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SIDS pledge to advocate post鈥檚 role in accelerating digital economy development
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href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/financial-inclusion">Financial inclusion</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/access-to-government-services">Access to government services</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/ecommerce-for-socioeconomic-development">E-commerce for socio-economic development</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/trade-facilitation">Trade facilitation</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/digital-transformation">Digital transformation</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/greening-postal-services">Greening postal services</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/partner-with-us/where-we-need-your-support/disaster-risk-management">Disaster risk management</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="66550176" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" 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href="/en/members-centre/policies-regulation/extraterritorial-offices-of-exchange-etoes">Extra-Territorial Offices of Exchange (ETOEs)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/policies-regulation/status-of-postal-entities">Status of Postal Entities</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/policies-regulation/universal-postal-service">Universal Postal Service</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="59501663" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="mobileNavFirstLevel"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Questionnaires & Surveys</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/study-to-determine-mail-flows-exchanged-between-the-designated-operators-of-union-member-countries">Study to determine mail flows exchanged between the designated operators of Union member countries</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/provisional-qualitylinked-terminal-dues-rates-in-2024">Provisional quality-linked terminal dues rates in 2024 </a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/electronic-postal-services-questionnaire">Electronic postal services questionnaire</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/postal-statistics-questionnaire">Postal statistics questionnaire</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/questionnaire-on-disaster-risk-management-in-the-postal-sector">Questionnaire on disaster risk management in the postal sector</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/members-centre/questionnaires-surveys/stakeholder-consultation-on-opening-up-the-upu-to-wider-postal-sector-players">Stakeholder consultation on opening up the UPU to wider postal sector players</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="27786520" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="mobileNavFirstLevel"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Technical Solutions</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/technical-solutions/postal-technology-centre">Postal Technology Centre</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/technical-solutions/products">Products</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="4524456" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="mobileNavFirstLevel"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Programmes & Services</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/addressing-solutions">Addressing Solutions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/compendia">Compendia</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/direct-marketing">Direct Marketing</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/ecommerce">E-commerce</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/express-mail-service">Express Mail Service</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/physical-services">Physical Services</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="13238878"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/postal-supply-chain">Postal Supply Chain</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="32795232"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/ready-to-market-interoperability-group-rmig">Ready to Market Interoperability Group (RMIG)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/remuneration">Remuneration</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/quality-of-service">Quality of service</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="36729999"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/quality-of-service-fund">Quality of Service Fund</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="57071148"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/settlement-systems">Settlement systems</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="64510916"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/standards">Standards</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/programmes-services/trade-facilitation">Trade facilitation</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="4524456" data-sub-menu-id="60133198"> <i class="upu-icon 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Facility</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/capacity-building/addressing-assistance-to-countries">Addressing Assistance to Countries</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="46628619" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="mobileNavFirstLevel"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">COVID-19</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/covid19/upu-action-on-network-disruptions-caused-by-covid19">UPU action on network disruptions caused by COVID-19</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/covid19/postal-social-financial-and-trade-services-during-covid19">Postal social financial and trade services during COVID-19</a> <div class="go-to-submenu" data-parent-id="46628619" data-sub-menu-id="8546883"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-Link"></i> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/en/postal-solutions/covid19/resources-for-member-countries">Resources for member countries</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="23365415" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="37142876"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Acts</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/about-upu/acts/archives-of-congresses">Archives of Congresses</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="58575718" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="37142876"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Strategy</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/about-upu/strategy/rsf-2024">RSF 2024</a> </li> </ul> </div> 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href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/physical-services/postal-supply-chain">Postal Supply Chain</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="45360253" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="30614301"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Digital Services</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/connect-post">Connect.post</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/digital-readiness-for-ecommerce-dre">Digital readiness for e-commerce (DRE)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/upu-innovation-challenge">UPU Innovation Challenge</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/taxonomy-of-digital-philatelic-products">Taxonomy of digital philatelic products</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/upu-cybersecurity-framework">UPU CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/post-domain">.POST Domain</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/research">Research</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/etrade-for-all">eTrade for All</a> </li> <li> <a href="/en/universal-postal-union/activities/digital-services/wsis">WSIS</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="27866140" class="col-sm-12 nav-middle sub-menu-container" hidden> <h4 class="nav-return-to-parent" data-sub-menu-parent-id="30614301"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"> <i class="upu-icon upu-icon-arrow-left2 icon-return-back nav-middle-arrow"></i> <span class="nav-return-to-parent-text">Financial Services</span> </a> </h4> <ul> <li> <a 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It highlights the role of designated operators in facilitating the uptake of digital services and enhancing digital inclusion, particularly through public-private partnerships, calling on governments to include the post in their national development and digital transformation strategies.<br /> <br /> The declaration outlines pledges to promote collaboration, advocate for inclusive access to digital services, enhance postal staff's digital skills, and improve cybersecurity. It also urges governments to utilize universal service funds for digital infrastructure deployment.<br /> <br /> “We, participants in the SIDS Postal Leaders Forum, declare our commitment to the full and rapid implementation of this Declaration. We also pledge to spare no effort in expanding and using the postal network for the sustainable development of digital economies and societies,” the declaration states.<br /> <br /> Belize Postal Services Postmaster General Marsha Price read the declaration on behalf of participants at the culmination of the forum, which gathered decision makers from nearly 30 SIDS posts.<br /> <br /> Due to their location and financial constraints, representatives from SIDS are often unable to participate in regular UPU meetings and fora. The forum was the first of its kind bringing together so many leaders from these countries at one time.<br /> <br /> Speaking on the event’s role, UPU Director for Development and Cooperation Mutua Muthusi noted the importance of having postal decision-makers present to ensure that the knowledge earned and lessons learned can be implemented far and wide for SIDS posts.<br /> <br /> “SIDS are spread across the world but, as we have listened to them here, all of them face more or less the same circumstances,” he said. “We believe that after these discussions it will be very easy to implement [the Mah茅 Declaration].”<br /> <br /> <strong>Day 3 discussions</strong><br /> <br /> Earlier, the third day’s discussions took a deep-dive into the digital economy and diversification for SIDS posts.<br /> UNCTAD Trade and Logistics Branch Head Jan Hoffmann opened the morning with a presentation on potential trade facilitation solutions to enhance postal supply chains, including challenges and opportunities to be addressed in the post-pandemic era.<br /> <br /> This was followed by two panel discussions. The first, moderated by UPU Digital Inclusion Expert Juan Moroni, had speakers from the International Telecommunications Union, African Telecommunications Union, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu deliberate on challenges, experiences and considerations for SIDS adopting cutting-edge technologies to diversify their postal services offering. The second panel of the day, moderated by African Union Commission Senior ICT Expert Mihret Woodmatas, discussed how SIDS could effectively leverage current e-commerce opportunities. The final panel heard views from Antigua and Barbuda, Tuvalu and Fiji.<br /> <br /> In addition to the adoption of the Mah茅 Declaration, the closing ceremony provided the opportunity for the UPU to acknowledge Seychelles Postal Services as the first organization to register a .POST domain under the new .POST shared services platform, https://trust.post. 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