Universal Postal Union (UPU)

The Universal Postal Union, a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established in 1874 and currently has 192 member states. Poland has been a member of the UPU since 1919. Poland is represented in the Union's work by: the Ministry of State Assets (owner of PP SA), the Office of Electronic Communications (regulator), and Poczta Polska (designated postal operator).

The Union's goal is to ensure the operation of a global postal network that provides high-quality services and products. The UPU's main tasks include promoting international cooperation in postal services, ensuring the development of postal services, and providing technical assistance to member states. The UPU also sets standards for the circulation of international postal items.

During the 28th UPU Congress in 2025, Poczta Polska was elected for a third term (2026-2029) to the membership of the Postal Operations Council, which is a statutory body and consists of 48 members.

Association of European Designated Postal Operators (PostEurop)

The association was founded on January 12, 1993, in London. Poczta Polska is one of 26 founding members and a signatory to its statute. PostEurop currently has 53 members, including all designated European postal operators.

PostEurop's tasks include:

• Representation and protection of the interests of postal operators who are its members.
• Maintaining contacts and cooperation with international organisations, including: the Universal Postal Union, the European Association of Postal Regulators, the European Commission, etc.
• Promotion of postal development programmes within the European Union.

In the current term of office of the PostEurop Management Board, one of the 11 members is a representative of Poczta Polska.

International Post Corporation

Founded in 1989, this association brings together companies operating in the postal market (currently comprising 26 designated postal operators, primarily from Europe, as well as the Post Offices of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States). Poczta Polska is an associate member of this organization.

The association's mission is to provide support and access to expert knowledge for its members, with the goal of improving the standards of postal service provision (and thus strengthening the competitive position of the postal sector). IPC fulfills its mission by conducting a range of activities, including:

• improving the quality of services,
• creating standardized services with an international scope,
• maintaining a common technological infrastructure,
• moderating negotiations of agreements regarding settlements for international mail between designated operators,
• collecting and analyzing market knowledge.

Multi- and bilateral cooperation with foreign postal operators:

• joining multilateral agreements regulating the introduction of new international postal services,
• bilateral cooperation consisting in agreeing on the operational conditions for the provision of postal services in bilateral relations,
• cooperation with China Post in handling rail transit of shipments from China to European countries.

Postal cooperation with Ukraine:

• ensuring the continuity of postal exchange between Poland and Ukraine from the moment of Russia's aggression,
• creating Poczta Polska SA as a hub enabling postal exchange between Ukraine and many countries of the world,
• adapting postal services to current needs (including services for war refugees from Ukraine).