop synergy with international, regional and national stakeholders involved in trade facilitation
• Advocate for postal network integration in national and regional structures (SW, NTFC)
• Advocate for trade investment in postal development (WEF, WB, ITC, WTO A4T)
• Advocate UPU network integration with member led international trade initiatives such as DHL GoTrade
• Promote integration of UPU standards with international trade standards

EMPOWER

• Focus on policy makers
• Offer a trade inclusion framework (strategy and policy) to policymakers and regulators
• National adoption of post as trade enabler (Single Window, NTFC, Trade policy)
• Specific training course for postal staff
• Integrate post in global trade courses (UNCTAD/ ITC/ UNECE/ CEFACT/ICC/WTO).
• Tools for MSE empowerment (national ecommerce platforms)