About Posta Shqiptare
Posta Shqiptare (Albanian Post S.A.) is one of the oldest institution in Albania. Established in 1912 one week after the Albanian independence, 113 years ago, the Albanian Post brand has a special importance for its role and function throughout this long period of time, as well as its cultural heritage through the history of stamps and philatelic objects. Today, Albanian Post is an asset owned by Albanian taxpayers and considering this fact, every contribution to the Post is a contribution to the citizens and the country itself.
Albanian Post provides its services to 533 post offices throughout the whole country in accordance with the Order no. 6174 dated 16 December 2015. “On determining the density of the access points for the offering the universal service obligation”, issued by Minister for Innovation and Public Administration”, which provides that a post office should be available within a range of 53 km² and should offer services and cover approximately 5,100 inhabitants.
In its continuous transformation and especially in increasing the range of services, an important role has been played by our associates, who have considered the Albanian Post as the right strategic partner in serving their customers.
Albanian Post operates through its 14 branches all over the territory of the Republic of Albania. With an organization of 141 post offices in urban centers, 394 post offices in rural areas , 70 collection and processing centers and 1 office of exchange (Transit Center). Albanian Post owns a fleet of 114 cars, 12 “Go Green” vans and 137 motorcycles. With a number of 2507 employees, the Albanian Post offers in every post office not only universal postal service but also financial services as well as other postal services.
Albanian Post S.A is one of the establishing country of Universal Postal Union in 1rst of March 1922 and also one of the 26 signatory members creating PostEurop in 1993. Since November 2018 Albanian Post is also member of Postal Mediterranean Union (PUMED).
Mission
Albanian Post S.A. is the largest commercial company operating in the postal and financial services market within the country. Over the years, Albanian Post has not only focused on commercial activity, but also has served as a vital intermediary between business, citizens and institutions.
Our mission is to continue to remain the locomotive of postal and financial services in the country, providing to the customers the highest quality of services, and also fulfilling its slogan “Fast. Safe. Anywhere”.
Pioneer in Technology
The Albanian Post, like any other serious company and organization in our country, is aware of the importance of adapting to the evolutionary processes of technology. For this reason, the Post has chosen to be an institution under continuous development and digitalization.
Our employees
All the high quality services which Albanian Post offers to its customers today could not be possible without the motivation and sacrifices of dozens of our couriers, counter staff, employees, drivers and other collaborators who work very hard and do their best to face in the most efficient way the difficulties of their job.
After 113 years of our existence, we are proud to have served with dignity and motivation to our customers and will continue to provide our services “Fast, safe and anywhere”.
Corporate Social Responsibility at Albanian Post
Developing a sustainable competitive advantage is a key challenge in today’s global and local leadership agendas. In this regard, Albanian Post in all its operations is focused on sustainable investments, on elaboration of new approaches, standards, reporting instruments that lead to sustainable and long-term solutions while helping the community and potentially developing their business.
This Corporate Social Responsibility approach intends to promote a sustainable and inclusive integration, within an overall vision of a society, where sustainable political, economic, environmental and social factors are interconnected.
EU candidate countries such as Albania are encouraged to incentivize business enterprises to develop and strengthen their commitments to corporate social responsibility. Therefore, the Albanian Post is engaged to invest its capacities in this commitment, as an institution that embraces the most developed international standards and models in this regard.