The pace of economic development varies greatly among different parts of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). Here, differing levels of logistics efficiency across regions is likely to hinder of regional development and spatial planning, yet no comparative data on this exists.
The extent to which Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been adopted by firms varies a great deal too. While knowledge on ICT utilisation exists, too little is known on what type of IT interfaces between the private and the public sector are needed and how does it affect the cohesion of the regions. Yet, effective use of ICT is bound to add value and save costs in business (B2B), in the public sector (G2G), and between the two (B2G).
Public-private ICT projects can easily be misdirected and lot of resources wasted if user needs and organisational or practical constraints are not well understood. Technology itself seems less of a problem.
Especially SMEs do not receive adequate support to improve their ICT knowledge and that sets limits to their geographical placement. The use of logistics related ICT need to be intensified on many areas, and the IT interfaces (e.g. B2G) need to be understood better.
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The LogOn Baltic project is divided into four work packages:
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