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On Wednesday, 7 December the PostEurop Market Activities Circle (MAC) hosted and facilitated the first Keep Me Posted Campaigner’s Day. Keep Me Posted is a campaign fighting for the citizen’s right to choose between electronic and physical mail. An impressive seven campaigns have emerged over the last three years since the launch of the Keep Me Posted UK campaign.

The aim of the meeting was to exchange best practise, tips and experiences, as well as to provide information on how to start a campaign for attendees from potentially interested countries.

The shared amount of measures taken and media used all across Europe was astonishing. Radio broadcasts, videos, television, letter mail campaigns, events and social media have been successfully used by campaigners to get their message across.

During the meeting, it became clear that between 66 – 80% of consumers in present countries, prefer to receive their invoices in paper – a number that is certainly worth sharing!

Campaigners will meet up on a yearly basis.

Keep Me Posted EU is very happy to see all these developments across Europe and is looking forward to even more! 

Group photo

For more information about Keep Me Posted EU visit www.keepmepostedeu.org

Supporters of the Keep Me Posted EU campaign meet at least twice a year to discuss and agree on the next steps of the pro-choice campaign.  PostEurop had the privilege to host the meeting on 7 December 2015 following some key regulatory developments in the campaign.  Botond Szebeny, PostEurop Secretary General welcomed all the guests and chaired the meeting with the support of Cynthia Wee and Antonio Amaral.  Participants included representatives from Age Platform Europe, ANEC, UNI Europa, FEPE, INTERGRAF, CEPI, Poste Italiane, Posta Polzka and the Royal Mail.

During the meeting it was important to note that more than 50 MEPs have signed the pledge of the campaign.  Campaigners plan more activities in coming months leading up to the European Parliament event scheduled in mid-June.

In addition, the Royal Mail gave an update on the KMPUK national campaign and Age Platform Europe presented their policy areas.  The group also discussed extensively various policy areas relevant to the campaign and agreed further steps.