It should not create profit-taking mechanisms nor develop direct cooperation, in order to prevent waste and maximize returns on its limited available resources. The possibility of taking advantage of the situation of countries belonging to more than one Restricted Union should also be explored, to facilitate and capitalize on the sharing of views and information, as well as for the organization of joint programs. The world-wide postal market has changed and will continue to change over the next five years, with the trends of globalization, liberalization, privatization of postal operators and, basically, the transition from a climate of cooperation to one of competition both at the domestic and international level. Public postal operators representing their sovereign governments and operating within their national borders in close cooperation with their partners have turned into aggressive multinational corporations. Let's take a moment to review the difference between privatization and liberalization.
Privatization is a national issue within each country, so long as universal service is ensured.
There are no large or small Posts, only good and bad Posts-whether public or private. On the other hand, market liberalization, of which the EU is a cutting-edge example, is an interdependent and easily quantifiable factor. This prospect is expected to strengthen the role of regulators and, in the short-term, will no doubt lead to the establishment of such a structure in all countries where it does not currently exist. However, there must be a clear definition of the types of powers delegated to the Management Committee, so as to release the CEC, a type of General Meeting and the Union's highest governing body in the interval between Congresses, from the burden of dealing with issues which, in many cases, are simple routine administrative acts. They take into account the transformation of postal services into public corporations or, in the short and medium-term, private corporations.