Ep 16: Opening the UPU Consultative Committee

The UPU Consultative Committee is open to the private sector. In this episode, we discuss why this has happened, and we speak with some of the new private sector members of the Consultative Committee:


• Alexander Thern-Svanberg (Secretary, UPU Consultative Committee) discusses the reasoning behind opening the UPU Consultative Committee to the private sector


• How the Consultative Committee is organised


• Embracing a private sector perspective


• Egon Veermae, COO at Eurora Group, talks about technology and cross-border


• Solving the pain points of cross-border e-commerce


• How private sector members can contribute to the Consultative Committee and the postal world


• Andrii Shapovalov, co-founder at Stampsdaq, talks about Stampsdaq's evolving relationship with the UPU


• Capitalising on stamps' heritage with new technology, creating new revenue lines for postal operators


• Yuichiro Ishibashi, Deputy Vice President, International Business Development, Security and Automation Systems Division, Toshiba


• Understanding international standards for letters and parcels