""Development of Expert Forensic Examinations and Activities at the Research Institute of Forensic Sciences at the Ministry of Interior (RIFS) and technical upgrade and expansion of the possibilities of five basic regional forensic laboratories""

Description

Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Improved capacity for law enforcement agencies in crime prevention and investigation”.

The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the forensic capacity of Bulgaria for precise and overall evaluation of evidence collected for criminal and civil cases. The project will improve the forensic infrastructure in Bulgaria which is a requirement for all European countries on the way to the common objectives stated in the strategy “European Forensic Science Area 2020”. The project will strengthen the capacity for forensic examination of drug substances, for examination of latent fingerprints, id documents, biological traces and digital material evidence, and for establishing  the authenticity of identity documents of illegally residing or detained illegal emigrants, to increase the capacity and the quality of collecting and examining evidence in relation to computer and computer-related crimes and to create specialised working stations for analysing information carriers, network devices and communication devices.

The project will include, inter alia, the following main activities:

• Technical equipment for five regional forensic laboratories;
• Specialized training courses for experts in different fields of forensic science;
• Organising a conference in Bulgaria with experts from Norway and Bulgaria on the topic of “Presentation of the results of the work with the new equipment, benefits from the acquired knowledge and abilities in solving specific expert tasks”;
• Writing and publishing “A Handbook on Forensic Science”.