“On June 1st to June 3rd 2023, la Poste Groupe France organized the reception of the members of DigiGreenPost 2025 a European Project funded by Erasmus Plus program including Posta Romana and Elta Post and a wilder cooperation with Greek universities for the research part of the project.
This learning expedition has been hosted with great pleasure by La Poste Groupe on request of PostEurop European Project Teams. The focus was on “how to develop digital and green skills within our postal employees to face the digitalization of public services and postal processes”. It has been a great opportunity to exchange know how and best practices about the topic of the new roles and skills of postal employees into 5 to 10 years during 2 days. The 10 members of the Consortium were inspired by la Poste Groupe’s experience capitalized on this topic since 2012.
Day one was dedicated to a training to experience “the climate Fresk”:
The goal was to make them see how La Poste works on enhancing its employees’ green skills by this tool of sensibilization. The Climate fresk is a serious game of collective intelligence enabling participants to understand the main causes and consequences of climate change. This experience contributed directly to the objectives of the DigiGreen project to strengthen postal companies’ green skills as pioneers in the environmental transition.
Day 2, members of the Consortium were welcomed at “Plateform 58” the accelerator of la Banque Postale to discover how the French Post was implementing an open innovation program with start-ups from Fintech and AssurTech. In the afternoon, a huge moment has been dedicated to the Global Training Program of La Poste Group labelled by the corporate Human Resources Directorate dedicated to all 230 000 French postal employees. 30 participants from 10 countries attended this session that had been opened also to Innovation Directors members of PostEurop.
A budget of 500 million euros into 3 years is dedicated by HR to foster these training programs aiming to help employees to acquire new digital skills. The participants were astonished above all about the Data and IA School that the French Post opened in 2023 and that today welcome its 3rd student’s year edition successfully.
This learning expedition is a great example of how the cooperation works within the European postal sector, based on trust, transparency and transmission of public service values with the support of European fundings.
Testimonials
“I think my favorite part of the online course was the way I could see my progress through the modules and that I got rewarded when I finished. I also enjoyed problem solving with classmates during the F2F part.”
“The environmental and sustainability focus of the modules was interesting to me, as it linked with what we learn in school. It was nice seeing how the postal service is changing and helps communities.”
The DigiGreeNPost Project is a truly modern, innovative and timely program – both for the company itself and for every participant individually.
As a trainer and a participant in the program, I realized the importance of the direct, personal communication for informing and motivating participants. Since participation is voluntary, I paid close attention to the insightful comments shared among several participants throughout the training. I also passed these along to the team as they highlighted how pleasantly surprised participants were by the opportunity to delve deeper into Green and Digital topics through the provided links, bibliographic resources, and more.
I believe that all of us have gained in many ways from this project – personally, professionally, socially, and even economically.
"DigiGreeNPost offered a valuable opportunity to examine the intersection of green and digital skills within the postal sector, generating practical insights that support long-term transformation. Through the project, I was able to design and validate research tools that accurately reflected operational needs across multiple countries, strengthening the evidence base for targeted training. This work allowed research to explore the combined impact of digital upskilling and environmental sustainability, producing findings that resonate far beyond the postal industry.”
“DigiGreeNPost is much more than a training initiative – it is a strategic investment in the future of the postal sector. By combining green and digital competences into a coherent skills framework, modern curricula and a shared European recognition system, the project empowers postal workers to adapt, grow and actively shape the sector’s transformation. Ultimately, DigiGreeNPost supports higher quality services for citizens, more sustainable operations for organisations and stronger career prospects for employees across Europe.”
DigiGreen is a game-changer project aiming to play a significant role in the green and digital transition of the sector! Focusing on the reskilling and upskilling of the postal workers while suggesting new, eco-friendly and cutting- edge tech innovations our journey is writing a big chapter of the very much needed transition!
“The DigiGreeNPost Project will have a significant impact on the postal sector due to its revolutionary learning and skills recognition system. It is time to steer our postal workers into the digital and green opportunities throughout the sector. We will achieve this together with the DigiGreeNPost Project!”
“DigiGreen is one of those projects with a major impact on the partners. Digitization should be seen as an appropriate tool to stimulate and support value creation, both at the human level and at the company level.
Being fortunate to have partners whose proved experience and competency are widely recognized and appreciated, we are confident that DigiGreen will be a real success, with benefits for all those involved!”
"The DiGiGreeNPost can facilitate and accelerate the work of the postal employees through upskilling in green and digital competence areas and finally achieving quality services and enhanced experience for their customers."