21. States should consider measures to regularize employment, which will positively impact both individual participants in informal labour markets and the general economy. IV. Digital Inclusion 22. States should create conditions for digital inclusion. Digital inclusion, meaning that everyone, including persons belonging to minorities, has access to, and the use of, information and communication technologies, is a prerequisite for participation in a modern society, economy and public life. 23. States should address any digital divides affecting individuals, households, businesses, communities, national minorities and regions. This includes when the State or private companies provide essential information or access to services through digital technology. 24. States should put in place specific measures to promote the digital inclusion of minority language speakers and multilingual border regions. V. Geographic and Regional Dimensions 25. States should strengthen the social and economic infrastructure of economically disadvantaged regions where national minorities live, including through investment, and facilitate the participation of national minorities in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of plans and programmes for national and regional development which may affect them directly. 26. States should work with, and support the efforts of, national minorities to nurture and promote the economic potential of different languages and cultures as part of their regional development programmes. National minority languages and cultures can have economic and development values and benefits. 27. Development and infrastructure initiatives, including the exploitation of local resources, must not disproportionally and unjustifiably impact upon persons belonging to national minorities or fail to recognize their property rights. Persons belonging to national minorities should be consulted when development and infrastructure initiatives will affect their communities. 14 Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Social and Economic Life