Capacity Building of Forensic Experts

Projekt abgeschlossen

The project aims at improving the capacities of forensic experts in Bulgaria in order to comply with the European standards EA ISO / IEC 17025 in the field of forensic investigations.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Bulgarien
Öffentliche Sicherheit erhöhen
15.09.2012 - 30.06.2018
CHF  1’000’000

Note: the texts under all the headings, with the exception of 'Results achieved', describe the situation before the start of the project.

Zielgruppen

Forensic experts and law enforcement officials

Aktivitäten
  • Establish a center for forensic expert training situated in the Academy MoI
  • Exchange of expertise with the Swiss Partner (study visits, workshops)
  • Design and introduce new curriculum and related educational documentation for forensic expert training
  • Purchase of new equipment allowing better reliability and speediness of DNA analysis are purchased and put in operation

 

Resultate

Erreichte Resultate:  

  • Clear outline of the actual legal framework and existing gaps elaborated
  • Overall improvement in professional training of the forensic experts of the Ministry of the Interior, the Research Institute on Forensic Science and Criminology (RIFSC) is enabled to work more efficiently and according to European standards as its technical capacity to investigate material traces of crime scenes has been substantially improved
  • New forensic training centre with modern facilities and equipment
  • Upgraded training program with new curriculum and related educational documentation and manuals
  • The RIFSC has been certified according to ISO/IEC 17025 in the field of DNA and Trace Marks and Ballistics examinations


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Schweizer Beitrag an die erweiterte EU
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Privatsektor


Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    1’000’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    0 Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF    1’176’470
Projektphasen Phase 10 01.07.2014 - 31.05.2019   (Completed)

Phase 2 15.09.2012 - 30.09.2017   (Completed)

Phase 1 01.09.2012 - 30.06.2016   (Completed) Phase 1 15.09.2012 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 1 15.09.2012 - 31.03.2018   (Completed) Phase 1 01.07.2013 - 30.06.2018   (Completed) Phase 1 01.07.2013 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 1 01.04.2014 - 30.09.2018   (Completed) Phase 1 01.05.2014 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)