3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
(Agence eSanté) provides individual electronic health record (Dossier de Soins Partagé) to ease
the exchange of information between health professionals and provide a more coordinated and
efficient form of assistance for the patient. The health and care sectors offer various
opportunities for TIR applications – for example, the self-tracking of body parameters to
quantify biometrics including heart rhythm, insulin, and cortisol levels. The technology can be
used for remote monitoring and medical assistance. ICT and Internet of Networks technology
also allow health professionals to track the spread of epidemics and to inform the population in
situations where public health is at risk.
The State also needs to guarantee social protection and cohesion, environmental conservation
and a stable quality of life by meeting the needs for autonomy, good health, adequate housing,
healthy alimentation, mobility, sufficient rest, and so on. Public authorities need to defend the
common welfare and the best interests of citizens, including the protection of the weak and
vulnerable populations. In general, governmental action should therefore be aimed at
preventing an increase of inequalities and a marginalization of parts of the population in the
digital era, as this is essential to social cohesion. Also, it is particularly important to leave no one
behind in the TIR process. Considering Luxembourg’s heterogenic resident and working
population, this is an outstanding challenge for the country.
To support the transition towards a more sustainable socio-economic model, public authorities
should encourage enlightened and interested citizens who are conscious of their
responsibilities, rights and obligations. In addition, public authorities should express their
commitment to sustainable development by exemplary actions like including social and
environmental criteria in public procurement.
Digitalization, in general, and the Communication Internet, in particular, changes the profile
and the role of the consumer. The Communication Internet not only offers easier access to
information about commercial offers and product characteristics, but also gives the consumer
new possibilities to get involved in the economic process. Just as digitalization and the
Communication Internet allows people to produce and share virtual goods such as music,
videos, books or knowledge, the emerging Internet of Things platform may extend the
prosumer and the Sharing Economy concept to more and more sectors of the brick-and-mortar
economy of energy and physical goods.
As consumers become producers as well, they are confronted with new obligations to be
respected and satisfied. This concerns questions about product safety and consumer rights, as
well as commercial and fiscal issues. Here, one major point is to sensitize and inform the
(nonprofessional) prosumers about their legal duties and obligations when acting as producer
or service provider.
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