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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Regional development plan FOR Africa –RDP- 2009-2012

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Regional development plan FOR Africa –RDP- 2009-2012. Presented by YOUNOUSS Djibrine Secretary General of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU).

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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Regional development plan FOR Africa –RDP- 2009-2012

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  1. STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Regional development plan FOR Africa –RDP- 2009-2012 Presented by YOUNOUSS Djibrine Secretary General of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AFRICA 2013-2016 FORMULATION AND VALIDATION MEETING -ARUSHA, TANZANIA, 21-22 FEBRUARY, 2013

  2. M. Younouss Djibrine, SG de l’UPAP et son équipe vous souhaitent la bienvenue à Arusha et vous présentent leurs meilleurs vœux de santé, prospérité et succès pour l’année nouvelle 2013 22222

  3. INTRODUCTION • Since 2006, a new approach for the development of postal services has been on experimentation through the concept of “regionalization” • The first development plan known as “Postal Development Plan for Africa (PDPA)” was formulated to cover the period 2006-2008. It was inspired by the Bucharest World Postal Strategy BPS 2005-2008 • The development of the second plan was for the 2009-2012 cycle and it was called “Regional Development Plan for Africa – RDP. It was drawn from the NPS 2009-2012 • The UPU was using the concept of “regional approach” and PAPU “customization” ( Abidjan 2000 and Yaoundé 2005) ; in fact, they were all referring to a same plan drawn from World postal strategies and adapted to local realities.

  4. “Regionalization” . The customization of activities drawn from World strategies is based on the assessment that best results are obtained from the implementation of sound regional strategies resulting from a global vision. . Concerning the RDP 2009-2012, it mainly includes regional strategies and priorities, agreeing with the NPS. . Three types of projects were formulated there and implemented in Africa as well as in other regions. We shall come back especially on this later in another chapter.

  5. Summary of some examples of key achievements on the field KEY ACHIEVEMENTS concerning all regions in general

  6. Global Monitoring System The Global Monitoring System (GMS), implemented by the UPU, covers presently 44 countries, • including thirteen (13) in Africa, • five (5) in en Latin America, ten (10) in Asia, • Nine (9) in Europe, five (5) in Arab countries • and two (2) in Caribbean Islands.

  7. Training A total of 126 collective training actions were organized in all regions for the benefit of 2070 postal staff. The partnership Agreement with the Post of Tunisia for TRAINPOST courses has been maintained. Some actions aimed at developing regional and local capacities were put in place, especially training of trainers and tutors. Through this platform, 42 courses are disseminated via Internet in English, Arabic, Spanish and French. 177 countries and about 7640 participants have already benefitted of online courses.

  8. Summary Table of all RDP projects at 30th June 2012

  9. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS in Africa Summary of key field achievements in Africa

  10. Assessment of achievements IN AFRICA : the three types of RDP projects . The Regional Development Plan for Africa (RDP) proposed practical solutions based on three types of projects: • Priority projects • Regional thematic projects • National projects especially for the benefit of LDCs Two priority areas of intervention were identified to support the implementation of RDP projects.

  11. Priority Area No. 1: Improving quality of service at all levels . Five priority projects were developed and implemented in the following sub-regions : • West Africa English speaking countries, • West Africa French speaking countries, • Central Africa countries, • Eastern and Southern Africa countries.

  12. Priority Area No. 1: Improving quality of service at all levels (cont’d) Milestones set to assess the gradual implementation of the projects enabled to note the following : 60% of the countries achieved some milestones as follows: continuous testing, stamping barcodes and et scanning for EMS items, letters and parcels, use of IFS/IFS Light. Only 40% of Designated Operators in Africa have achieved other milestones, such as putting in place a security policy for items, setting up of custom contact committees and home delivery for parcels.

  13. Priority Area No. 1: Improving quality of service at all levels (cont’d) . In the search for a suitable solution to the deficiencies observed in the area of intra-régional and interregional mail service, four projects related to mail conveyance by road were designed: • Two are already operational (Southern Africa and West Africa) • Two at the stage of feasibility study (Central Africa and East). The quality of service for international mail in Africa seems to be stable, despite the need for its improvement. As a matter of fact, quality of service is still below the standard set during the 24th Congress (80% according to the standard J+ 5).

  14. Priority Area No. 1: Improving quality of service at all levels (cont’d) However, as it can be observed here below, there have been progress as far as relations among French-speaking countries are concerned: In 2010, 57,4% of mails were distributed in accordance with the standard J + 5, against 52% in 2009. Such achievements resulted from a combination of two projects: - the project on quality of service management launched in 2009, and the project on mail transportation by road in ECOWAS countries.

  15. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services International Fund for Agriculture Development Project The project was designed for 6 West African countries and aims at meeting three objectives: 1. Connecting rural post offices in those 6 countries to the UPU international e- payment network. 2. Ensuring smooth functioning of rural post offices by providing them with quality electronic payment services. 3. Linking UPU electronic payment services, either: - with other financial postal services (current postal accounts and saving accounts). The following five countries were concerned: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal). - or with other non postal financial services ( banks, savings banks, etc.). The following six countries were concerned: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal).

  16. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services (cont’d 1) International Fund for Agriculture Development Project (cont’d) Through this project, 273 postal offices were expected to be connected. At the end, 355 postal offices were connected and have been providing services since 2009. Today, the service is available for issuance and payment of fund transfers in 453 postal offices of the six countries participating in the project.

  17. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services (cont’d 2) Projects for the development of electronic money transfer services. They were implemented to : • Increase the capacities of countries in electronic postal payment services • Improve the global performance in this area. . Beneficiary countries should be ready to get connected to the UPU global network of electronic postal payment services to develop their services in their own postal network.

  18. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services (cont’d 3) Project for the development of electronic money transfer services in Central and Western Africa This follows the implementation of the electronic money transfer service that started with the project known as “International Electronic Money Order” (IEMO) bringing together 26 Western and Central African countries. Thanks to the cooperation with La Poste de France group, seven workshops were organized to this end in 2006 and 2007. Another similar project concerns English-speaking countries which have expressed their wish to opt for IFS/IFS Light. Twenty countries are currently connected and four are being connected to the IFS global network. However, situations in English-speaking and French-speaking countries in Africa are still different.

  19. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services (cont’d 4) Project for the development of electronic money transfer services in Central and Western Africa(cont’d 1). As a matter of fact, the implementation of projects in Central Africa and West Africa resulted into the increase of the export transaction amounts from 54,59% in 2010 as compared to 2009. Such transactions registered a reduction of 51,68% in English-speaking countries during the same period. Out of a total transaction of $ 35, 816 million, $ 34,5 million (96,33%) were sent to French-speaking countries against only $ 1,316 million (3,67%) in English-speaking countries.

  20. Priority Area No. 2: Diversifying services (cont’d 5) Project for the development of electronic money transfer services in Central and Western Africa (cont’d 2). The most considerable increase was recorded in the following countries as listed in alphabetic order: Burkina Faso:116% for payments; Congo (Rep.): 419% in shipping and 835% for payments; Mali: 87% in shipping and 862% for payment Niger: 217% in shipping and103% for payment.

  21. Other areas of intervention In addition to what was said concerning the priority areas 1 and 2 , other important regional projects were implemented, including one project on postal reform. . Twenty-two IPDP were drawn up in Africa. 80% of IPDP beneficiary countries are determined to implement all the recommendations that were put forward. As compared to other developing Regions, Africa is the region where the separation between the regulator and the designated operator is effective in the highest number of countries. Finally, other projects were also implemented. These are mainly related to EMS, addressing, postal regulation, sustainable development, market development and philately.

  22. Other intervention areas 2 . A resource mobilization policy was launched during the period 2009 – 2012 and helped to obtain financing from donors for different cooperation activities: . Funds received from IFAD for projects in West Africa, central Asia and Asia/Pacific . Funds from the World Bank for financial service development projects in Africa, etc. . There were also discussions with the European Union or the Inter-American Development Bank about other different projects.

  23. Means: Budgetary requirements per region Multi-year Integrated Projects (MIPs): Regional distribution of allocations: − Africa: 37,82%. − Latin America and Caribbean: 16,82%. − Asia/Pacific: 23,43%. − Europe and CISs: 9,28%. − Arab Countries and observers: 12,65%. . As of 30 June 2012, 49 national PIP and five business plans for SMEs and countries in particular situations were being carried out or had been completed . NB: In addition to the contribution from UPU ordinary budget, in some cases, beneficiary countries contributed CHF 650 000 in total.

  24. Main lessons drawn from the 2009–2012 Assessment . The regional approach is an effective framework for the implementation of the cooperation policy. . The regional approach through regional development plans has proven to be a real structuring and coordianation tool for actions carried out in the field by UPU in cooperation with restricted continental Unions such as PAPU. . The process related to the regional development plan (drawing up - implementation-assessment) should be seriously harnessed to enable the regional approach to be more effective. . To make RDPs more effective, a follow-up mechanism must be set up with the support from substantial experts.

  25. Conclusion • While concluding the presentation of the mid-term review of the very first Postal Development Plan for Africa (PDPA) 2006-2008, the presenter said: “UPU and PAPU, two forces whose combination through the PDPA ( today RDP) paves the appropriate way for the development and prosperity of African posts”

  26. Conclusion (cont’d INTRODUCTION“Regionalization”) More than a half decade later, results are very commendable as it can be seen from the data contained in the assessment of this second Regional Development Plan for Africa.

  27. JE VOUS REMERCIE!

  28. THANK YOU! JE VOUS REMERCIE!

  29. ASSANTE SANA!

  30. Thank you for your kind attention. • Mr. YOUNOUSS Djibrine, • Secretary General of PAPU • sg@papu.co.tz • www.upap-papu.org

  31. ANNEXES in the form of table • Finally, I wish to invite those of you who are fond of figures to consult the table hereinafter attached, as we could not go through it together due to time constraints. • The table shows « Indicators related to the implementation of the Regional development plan for Africa (2009 – 2012) ».

  32. ANNEX1 Indicators related to the implementation of the Regional development plan for Africa (2009 – 2012)

  33. ANNEX 2

  34. ANNEX 3

  35. ANNEX 4

  36. ANNEX 5

  37. ANNEX 6

  38. ANNEX 7

  39. ANNEX 8

  40. ANNEX 9LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS • QDP: Quality development plans • COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa • EPRC: European postal regulatory committee • SAPOA: Southern Africa’s Postal Operators Association • MIP: Multi-year Integrated Project • FDP: Forum for Direct mail development • ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States • IPDP: Integrated Postal Development and reform Plan • ICTs: Information and Communication Technology • GMS: Global monitoring System

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