ities can collaborate smoothly to provide good and efficient services to individuals or businesses based on the knowledge that they already have about them. For this to become a reality, the authorities must to a greater extent be able to exchange and access relevant data on individuals in a secure manner; not least in situations in which many authorities are involved. Local, regional and central governments therefore have to work towards more sharing of data wherever this is possible, relevant and secure. Increased use of data can be supported by common data standards, standardised data formats, common IT architectures and a robust IT infrastructure. Increased sharing of data will enable new generations of digital solutions which can automatically find the necessary data. Individuals and businesses will save time because they do not have to report data unnecessarily. Furthermore, administrative processes and case work will be eased if manual workflows, and in some situations decisions, can be automated. 8 A STRONGER AND MORE SECURE DIGITAL DENMARK More efficient sharing and exchange of data between various IT systems and organisational units will provide individuals and businesses with more efficient case processing procedures and more tailored and coherent interventions. In future, individuals and businesses should, as far as possible, only have to submit, information to the authorities once, instead of having to enter the same information in several places in public digital solutions. Greater use and reuse of data will also improve the basis for the public services delivered. This will also contribute to a more modern and efficient public sector and, thus, release resources which can be applied to other political priorities. These efforts should be continued, taking account of the legislation on processing of personal data and the individual's right to privacy. New business opportunities The business and growth policy of the Government is to create good framework conditions for commerce and industry and, thus, contribute to growth in Denmark through the promotion of digital solutions in Danish businesses, through promotion of entrepreneurship and through establishing the foundation for Danish businesses to be able to continue to compete in the global market. The goal is for Danish businesses to become better at exploiting new paths to growth. This requires that Denmark and Danish businesses become better at exploiting the potential in, for example, automation and new technologies, and, by doing so, enhance productivity and competitiveness. This applies, in particular, to the many Danish small and medium-sized enterprises. Efforts by the public sector must promote digitisation in the private sector. With more digitisation, businesses will become better at exploiting business potentials in a digital world; they will become more competitive and they will improve their productivity. Creation of a strong digital Denmark with new opportunities and improved framework conditions for businesses calls for new public-private partnerships. Data is an all-important resource in a digital era; a resource which opens up for new business opportunities and which can be used to optimise internal business procedures. It is important that, within the framework of the law, more public-sector data is made available to businesses, so that this data can serve as a driver for innovation and new business opportunities in the private sector. This should provide the business community with good opportunities for finding, combining and reusing data to develop new innovative products and services, so that businesses will be well positioned in the future competition. Digitisation efforts should create strong framework conditions for businesses and support their digital transition. For example, better and more user-friendly digital solutions and automated data collection from businesses should contribute to the goal of reducing significantly the administrative burden on businesses. A STRONGER AND MORE SECURE DIGITAL DENMARK 9