It is now undisputed that Germany needs a proper digital ministry. However, it is still unclear in many respects what this could actually look like. That is why we at the cyberintelligence.institute are publishing our latest CII White Paper “Digital transformation: nine-point plan for a new future”.
Our approach is to network science and business much more closely, promote professionalism in political decisions, work not only on a project basis but also on a product basis and thus in a market-oriented manner, increase research funding beyond basic scientific research and establish efficient processes in order to achieve greater flexibility, decisiveness, innovation and international competitiveness.
And perhaps the most important aspect from the point of view of scientific research: in Germany, we have already funded many technologies in recent years through basic research that are highly innovative but not yet ready for the market. It must therefore also be the task of a future digital ministry to work intensively with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in order to eliminate additional costs and build on the existing national technology stack. At the same time, it is imperative to actively involve the German economy as a driving force and potential product customer in the political and technical decision-making processes of a new digital ministry during its development phase.
