The establishment of the Danish Resilience Center strengthens the development of knowledge and solutions that can help companies and organizations meet new demands for increased resilience. The center brings together the efforts of the seven Danish GTS institutes to promote the growth and export of resilience technology – and ultimately make Denmark more resilient.
Floods, cyberattacks, fires, supply chain disruptions, terrorism, power outages, hybrid warfare and pandemics. The list of threats to Danish companies is long, and the likelihood of incidents that will affect the company’s operations is increasing.
That is why the seven GTS institutes have joined forces to establish the Resilience Center Denmark, which will strengthen the development of innovative solutions so that suppliers can help companies become more robust and less vulnerable to the increased threat landscape.
Must both create business and help companies
Resilience Center Denmark will contribute to strengthening Denmark’s technological capacity within societal security and preparedness and to developing new technologies that can strengthen societal security. The center will contribute to ensuring that Denmark has access to the newest and most advanced technologies for strengthened societal security by solving the following main tasks:
- Research and development: The center conducts research and development in a variety of technology areas, including flood simulation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and drones.
- Technology transfer: The center works to demonstrate and transfer new technologies to companies and critical societal functions so that they can be used in practice.
- Collaboration: The center collaborates with Danish and international research institutions, private companies, industry organizations and authorities to promote the development of new technologies.
The initial focus is on supporting suppliers developing resilience technologies and solutions for businesses, including by developing standards and certification schemes that create an efficient and transparent market. In this way, the center supports businesses in meeting the NIS2 and CER legislation, which will come into force in 2025. In addition, the long-term idea is that all businesses should be able to draw on the knowledge, infrastructure and testing facilities built up by the center.
“We focus on bringing research and technology closer to companies so that they can take advantage of the new opportunities that the legal requirements create. It is a unique chance for Danish businesses to strengthen their competitiveness,” says Jesper Florin, head of Resilience Center Denmark.
National contact point for resilience and robustness
All seven GTS institutes contribute their own special competencies to the Resilience Center Denmark, and this provides a strong muscle in the work of creating a more robust and resilient Denmark. This position of strength makes the center a national contact point for increased resilience, which both companies and the public sector can draw on.
“In the event of a major national crisis, we will be able to quickly find, mobilize and coordinate the right skills among the institutes’ total of 3,700 experts – a bit like during the corona crisis, where the Danish Technological Institute helped spirits producers quickly convert production to hand sanitizer,” says Jesper Florin.
Resilience Center Denmark and the seven GTS institutes
Resilience Center Denmark is a national collaboration between the Alexandra Institute, Bioneer, DBI, DFM, DHI, FORCE Technology and the Danish Technological Institute. The center is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research’s performance contract funds with an annual grant of DKK 7.8 million in the period 2025-2028.
This support enables the center to promote research and development that will strengthen the position of Danish companies in the international market for resilience technologies.
“Resilience Center Denmark must be the driving force behind a strong market for resilience technologies that not only makes Denmark more robust, but also gives Danish companies a global competitive advantage,” says Carsten Damgaard, Research Director at DBI.
