Teamware Group creates an interactive web solution for The Confederation of the Nordic Bank, Finance and Insurance Unions (NFU). The new solution will enhance Nordic co-operation by bringing NFU's intranet and public web sites into the same platform, Teamware Pl@za.

NFU (www.nfufinance.org) is an organization for co-operation between trade unions that organize employees in the banking, finance and insurance sectors in the five Nordic countries. At present, nine trade unions are affiliated to the NFU, three in Denmark, two in Sweden and Finland and one in each Iceland and Norway. Through these trade unions, the NFU represents 165 000 employees on the Nordic financial market.

In the light of the rapid integration and the major structural changes that have taken place on the Nordic finance markets in recent years, an ever increasing degree of co-operation and co-ordination is required between the trade union organizations in the financial sector. Therefore a common platform for communication and interaction is essential.

"Our main task is to promote the common interests of our affiliates in both a Nordic and international perspective and to improve their opportunities for exerting influence both in their day-to-day work and over issues relating to their long-term future. Teamware Pl@za provides our members with a web-based service channel to enhance collaboration and a discussion forum for them to express their opinions", says General Secretary Jan-Erik Lidström from NFU.

"The common platform makes our vision of the Nordic co-operation concrete. It also gives us possibilities to create new networks for example with the Baltic organizations."

Previously two members of NFU, Finansförbundet in Sweden and Trade union Suora in Finland have chosen Teamware to implement their web services on the Teamware Pl@za platform.