Application for the TradePost Award 2025 UPU

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1. Specify the project, product or service category

2. When was the project, product, or service launched

3. Support your application with the project, product or service brief description

4. Summarize the main service/solution features, challenges and requirements in order to implement the project, product or service

5. Describe the project, product, or service main benefits to MSME, Women and underrepresented communities

6. Women’s economic empowerment: Measures the project’s impact on increasing access for women-led businesses to markets and postal services (number of women entrepreneurs using postal services for domestic/international sales; increase in women-owned businesses registered for postal export services; jobs created; etc.)

7. Accessibility: Measures the project’s outreach to women in rural areas (number of women using postal services in remote areas; delivery success rate in targeted areas; etc.)

8. Digital trade literacy: Measures the project’s effectiveness in equipping women with digital skills to navigate postal e-commerce platforms (number of women enrolled in postal e-commerce training programmes; increase in online sales by women through the postal network; percentage of women using digital marketing tools; participant satisfaction/ knowledge gain as a result of post training assessment etc.)

9. E-trade inclusion: Measures the project’s contribution to expanding access to e-commerce services for women in underserved communities (number of women using postal services; increase in women-owned businesses registered for e-commerce platforms; value of online sales by women-owned businesses; range and diversity of products offered by women-owned businesses on e-commerce platforms

10. Sustainability: Measures the project’s long-term impact on empowering women and fostering inclusive economic growth (growth in women-led businesses using postal network for exports; potential for replication of the project in other regions; partnerships formed for ensuring sustainability of the intervention; government officers demonstrating understanding of challenges specific to women-led businesses etc.)

11. Innovation in Service Delivery: Evaluates the introduction and effectiveness of new services tailored to women entrepreneurs (development of postal services that cater specifically to women’s business needs; feedback from women entrepreneurs on new services; etc.)

12. Partnership: Assesses the extent and impact of partnerships formed to support women-led businesses (collaborations with local women's organizations, business networks, and government agencies; number of joint initiatives launched; etc.)

13. Relevance to the SDGs

14. Partnership development;

15. Replicability of the model

16. Supporting Documents

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Application for the TradePost Award 2025

UPU–ITC Award for gender inclusion through the Post