Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB   September 19, 2016 – Istanbul is hosting the 26th Congress of UPU - Universal Postal Union starting Tuesday, September 20. More than 2,000 delegates from 192 Member States of the international postal organizations will participate at the Congress which will last till October 7, 2016 in order to define the future of global postal sector for the period between 2017 and 2020.   Aside from electing a new term for UPU leadership for the next mandate period, the participants of the Congress will discuss the UPU’s recent results and achievements since the last Congress in Doha (2012) . The discussion topics are as follows: a number of structural challenges and many changes the  international postal organization has to face with  in the present and the future,  aimed at successful and efficient development of the postal sector in the modern world and eventually  the global digital electronic substitution for written communication.

Accordingly, Congress should adopt a set of appropriate professional technical and technological regulations, acts and documents and the accent is put on the new Istanbul World Postal Strategy for the period 2017-2020.

ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – 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.