The Danish Board of Technology – in Danish, Teknologirådet – is undergoing a process of transformation. Since 1985, the DBT has been a public self-governing institution, established by law and with a mandate of parliamentary technology assessment. In November 2011, a newly elected parliament agreed a state budget which included the abolishment of the DBT as part of the financial solution to expand the budget for research and innovation. However, a public hearing process revealed very strong national and international backup to the work of the DBT. Since then the government has set a new course towards establishing a foundation, which is to take over the work, staff and financial running of the DBT. At the time of writing, the change of the DBT into becoming a foundation was expected to be finalized by mid-May 2012.The new foundation will be commercial with a public goods aim, including the aim of executing parliamentary technology assessment. Whether the foundation has a formal mandate with the Danish Parliament is still under consideration and expected to be clarified before summer 2012.

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