This includes 12 areas that will be a focus for action in 2014/2015, including topics such as personalised healthcare, digital security and smart cities (see MEMO/13/1122).

Welcomes the many opportunities and the greater flexibility that the digital age offers employees and self-employed people, including opportunities for a better work-life balance, in particular with regard to the situation on the labour market of parents of young children and people with disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the situation of flexible work and job security that is prominent in the ICT sector, but stresses at the same time the new challenges connected to this development, and calls on the Member States to ensure that adequate social security provisions are in place; advocates a ‘right to ...[+++]log off’ for workers outside the agreed working hours.

Points out that the gender pay and career development gap remains for women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged, even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in the labour market and should therefore be protected above all else; reiterates that inequalities should not be allowed to take root in the digital economy as regards equal pay and career development; stresses that increased participation of women in the labour market and related investments in social inclusion policies will help to reduce the gender pay gap; highlights the importance of collective bargaining also in the digital mar ...[+++]ket economy in order to safeguard quality and security of jobs in times of digitalisation.

Gemalto is a digital security company providing secure personal devices, such as secure elements and tokens, and Near Field Communication solutions.

An ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe has just been presented by the European Commission outlining seven priority areas for action: creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, better investment in research and development, enhancing digital literacy skills and inclusion, and applying information and communications technologies to address challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population.

Since looking at the back field of the airport, we made recommendations to incorporate an elaborate digital security system, including biometrics that has been received very well.