EU TWINNING PROJECT“Improving the Skills of Forensic Experts”

AB Eşleştirme Projesi“Adli Bilim Uzmanlarının Becerilerinin Geliştirilmesi“

CLOSING EVENT / KAPANIŞ TOPLANTISI

RTA: Dr. Pedro Manuel GaramendiRTA Counterpart: Dr. İpek Esen Melez

İSTANBUL

April 19th 2013 - 19 Nisan 2013

MInistry of JusticeThe Netherlands

Ministry of JusticeMinistry of Interior

Turkey

MInistry of Justice Ministry of Interior

Spain

EU TWINNING PROJECTS

EU development tool of Public Administration in countries candidate to access EU.

Candidates (EU Enlargement Strategy 2009): Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Kosovo, Turkey e Iceland.

EU Financial funds. Funds Twinning Project eligible Contracting Authority TR/2008/JH/IB/01 : 2,005,735 €.

Backgrounds

TWINNING PROJECTS:

Project purpose is the result of previous Twinning Projects conclusions and recommendations. Most important previous EU activities in relation with forensic experts training in Turkey have been:

- “Judicial Modernization and Penal Reform in Turkey Project (JMPR)” aimed at supporting the reforms and the efforts planned or already under implementation by Turkish authorities, on the basis of European standards shared by the European Commission and the Council of Europe. The programme started on 2003 and ended in 2005.

- “Strengthening the Police Forensic Capacity” which started on 2005 and ended on 2007.

- “Enhancement of the professionalism of the Turkish Gendarmerie in its law enforcement activities” which started on 2004 and ended in 2006.

TURKISH FORENSIC INSITITUTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVES:

- Continuous Education Strategy of forensic experts design

- Quality Management Strategies implemented. ISO accreditation in Forensic Sciences.

- Different collaborative initiatives with EU

- Full integration of Turkish Forensic Sciences labs in international networks (ENFSI, FASE, IALM)

Main Objectives and Benchmarks

Overall objective:

To contribute to the functioning judicial system through improving the standards of the forensic services in Turkey

– BENCHMARK: Decrease the decisions due to the violation of Article 2 because of inefficient forensic investigation.

Mandatory Result 1:

Improved Forensic Capacity of the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), Criminal Laboratories of the Police (KPL) and Gendarmerie (JKDB). Update forensic analysis methods in line with the EU standards.

– BENCHMARK 1.1: At least 130 forensic personnel from ATK, 130 from JKDB, 130 from KPL will be trained till the first months of 2012 (Components 1 and 2)

Mandatory Result 2:

Quality and Credibility of forensic expert reports in the BC institutions involved will improve

– BENCHMARK 2.1:At least Four methods of the involved laboratories will be accredited according to ISO 17025 till the first months of 2012 (Component 3)

– BENCHMARK 2.2: Best practice manual on crime scene investigation methods of JKDB and KPL will be ready according to ISO 17020 (Component 4)

Twinning Team

TURKISH PROJECT LEADER

Prof Assoc Dr. Haluk Ince

SENIOR PROJECT OFFICERDr. Yalçin

Büyük

JKDB CoordinatorMr. Mehmet

Bakan

KPL Coordinator

Mr Cem Mehmet Çetin

ATK Coordinator and RTAC

Dr. Ipek Esen Melez

SPANISH PROJECT LEADER

Dr. Andrés Bedate

DUTCH PROJECT LEADER

Ing Mr Jos Tóth

NFI Assistant

Mrs. Ellen Richter

RESIDENT TWINNING ADVISER

Dr, Pedro Manuel Garamendi

RTA Assistants:Mrs Pinar Çelebioglu

& Ms Hande Arli

FIIAPPMr Mariano

Guillén, Mrs Eva Aranda & Mrs

Carolina Morales

• Duration of the Project: 25 months (March 2011 / April 2013)

• International Experts. Trainers: 108; Turkish Participants (units): 1037

• Working days in Turkey & EU MS: 359

• Days/trainee: 4.17

• Days/activity: 3.95

• Trainees/activity: 16.20

28

49

15

92

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

TOTAL

EXP VIS

SEM

SV

TOTAL ACTIVITIES

EU Short Term Experts Providers:• Spain: Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior and Spanish Universities • Holland: Netherlands Forensic Institute and Dutch Police Forces• National Forensic Institute of Portugal• Legal Medicine Institute of Münster (Germany)• Legal Medicine Institute of Bern (Switzerland)• Legal Medicine Institute of Leuven (Belgium)• University of Padova (Italy)

1 11111 2 22 36

7

8

916

17

30

Other Spain

DGT Spain

CGP J Spain

Netherlands DVI Units

LMI Berlin

Universitá P adova

Netherlands J ustice Administration

LMI Münster

LMI Leuven

Netherlands P olice Forces

INMLCF P ortugal

INTCF Spain

University Spain

GC Spain

CGP C Spain

IML Spain

NFI

2 2 46

3460

Italy

Germany

Belgium

Portugal

Holland

Spain

Training days by field of expertise

61

44

31

2523 21

20

17

15

14

11

10

109

98

855553

Biomechanics

Toolmarks

Age estimation in the living

Ballis tics

B loodstains pattern analys is

Forens ic Psychiatry and psychology

Forens ic Pathology

Forens ic Entomology

Human Rights

Rape and Gender V iolence and M inors as vic tims

Forens ic M icrobiology

Forens ic Audio analys is

Forens ic Anthropology

Road Traffic acc idents investigations

Evidence Acceptance Units

Gun Shot Res idues Analys is

Forens ic Genetics

Quality Mangement

Digital Technology

Forens ic Chemistry

Forens ic Tox icology

CSI Investigations

Turkish Participants

496

217 212

112

1037

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

TOTAL

ATK

KPL

JKDB

OTHER

TOTAL TRAINEES

Working days by country

82%

1%1%

10%6%

Holland

Spain

Belgium

Portugal

Turkey

Activities by country

83%

1%1%

10%5%

Holland

Spain

Belgium

Portugal

Turkey

Activities in Turkey

29%

16%

55%

Istanbul

Ankara

Both

Working days in Turkey

30%

23%

47% Istanbul

Ankara

Both

Main Results

• Mandatory Result 1. Benchmark 1.1:

– 1037 participants in 22 fields of expertise (364 extra training units in ATK, 87 in KPL and 82 in JKDB). Achieved.

• Mandatory result 2. Benchmark 2.1:

– At least 4 laboratory methods are ready for accreditation on ISO 17025. Achieved

• Mandatory result 2. Benchmark 2.2:

– BPM on CSI according to ISO 17020. Achieved

• General Indicator in Mandatory result 1 (Overall Objetive):

– 36 Resolutions of ECHR were discussed between Turkish and EU MS experts (judges, prosecutors, police forces and forensic personnel). Achieved

Best Practice Manual on CSI

according to ISO 17020

Methods ready to be accredited by Institution

ISO/IEC 17025

Explosives Digital Technology

GSR by SEM

Fire Debris

Drugs in organic samples

Drugs in non-organic samples

Forensic Genetics

ATK YES NO NO NO YES YES YES

KPL YES YES NO NO YES YES YES

JKDB YES YES YES ------ YES ------ ------

1

2

3

2,20

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

On the samelevel

Enhanced Enhaced a lot TwinningAverage

"Is your knowledge about fields of expertise in EU in the same level before Project?"

3,50 3,44

1,00

1,50

2,00

2,50

3,00

3,50

4,00

C1

3,49

3,59

3,40

3,63

3,253,303,353,403,453,503,553,603,65

General

General

3,35

3,633,58 3,58

3,203,253,303,353,403,453,503,553,603,65

Items

Items

2,21 2,222,25

2,06

1,95

2,00

2,05

2,10

2,15

2,20

2,25

Enhancement

Enhancement

Other visibility issues

• Publication of BPM on CSI in Turkish (2000 copies and pdf version)

• Publication of book of ECHR resolutions about Human Rights preservation (50 copies)

• Translation into English of Guidelines of Spanish Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Odontology Society (pdf version available for Turkish experts)

• Scientific paper about Twinning Project published in Spanish journal of Legal Medicine (Cuadernos de Medicina Forense. 2012)(scielo, SCOPUS, IBECS e IME)

• Agreed Guidelines on basic procedures in Forensic Microbiology

• Collaboration in IALM international congress 2012 in Istanbul (Forensic toxicology workshop)

• Website of the Project: http://www.forensicskills.eu/

Keys of Success

Working Team: Twinning Team (Mrs Pınar Çelebioğlu Cera Sanz and Ms Hande Arlı), Heads of Departments and all Turkish experts involved. EU MS Short Term Experts. Mrs. Ana García-Rojo (key expert in Police issues). Senior Project Officer (Dr. Yalçın Büyük)

Establishment of a solid scientific network between EU and Turkish forensic experts in different fields of expertise

Smooth Cooperation of CFCU (Ms Süreyya Erkan), EUD (Mr. Gerhard Salzer and Ms Ayse Nur Onsoy) and EU Headquarters

Full committment of Turkish institutions

Full political committment

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