TEDIM - A Tool for EDI-EC Cooperation in the Baltic Sea

Abstract

TEDIM (Telematics in foreign trade logistics and delivery management) programme was launched to promote international transport of goods between the EU, Poland, the Russian Federation and the Baltic Sea countries with the help of modern technology like EDI-EC. It forms a framework for several individual projects aiming to develop the requirements for international trade; projects involving border crossing processes , information management in railroad transportation, Information management in sea transportation, logistics service networks and harmonization of the preconditions for business. It also serves as a co-ordination and discussion forum for its member countries Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland and Russia with Lithuania and Denmark as observers. The programme is developed in close co-operation with private companies and it strongly supports the public-private partnership concept.