Disruption taskforce – GovTech
The Disruption Taskforce (DTF) is an innovation unit under the Danish Ministry for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs.
The unit was established in May 2018 to replace the public sector innovation lab, MindLab, and therefore forms a very relevant policy lab case. The focus of DTF is to accelerate a digital transformation within the Ministry of Business and across the Danish business sector by developing, collecting, and implementing digital and technological solutions.
Among the main initiatives is currently the GovTech program, which aims to create a new national GovTech framework from scratch, eventually making GovTech a growth area for Denmark. DTF is also tasked with challenging administrative procedures, processes and working methods throughout the Ministry. The taskforce works closely with internal stakeholders and externally with a number of private companies and research institutions, e.g. through its advisory board.