Forum discusses best practices related to digital transformation in postal field

Forum discusses best practices related to digital transformation in postal field

Muscat: The meeting of the 'First Postal Leaders Forum in the Arab Region' began in Muscat on Monday. The meeting, hosted by the Sultanate of Oman and represented by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, in partnership with the Universal Postal Union, started in the presence of more than 60 participants from 18 Arab countries. The opening of the three-day forum was sponsored by Dr Khalfan bin Said Al Shuaili, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning. It aims to highlight best practices, share information, and exchange experiences related to digital transformation at the global level, with the aim of enriching postal institutions in the Arab region, in addition to bringing together the active parties in the postal sector in the region, such as operators of e-commerce platforms and other service providers for understanding the needs for logistical support and overcoming the challenges. The forum will discuss several topics, the most important of which are digital transformation and innovation in Arab postal institutions, the digital economy and the postal sector, e-commerce, the driving force behind the digital transformation in the postal sector, the infrastructure for digital services, and the capabilities of digital transformation in the postal sector, in addition