The world’s two main international postal organisations, the International Post Corporation(IPC) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU), want to work together more closely in future for the
benefit of the entire postal sector.This was agreed by leaders of the two organisations at a half-day summit meeting hosted by IPCin Brussels on 31 January 2012 where they discussed ways “to further enhance effectivecollaboration in the interest of the entire postal world”, according to IPC.
The meeting was attended by Herbert-Michael Zapf, IPC President and CEO, Dag Mejdell, IPCChairman, and Alan Barrie, IPC Director of Operations and Technology, along with UPU DirectorGeneral Edouard Dayan and Akio Miyaji, UPU Director Operations and Technology.
Both parties committed to “re-energise” the relationship between their respective organisationsand build upon current areas of collaboration such as environmental sustainability, in order tofurther develop multiple and effective channels of cooperation, IPC said.
One such area will see operational teams working together to examine and establish concrete waysof combining strengths, and streamlining structures and procedures to maximise results with limitedavailable resources.
The IPC was set up in 1989 to bring together large postal operators in developed countries,primarily in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. It now comprises 24 members who jointlydeliver about 80% of the world’s postal volumes. The IPC undertakes various projects to improveservice quality and international interoperability and provides platforms for top-level strategydiscussions and market research.
The Berne-based UPU, established in 1874, is the second-oldest international organisationworldwide. As an official UN agency, it has 192 member countries and carries out a wide range ofinstitutional and organisational activities on behalf of the postal sector.
