Apart from the presentation of the Annual Report by the Director General of the ILO, the Conference will also consider a global report on the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights of Work. This year this global report will focus on the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour. Items to be discussed also include a discussion on health and safety in agriculture and a general discussion on the issues, challenges and prospects of social security. The Malta-based RS2 Software Group has signed a contract for the provision of its flagship software product, BankWorks, to a financial services company in the Gulf. RS2 Software Group develops card payment solutions for the banking industry worldwide, and maintains an office in Egypt to handle its Middle Eastern operations.
All software development takes place in Malta.
The region is booming, with strong demand for new technology like ours. At the Dubai conference, Mr Schembri made a presentation to the major banks of the Middle East and the Gulf, on how to upgrade their software systems for the demands of e-commerce and smart card business. Today, banks are thinking in terms of wallet, vendors, payment gateways, and payment tools. Their systems should be able to cope with multiple currencies, because of cross-border transactions. Flexibility is a major issue, and our BankWorks systems has been designed for this.