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Harmonization of Postal Sector Regulatory related disaster risk management and the
Environment rational use, conservation and protection of
To assist Member States in meeting their natural resources. The SADC Secretariat
obligations as signatories to the Universal through its Climate Services Centre is
Postal Union (UPU) Acts, the SADC implementing two regional projects:
Universal Postal Service and Access • The Southern African Regional Climate
Regulatory Guidelines have been developed. Services for Disaster Resilience (SARCIS-
This is the region’s harmonized approach to DR) Project, which is the southern
place the fulfilment of the Postal Universal African part of the continental SAWIDRA
Service Obligation (USO) at the core of project. It is funded by the African
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Member State’s national Postal Sector Policies Development Bank under the 10 EDF
and Strategies. supporting Intra-ACP-EU Partnership on
The guidelines address the USO scope, Building Resilience of African Nations
policy and regulatory framework, as well as and Communities to Disasters caused
the associated costing and funding by Natural Hazards; and
mechanisms for SADC Designated Postal • The Intra-ACP Climate Services and
Operators (DPOs) to provide a specific mix related Application (ClimSA) programme
of postal products and services to all citizens under the Intra-ACP Cooperation -11 th
regardless of their geographic location and EDF- Strategy Paper and indicative
socio-economic status. programme for the ACP region.
Noting that the Posts is the main
logistics arm in the e-commerce value chain The SARCIS-DR project
and the primary mode of delivery of e- The objective of the project is to strengthen
commerce items, the SADC Postal the capacity and capability of all the SADC
E-commerce and Trade Facilitation Member States to generate and disseminate 73
Guidelines were developed to guide Member climate information in a timely manner in
States in providing appropriate and response to climate-induced disasters and
proportionate regulatory oversight to reduce loss of lives and property damage. The
stimulate intra-regional e-commerce and project also aims to enhance the capacity to
trade through the regional postal and courier use numerical weather prediction (NWP)
services network. models and regional climate models (RCMs)
The specific objectives of the for seasonal climate forecast.
Guidelines are to promote a common The project was signed in
regional understanding and provide September 2017 and SADC started
guidance on harmonized regional implementation it in June 2018, with a no-
approaches to dealing with regulatory cost extension until 31 January 2021 and
considerations that are relevant to the Postal closure phase until April 2021. The African
e-commerce and cross-border trade Development Bank revised and approved the
facilitation environment and to identify the total budget to €2,811,500.00. The project has
key regulatory processes and stakeholders. three outcomes as outlined below.
v Outcome 1 The core capacities of
SADC National Meteorological/
METEOROLOGY SECTOR Hydrological Services and SADC
Climate Services Centre improved to
meet the needs of Disaster Risk
The primary objective of the meteorological
Management agencies. Under this
services sector is to ensure that timely and outcome, the Project donated 40
credible meteorological and climate Automatic Weather Stations, 14 High
information and products are disseminated Performance Computing servers and 2
to stakeholders to support planning for Automatic Message Switching System
socio-economic development, weather- to benefiting Member States, thereby