What is resilience?

“Resilience is never a finished term” - Duchek

Resilience Center Denmark (RC-D) recognizes resilience as a continuously evolving concept. Accordingly, the center will co-create a definition that represents the Danish reality, while acknowledging the ever-changing nature of resilience.

At present, the definition that best reflects the RC-D's vision is outlined in the CER Directive:

"Critical entities should be in a position to reinforce their ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, resist, mitigate, absorb, accommodate, and recover from incidents that have the potential to disrupt the provision of essential services."

What is Resilience Center Denmark?

Resilience Center Denmark (RC-D) 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 during the period 2025-2028.

Resilience Center Denmark contributes to strengthening Denmark's technological capacity within societal security and preparedness, and to developing new technologies that can strengthen societal security. The center contributes to Denmark’s 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 and Innovation: 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 to develop resilience technologies and solutions for businesses, including 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 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.

Our goals

Distributing knowledge and technology

We aim to collect, develop and share research-based knowledge and technology that suppliers can use to create resilience solutions for monitoring, emergency planning, crisis simulation and training.

Access to infrastructure

Resilience Center Denmark serves as the national hub for resilience, providing both suppliers and end-users with access to networks, technology, and test and training facilities. This will lower the barriers and reduce financial risks for businesses entering new markets.

Standards, guidelines and recommendations

We develop and promote standards, guidelines and best practices to create an efficient and transparent market for resilience solutions. This will enhance quality and simplify compliance, particularly for SMEs. Resilience solution providers will be offered training programmes with certification opportunities in areas such as ISO standards.

The seven GTS institutes

Each of the seven GTS institutes plays a vital role in strengthening resilience for critical infrastructures in Denmark. Their combined expertise ensures a multidisciplinary approach to tackling challenges and developing innovative solutions.