OREANDA-NEWS. April 07, 2008. FSUE Russian Post represented the enterprise mid-term development program at the Session of the Collegium of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the RF headed by L.D. Reiman, Minister for Communications and Information Technologies of the RF, reported the press-centre of Russian Post

As the Minister noted, present postal structure, development and quality of services don’t meet requirements of modern economy and society, it should be considerably modernized. Post should immediately find solutions to such problem as renovation, unified process, postal employees social status.

A.I. Kazmin, Russian Post Director General represented complex of anti-crisis measures and medium-term enterprise modernization program for the period till 2011. The program already implemented in Russian Post aims at providing break even of the enterprise profits, establishing and supporting main production processes. Expenses optimization and efficient management system are among the prior measures taken by new heads of the enterprise. Post is to improve information system security, continuation of business-processes, reduce operation, technology and reputation risks. Quality improvement of services, delivery speed and security of mails is one of the key Russian Post’s goals.

Anti-crisis program implementation depends on immediate solution of problems, first of all state tariff rates regulation. "Russian Post’s losses due to services granted on reduced tariffs, support of post offices in rural settlement and difficult-to-access areas, construction of automated sorting centers should be compensated by the state", noted A.I. Kazmin. Increasing tariff rates for ordinary postal services, in particular tariff rates for registered correspondence for commercial companies and state budget organizations is top urgent matter.

Postal infrastructure modernization program will be held till 2011. It stipulates for capitalization of the enterprise at the expense of state investment support. It helps to reconstruct and provide technique equip for post offices, renovate transport and improve logistics, develop banking services infrastructure and other.

Members of the Collegium in general approved Russian Post modernization program resulted in the enterprise becoming modern efficient company. They also noted rationality of discussing the alteration of business legal structure of the enterprise. The members noted necessity of social oriented tariff rates for postal services for people with low income, development of mechanism of periodicals dotation delivery to rural settlements, improvement of postal employees payment system.&nbspCompleted program will be submitted for consideration of the Government of the Russian Federation in the first half year of 2008.