PostEurop HQ Blog

Keeping you informed on HQ activities.

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Thank you very much for all the work developed throughout this year.

PostEurop would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We look forward to 2017 and of course to see all in our many upcoming events!

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Keep Me Posted Campaigner’s Day

On Wednesday, 7 December the PostEurop Market Activities Circle (MAC) hosted and facilitated the first Keep Me Posted Campaigner’s Day. Keep Me Posted is a campaign fighting for the citizen’s right to choose between electronic and physical mail. An impressive seven campaigns have emerged over the last three years since the launch of the Keep Me Posted UK campaign.

The aim of the meeting was to exchange best practise, tips and experiences, as well as to provide information on how to start a campaign for attendees from potentially interested countries.

The shared amount of measures taken and media used all across Europe was astonishing. Radio broadcasts, videos, television, letter mail campaigns, events and social media have been successfully used by campaigners to get their message across.

During the meeting, it became clear that between 66 – 80% of consumers in present countries, prefer to receive their invoices in paper – a number that is certainly worth sharing!

Campaigners will meet up on a yearly basis.

Keep Me Posted EU is very happy to see all these developments across Europe and is looking forward to even more! 

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For more information about Keep Me Posted EU visit www.keepmepostedeu.org

See also Market Activities Circle

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Innovation Forum takes a look at Smarts Cities and the role of the Internet of Things

Despite the Lufthansa air pilot strike which affected more than 200,000 people last week, it did not stop the PostEurop Innovation Forum from going ahead in Larnaca, Cyprus on 24 November 2016. Around 50 participants gathered for an intense day of presentations and interesting conversations on Smart Cities, the Internet of Things and how postal operators can play an important role. The yearly preparation effort around the topic was thanks to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Innovation Forum, Mr. João Manuel Melo (CTT Portugal Post) and Ms. Dahlia Preziosa (Österreichische Post) supported by PostEurop and the Cyprus Post team as fabulous host.

The high level of satisfaction (3.6/4) and comments received from participants will help the working group prepare for next year’s Innovation Forum.

Left to Right: Ms. Dahlia Preziosa (Österreichische Post), Mr. Andreas Gregoriou (DG of Cyprus Post) and Mr. João Manuel Melo (CTT Portugal Post). 

The speakers back row from left to right: Thomas Koch (Swiss Post), Dahlia Preziosa (Österreichische Post), Denis Faist (Groupe La Poste), Bernard Bukovc (Postal Innovation Platform), Mattia Crespi (Qbit Technologies and Institute for the Future), Andreas Gregoriou (Cyprus Post), Patrick Armstrong (Snaile Inc.), João Manuel Melo (CTT Portugal Post) Front row from left to right: Hans van de Grieken (Deloitte Consulting), Darja Osvald (Slovenia Post), Rogier Havelaar (PostNL).

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For more information about the Innovation Forum please go to:

http://www.posteurop.org/index.jsp?nodeId=85347

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Management Board for the term 2017-2019 Elected

Brussels, 15 November 2016

At PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly in The Hague on 9 November 2016, Members elected the official Management Board for the term 2017 till 2019.  The new board will take effect as of 1 January 2017.

The newly elected board re-appointed Jean-Paul Forceville from Groupe La Poste and Jan Sertons from PostNL as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the PostEurop Management Board respectively.

Front row from left to right: Aimé Theubet (Swiss Post), Candan Senyuz (Turkish Post), Olga Zhitnikova (Russian Post), Kristin Bergum (Posten Norge), Jan Sertons – Vice-Chairman - (PostNL)

Back row from left to right: Botond Szebeny (PostEurop Secretary General), Joao Caboz Santana (CTT Correios), Jean-Paul Forceville – Chairman - (Groupe La Poste), David F. Pilkington (Royal Mail), Ciprian Bolos (Poșta Română), Jurgen Lohmeyer (Deutsche Post), Marjan Osvald (Pošta Slovenije)

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For more information, please contact:

Cynthia Wee-Neumann Communications Manager T: [phone]  E: [email protected]

POSTEUROP is the association which represents European public postal operators. It is committed to supporting and developing a sustainable and competitive European postal communication market accessible to all customers and ensuring a modern and affordable universal service. Our Members represent 2.1 million employees across Europe and deliver to 800 million customers daily through over 175,000 counters

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E-commerce and Parcel Delivery – Three innovative SMEs and PostEurop discuss how to deliver the physical part of the Digital Single Market

Brussels, 15 November 2016

On 8th November, PostEurop and Ismail Ertug MEP (DE, S&D) hosted a lively morning session on e-commerce and cross-border parcel delivery in the European Parliament. Parcel delivery is a cornerstone of the fast-growing e-commerce industry and a crucial pillar of the EU’s Digital Single Market.

Owners from three innovative and successful small businesses shared their experience of running an e-commerce business and working with postal operators to reach their end-consumers across Europe and beyond. There was a lively discussion on the role of cross-border parcel delivery for the DSM, and the nature of real obstacles such as language, consumer attitudes and VAT.

MEP Ismail Ertug, a German member of the European Parliament for the Socialists & Democrats, stressed: “European consumers’ habits are changing and they increasingly shop online. Digitalization allows SMEs to expand their customer base and grow, and cross-border parcel delivery makes it work in practice. The European Parliament has a role to support the development of e-commerce for the benefits of SMEs and their consumers. It was very useful to hear the three SMEs share their experience.”

Jim Shaikh, CEO of Yoomi, a UK company that manufactures self-warming baby bottles and sells them around the world, commented: “Parents like our products because with Yoomi at the touch of a button they can warm milk in just 60 seconds making their lives easier!  We are growing worldwide and we deliver through various shipments, from parcels to containers. We constantly look for the best price and service for all types of deliveries and we work with postal operators as well as alternative providers. As a UK inventor and manufacturer, we need to protect our IP rights, but this comes at a great cost to our small company. In addition, we have EU approval but some member states require additional regulatory checks, making it a little bit harder to sell across borders.”

Tino Kopanakis, CEO of InandOut Distribution from Austria, which sells CDs and DVDs among many other items B2B and B2C, said: “We created our first online shop in 1998. Since these very early days in e-commerce, parcel delivery has become faster and cheaper. We now deliver to over 80 countries around the world. Price is important for us, and we greatly value Post Austria’s customer-friendly approach in the rare event that a parcel is lost. There are bigger barriers to doing business across borders, for example it would help if the EU had a simplified EU-wide system for VAT returns.”

Aurélien de Meaux, co-founder and CEO of Cheerz, a French SME which enables their customers to print and deliver photos straight from their smartphone to their homes, stressed: “Cheerz’ customers are very demanding. We do our best to print and send their photos as quickly as possible, and we ask postal operators to deliver fast. We look at the price of delivery, and we value the fact that the posts deliver to every corner in Europe. We look to sell outside of France because it makes good business sense – a market of 500 million is better than a market of 65 million inhabitants – but we have found it works better if we localise our service because, like it or not, consumers often prefer to buy in their own country.”

Jean-Paul Forceville, Chairman of PostEurop – which represents national postal operators across Europe – concluded: “The three small business owners show that cross-border parcel delivery supports the growth of e-commerce. Postal operators deliver on average around 11 million parcels daily across Europe, and we are constantly adapting to the changing lifestyle of end-customers and the demands of e-retailers for fast, traceable and flexible delivery. Postal operators are working together to improve interoperability and thus support the growth of e-commerce.” 

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Notes to the editors

PostEurop is the trade association representing European national postal operators, which are either partially state-owned or used to be state-owned. It has 52 members in 49 countries.

European national postal operators handle some 4 billion parcels domestically and across Europe every year - so around 11 million parcels per day - and operate in all 28 EU countries. They serve 175,000 retail outlets, employ 2 million people, operate 258 million delivery points, collect from 720,000 street postboxes and account for 1 percent of the EU’s entire GDP .

For more information about how postal operators contribute to the growth of e-commerce in Europe, visit our website: www.Deliver4Europe.eu We are also happy to engage with you on this topic on Twitter: @Deliver4Europe

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Lietuvos Pastas, Royal Mail and CTT Awarded the PostEurop 2016 CSR "Coups de Coeur" Special recognition also goes out to Cyprus Post, ELTA and Deutsche Post DHL

Brussels, 10 November 2016

PostEurop proudly announced the winners of the 2016 "CSR Coups de Cœur" awards during its Plenary Assembly on 9 November 2016 in The Hague, Netherlands. The awards once again highlighted the best practices in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) amongst European Postal Operators in the areas of Employee, Society and Environment.

The “Coup de Coeur” for Employee was awarded to Lietuvos Pastas for their “Lithuania Post – is you” programme. 

In cooperation with the Lithuanian Public Health Service, the programme help evaluate and educate employees about healthy eating, active lifestyles and exercising in the workplace. Tadas Valancius, head of communication, received this award on behalf of Lietuvos paštas. CEO, Ms Lina Minderiene believes that “happy employees, who not only feel safe but also cared for, create success for any company. Demographic and social challenges dictate us to take greater responsibility for our employees' lifestyle. Complex measures, advising and workshops that help adopt a lifestyle, diet and hobbies that would be beneficial to health - represent as many solutions as to develop a healthy team. We are proud to have created a successful wellness programme and to foster its continuity.” 

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Royal Mail was awarded the "Coup de Coeur” for Society in recognition of their efforts in “Supporting communities with the charity Missing People.”

David Barnes, European Policy Manager received the award on behalf of Royal Mail. The programme uses its wide network of postmen and women enabling rapid distribution of missing people alerts which reaches thousands of people across the UK in an hour. "We are really proud that our partnership with Missing People has been recognised with the Coups de Coeur Award. Our business is connected to every community in the UK, delivering to 29 million addresses, six days a week. We are in a unique position to help in the search for missing people. We look forward to continuing to use our unique position to support this important service and reunite families with their missing loved ones." said Gary Grange, Royal Mail’s Community Investment Manager. 

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Finally, the “Coup de Coeur” for Environment was awarded to CTT for their program “A tree for the forest.”

This pioneering initiative succeeded in mobilising the Portuguese citizen to help contribute and plant new trees replacing those which had perished during fires. João Caboz Santana, International Director who proudly accepted the award on behalf of CTT stated “Climate change is a big concern for CTT, and the planting of native trees can decrease significantly the event of forest fires, thus reducing CO2 emissions. This campaign proved also to be a highly successful awareness raising initiative among the population.”

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Humanitarian recognition for Refugees support

In addition to the yearly awards, the CSR committee of judges have decided to recognise three postal operators for their exemplary dedication and commitment to welcome and support refugees. Therefore, the common “Special Mention” awards will go to Cyprus Post for its humanitarian collection initiative for the refugee children in Greece, ELTA for its contribution to accompany refugees during their stay in Greece and Deutsche Post DHL for its programme for integrating immigrants in Germany.

Cyprus Post Video

Deutsche Post DHL Video

Hellenic Post ELTA Video

Several external experts with experience in CSR participated to the final jury for the selection of the 2016 Coups de Coeur. Like in 2015, the exchanges among the jury were intensive in view of the high interest of the different nominated practices .

Congratulations to all the winners.

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For more information and to obtain a copy of the CSR brochure, please contact:

Nathalie Ganzel  Vice-Chair of the PostEurop CSR Activities Circle T: [phone] [email protected]

Cynthia Wee  Communications Manager T: [phone] [email protected]

POSTEUROP is the association which represents European public postal operators. It is committed to supporting and developing a sustainable and competitive European postal communication market accessible to all customers and ensuring a modern and affordable universal service. Our Members represent 2.1 million employees across Europe and deliver to 800 million customers daily through over 175,000 counters.

Find us also on:

https://www.facebook.com/posteurop

https://twitter.com/PostEurop

http://posteurop.tumblr.com

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PostEurop at the 2016 Philately Grand Prix

Saturday, 17 September, in a privileged and outstanding venue as the Militiezaal of the Brussels Town Hall, the PostEurop Stamps & Philately Working Group held its annual Philatelic Art and EUROPA Stamps ceremony, in a joint organisation with bephila, Belgian foremost Philatelic association.

This year, as we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the EUROPA Stamps with a « Joint Motif », with more than 57 countries and territories participating in this special common issue, the traditional competition awards were replaced by the award for the winner of the Joint Motif competition.

The Chair of the PostEurop Stamps & Philately Working Group, Anita Haggblom from Aland Post, addressed the audience and handed the award to Doxia Sergidou from Cyprus. Congratulations Doxia! Congratulations Cyprus Post!

Mention for Members from Italy, Poland and Belgium, which were awarded for the other categories in competition within the broader Philatelic Art categories.

In the eve of this ceremony the steering committee met once more at the PostEurop Headquarters, in Brussels. The one day meeting was attended by the Members of the steering group including Luxembourg, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, the and PostEurop. It was chaired by Anita Häggblom from Aland Post, Chair of the Stamps & Philately Working Group and focused on the preparation for next year activities and new challenges ahead.

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The European Postal Industry welcomes the European Parliament’s support for a sustainable universal service

Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the application of the Postal Services Directive, last reviewed in 2008.

Postal operators provide a universal service delivering letters, parcels and other printed media across Europe, from remote villages to city centres. This universal service obligation lies at the heart of our business and sets us apart from our competitors.

Jean-Paul Forceville, Chairman of PostEurop – which represents national postal operators across Europe – said: “We welcome the European Parliament’s recognition that the Postal Services Directive provides member states with the flexibility necessary to address local specificities and ensure the long-term sustainability of the universal service obligation (USO). Each member state defines the USO to suit its own circumstances and this enables postal operators to innovate to meet new demands and the ever-changing lifestyles of our customers.”

Moreover, the resolution rightly recognises that parcel delivery markets are highly competitive, innovative and fast growing. On average in the EU, e-retailers and consumers can now choose from eight domestic and seven international operators.  

As online purchases grew dramatically over the past decade, enormous progress has been made by the industry to service customers and SMEs across borders.  Postal operators scaled up their operations and increased interoperability to deal with a much larger number of parcels. Many new services are now on offer (same-day-delivery, 24/7 parcel lockers, Track&Trace, etc).

Our investments are geared toward answering customers’ demands for fast, reliable and convenient parcel delivery amid fierce market competition. Today’s resolution concludes – with good reason – that any new regulation must take into account these actual market conditions. Unjustified regulation and additional bureaucracy run the risk of hampering existing market dynamics.

Jean-Paul Forceville, Chairman of PostEurop stressed: “Members of PostEurop welcome the Parliament’s recommendation to focus on addressing inordinate disparities in the pricing of some cross-border services, rather than to conduct an untargeted horizontal sweep on all prices. However, mandating third party access to the logistic networks of postal operators is unnecessary because fierce competition already exists in the parcel market. This proposal from the Commission must be very carefully and closely examined.”

The resolution originates from a draft parliamentary report by MEP Markus Ferber (DE, EPP). It follows a report by the European Commission on the application of the Postal Services Directive published in November 2015. This autumn, the European Parliament will also examine the Commission’s proposed Regulation on cross-border parcel delivery services, and PostEurop and European postal operators look forward to continuing to work with members of the European Parliament on this.

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Notes to the editors

PostEurop is the trade association representing European national postal operators, which are either partially state-owned or used to be state-owned. It has 52 members in 49 countries.

European postal operators are present in all 28 EU Member States and in EEA countries. They serve 175,000 retail outlets, employ 2 million people, operate 258 million delivery points, collect from 720,000 street postboxes and account for 1 percent of the EU’s entire GDP[1].

Parcel delivery is a cornerstone of the fast-growing e-commerce industry and a crucial pillar of the EU’s Digital Single Market. Postal operators connect SMEs and e-retailers with citizens across Europe – from London to Bucharest, from Lapland to the Greek islands.

Every year, e-retailers and customers deliver 4 billion parcels through the post to their customers, friends and families across Europe.

For more information about how postal operators contribute to the growth of e-commerce in Europe, visit our website: www.Deliver4Europe.eu

We are also happy to engage with you on this topic on Twitter: @Deliver4Europe

For further information, please contact:

Aurélie Caulier: [email protected] ; Tel: [phone]

Ana Panchevska: [email protected] ; Tel: [phone]

[1] PostEurop industry figure, http://www.posteurop.org/aboutus

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Management Board Decision to postpone the PostEurop Plenary Assembly

Message sent to all official Members contacts on behalf of Botond SZEBENY, Secretary General (Version française voir ci-dessous)

Dear Members, On behalf of Botond Szebeny, we would like to thank those Members who have responded to the consultation on the next 2016 PostEurop Plenary Assembly venue.

After having analysed the 49 responses received, the Board decided to postpone the PostEurop Plenary Assembly and hold it after the UPU Congress in another venue and on another date.

The main reason for this decision is that based on the answers received to the second question (= If the PE Plenary Assembly is held as initially planned on 20 September 2016 in Istanbul, would you participate?), there is a significant uncertainty to secure the quorum necessary for the proper organisation of the MB elections.

Further to this decision, we would like to inform you that the new date and venue of the Plenary Assembly will be communicated to you at the soonest possible. The Management Board has also agreed, together with the UAC Chair, Mr Aimé Theubet, to organise during the slot initially allocated to the Plenary in Istanbul on 20 September,  a PostEurop networking session. This would serve the purpose of ensuring the information exchange of the delegates on the main UPU issues at stake, including the most recent pre-Congress developments.  It would obviously also be a “get-together” opportunity for the European posts present before the Congress starts.

For building a wider European platform, it is intended to invite the CERP delegates as well.   Details on this will be shared with you in the coming days. We remain at your disposal should you have any further questions concerning this matter. ________________________________________________________________

Chers Membres,

Au nom de Botond Szebeny, nous tenons à remercier les Membres qui ont répondu à la consultation relative au choix du lieu de la prochaine Assemblée plénière 2016 de PostEurop.

Après avoir analysé les 49 réponses reçues, le Conseil d’administration a décidé de reporter l’Assemblée plénière de PostEurop qui se tiendra donc après le Congrès de l’UPU et dans un autre lieu.

La raison principale de cette décision réside dans les réponses reçues à la 2ème question (= Si l’Assemblée plénière de PE se tenait comme prévu le 20 septembre 2016 à Istanbul, y participeriez-vous ?), qui indiquent une grande incertitude quant à l’obtention du quorum indispensable à la bonne organisation des élections du CA.

En ligne avec cette décision, nous souhaiterions vous informer que la nouvelle date et le nouveau lieu de l’Assemblée plénière vous seront communiqués le plus rapidement possible.

Le Conseil d’administration a également décidé, en accord avec le Président du CAU, M. Aimé Theubet, d’organiser durant le créneau initialement alloué à la Plénière à Istanbul, le 20 septembre, une séance de réseautage.  Le but de cette séance est d’assurer un échange d’information entre les délégués sur les questions essentielles qui se posent sur l’UPU, y compris les développements les plus récents d’avant-Congrès.  Ce sera bien évidemment une occasion pour les Postes européennes présentes de se réunir avant le début du Congrès.  Afin de constituer une plate-forme de l’Europe élargie, il est également prévu d’inviter les délégués du CERP.  De plus amples renseignements à ce sujet vous seront également communiqués dans les prochains jours.

Nous restons à votre disposition pour toute information complémentaire à ce sujet.

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Iceland Post CEO and Management Board visit to PostEurop’s HQ

Last Friday afternoon the PostEurop Secretary General, Mr. Botond Szebeny welcomed a delegation from the Management Board of Iceland Post, at our Brussels HQ. Their CEO Mr. Ingimundur Sigurpálsson, was the head of delegation.

The Management Board of Iceland Post is composed by:

Mr. Eiríkur Haukur Hauksson, Mayor of Svalbardsstrandarhreppur (Chairman of the Board)

Mr. Jón Ingi Cæsarsson, Distribution Manager

Mrs. Ólöf Kristín Sveinsdóttir, Store Manager Rammagerdin

Mr. Preben Jón Pétursson, Managing Director Grand Dry Cleaners

Mrs. Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir, Political advisor to Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs & Board member

Mrs. Kristín Björg Kristjánsdóttir, Director International & Regulatory Affairs at Iceland Post and our PostEurop Official Member contact also incorporated this Management Board delegation.

In this meeting PostEurop presented to their Board the key activities, in which we are involved as well as the latest developments in the European, UPU and market issues. It was also discussed the next steps to continue with the fruitful cooperation between Iceland Post and PostEurop.

To their Management Board, PostEurop would like to say “Þakka þér fyrir” (Thank you very much) for their visit to our HQ, and for our interesting meeting, it was a pleasure to have met you.

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We would like to draw your attention to the fact, that we have created and implemented a new section on our website that is dedicated to all the Campaigns, in which PostEurop is actively involved:

http://www.posteurop.org/index.jsp?nodeId=95220&isoCode=en

Since this space aims to promote, raise awareness and explain to consumers what our engaging campaigns are about, we would like to invite you to take a tour throughout this new section and if possible to share the campaigns with your own internal and external network.  Where possible, we urge that you follow us with your official Twitter accounts and invite you to interact with the campaigns.

If you have any questions or comments related to any of the campaigns, do not hesitate to contact me via [email protected] or André through the [email protected]

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Thank you Posta Romana for hosting the 104th PostEurop Management Board meeting. We appreciate your on-going commitment and hospitality. 

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PostEuropNEWS  Summer - Été 2016

We are pleased to inform you that the summer issue of our PostEuropNEWS is available for download on: http://www.posteurop.org/AllNewsletters

In this issue you will find various articles on PostEurop activities including:

Highlights from the PostEurop Plenary Assembly and Business Forum in Yerevan

Upcoming preparations towards the UPU Congress

An update on E-Commerce activities

Outcome of the Retail Network Forum

Printed copies of this issue are available at the PostEurop headquarters.  Simply send me an email (E: [email protected]) and a copy of this newsletter will be mailed to you. We hope that you enjoy this issue of PostEuropNEWS, thanks to our contributors.

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Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que notre PostEuropNEWS d’été est désormais disponible en ligne sur: http://www.posteurop.org/AllNewsletters Ce numéro compile plusieurs articles illustrant les récentes activités de PostEurop, telles que:

les temps forts de l'Assemblée plénière et du Business Forum de PostEurop à Erevan ;

les préparatifs du Congrès de l'UPU ;

Un aperçu des dernières activités en matière de Commerce électronique ;

Les conclusions du Forum Réseau de Bureaux de poste

La version papier de la PENews est disponible au siège de PostEurop. Il vous suffit de m’envoyer un courriel (E: [email protected]) afin d’en obtenir une ou plusieurs copies par la poste. Nous espérons que vous apprécierez cette édition de la PostEuropNEWS et tenons à remercier une nouvelle fois tous les collègues qui y ont contribué activement. Download now here / disponible en téléchargement ici   Best regards, Meilleures salutations, Cynthia Wee Communications Manager / Responsable de la communication PostEurop AISBL Boulevard Brand Whitlock 114 B-1200 Brussels - Bruxelles Belgium - Belgique E: [email protected]

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Developments concerning the UPU Congress, with possible impact on the PostEurop Plenary Assembly / Développements concernant le Congrès de l'UPU susceptibles d'avoir un impact sur l'Assemblée plénière de PostEurop

(En français plus bas) The final result of the ongoing discussions pertaining to the security aspects of the upcoming UPU Congress in Istanbul, and the uncertainty about whether or not the Congress will indeed be held in Istanbul, may have an impact on our next Plenary Assembly, scheduled to take place on 20 September 2016 in Istanbul. 

As you are aware, a final decision on the hosting of the Congress has unfortunately been postponed and will be taken only on 29 August 2016 at an extraordinary meeting of the UPU Council of Administration (CA) in Berne.  A few days prior (on 25 August 2016), the PostEurop Management Board will hold a regular Board meeting.  The various possible scenarios and options for the issue will be explored in detail by the Board.

At this point in time, we would like to inform you that we consider this matter to be of utmost importance and we will continue to closely monitor the developments.  We intend to inform you as soon as we have more information.

Meanwhile, the on-going statutory preparation for the PostEurop Plenary Assembly remains unchanged and current deadlines, including the submission of candidacies for the Management Board elections, are to be respected.   

Should you have any further concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact our Secretary General, Botond Szebeny.

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Le résultat final des discussions actuelles sur les aspects sécuritaires du prochain Congrès de l’UPU à Istanbul et l’incertitude quant au fait de savoir si le Congrès aura effectivement lieu à Istanbul pourraient avoir un impact sur notre prochaine Assemblée plénière prévue pour le 20 septembre 2016 à Istanbul.

Comme vous le savez, la décision finale sur la tenue du Congrès a malheureusement été reportée et ne sera pas prise avant le 29 août 2016, date à laquelle se tiendra un Conseil d’administration (CA) extraordinaire de l’UPU à Berne. Quelques jours plus tôt (le 25 août 2016), le Conseil d’administration de PostEurop examinera en détail, lors de sa réunion trimestrielle, les différents scénarios et options envisageables sur la question.

À ce stade, nous tenons à ce que vous sachiez que nous accordons la plus grande importance à cette question que nous continuerons à suivre de très près. Nous vous tiendrons au courant de l’évolution de la situation dès que de nouvelles informations nous seront parvenues.

En attendant, les démarches statutaires en cours dans le cadre de la préparation de l’Assemblée plénière de PostEurop se poursuivront et les échéances actuelles, par exemple concernant la soumission des candidatures pour les élections du Conseil d’administration, devront être respectées.     

Pour tout complément d’information, n’hésitez pas à contacter notre Secrétaire général, M. Botond Szebeny.

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SAFEPOST Project - Review Meeting with the European Commission

On 7 July, a Review Meeting with the European Commission took place, with the participation of the Principal Policy Officer, Mr. Paolo Salieri and Financial Officer, Mrs. Beata Bujnowska. The objective of this restricted to Consortium partners session was to allow a deeper analysis and discussion about the successful outcomes of the Work Packages defined in the Description of Work (DoW), which are the fundamental building blocks of SAFEPOST.

On behalf of PostEurop Projects Team, we would like to say “Muchas Gracias” to all our Partners and especially Correos y Telégrafos for hosting the event in an excellent manner.

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SAFEPOST Project - Final Conference Meeting with the European Commission

The SAFEPOST Project Final Conference was held on 5th and 6th July 2016 in Madrid, Spain. The Conference was chaired by the Mr. Antonino Scribellito, SAFEPOST Project Coordinator. This Conference was counted with the high level participation of Dr. Javier Cuesta, CEO of Correos and Mr. Botond Szebeny, Secretary General of PostEurop.

The participation and excellent presentations of Mr. David Pilkington, Member of PostEurop Management Board – Royal Mail, Mr. Jose Amelibia, Deputy Director Audit and Inspection – Correos y Telégrafos, Mr. Paolo Salieri, European Commission – DG Migration and Home Affairs, Principal Policy Officer & Mrs. Annegret Rohloff, European Commission – DG TAXUD, Policy Officer are worth mentioning.

During this Final Conference the SAFEPOST Project Partners, Postal Security & Customs Supply Chain Stakeholders, PostEurop Members had an excellent opportunity to gather together in order to present the work developed and carried out to date. This meeting also provided an opportunity to emphasize on the need and requirements of SAFEPOST II Project and define the next steps. The presentations from Nordrhein Westaphalen Polizei, UK Border Force, UPU, and Conceptivity among other valuable presentations were delivered.  PostEurop Members who were present at this meeting are:  Croatian Post, Czech Republic, Estonian Post, La Poste, Hellenic Post, Iceland Post, Poste Italiane, Latvijas Pasts, Posta Romana, Posta Slovenije, Correos y Telégrafos, CTT Correios de Portugal, PostNL, Royal Mail, in total 60 participants with 14 EU PostEurop Members.

Onbehalf of PostEurop Projects Team, we would like to say “Muchas Gracias” to all our Partners and especially Correos y Telégrafos for hosting the event in an excellent manner.

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We already sent to our member the latest issue of the Print Power magazine. Have you read the latest version? Take a look of this latest issue at their website and stay tuned for their latest news:

http://www.printpower.eu/Subscribe