Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB, 29 May 2014 – The 49^th Plenary Session of the CERP takes place in Skopje on 29^th and 30^th of May 2014 where a new President and two Vice-Presidents of the CERP will be elected for the period between 2014 and 2017. The Plenary Session takes place at a time when new trends indicate that there has been an improvement in the quality of postal services and that new technologies are being introduced into the postal sector, which is also a time of perceptible fall in amounts of postal items. The Plenary Session will allow for mutual exchange of experiences and knowledge through the presentation of reports of different working groups.
 
The role of CERP, founded in 1992, under the auspices of CEPT (The European Conference of Postal and telecommunications), is to research postal regulatory affairs in the European context, taking into account changes in boundaries between regulatory and operative aspects, to assess the impact of international regulatory policies in all Member States of CEPT and to establish special contacts with the European Union and maintain relations with representatives of competent authorities and associations competent for regulatory issues in the postal services sector. Furthermore, CERP is also in charge of developing proposals on the basis of results achieved in working groups (WG UPU, WG Policy).
 
 

HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.