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Introduction of ENFSI, experience on research uptake
12th Community of Users on Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies, 3rd December 2018, Brussels
Dr. Erkki Sippola
Chairman of European Network of Forensic Science Institutes - ENFSI
WHAT ARE FORENSIC SERVICES?
FORENSIC SERVICES ARE EXAMINATIONS TO:
- IDENTIFY PERSONS
- IDENTIFY MATERIALS AND SUBSTANCES
- IDENTIFY PATTERNS
- EXPLORE GENUITY
FORENSIC SERVICES ARE USED:
- AS EVIDENCE IN COURTS
- AS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TO HELP THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION
- FOR CRIME PREVENTION
- TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PHENOMENA IN CRIMINALITY
EXAMPLES
PERSON IDENTIFICATION
- FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION
- DNA EXAMINATION
- FACIAL RECOGNITION
- SPEECH AND AUDIO EXAMINATION
- HANDWRITING EXAMINATION
MATERIAL/SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION
- ILLICIT DRUGS
- EXPLOSIVES
- IGNITABLE FLUIDS
- METALS
- POISONS
- CONTAMINANTS
- FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS
- TOOLMARKS
- SHOEMARKS
- TIREMARKS
- DRUGS AND PRECURSORS
- FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
IDENTIFICATION OF GENUITY
- BANKNOTES, COINS
- PASSPORTS, ID-CARDS
- CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- ART
1992 MUTUAL INTEREST
1993 1ST
MEETING 11 LABS
OCT. 1995 FOUNDING MEETING
1997 1ST EAFS MEETING
1999 CONSTITU-
TION WEBSITE
2002 SECRETARY MEMBERS
FEE
2009 MONOPOLY STATUS IN EUROPE
2016 LEGAL ENTITY
ENFSI IS RECOGNIZED AS A
PROMINENT VOICE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
WORLDWIDE BY ENSURING THE QUALITY
OF DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF
FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICES THROUGHOUT EUROPE
69 MEMBERS IN 37 COUNTRIES
EVERY MEMBER HAS TO:
COVER 50 % OF THE WORKING GROUPS
CREDIBLE STATUS IN THE COUNTRY
MORE THAN 25 REPORTING OFFICERS
ACCREDITATED AGAINST ISO17020 / ISO17025 OR …
… HAVE THREE YEARS TO ACHIEVE THIS
ORIGINATE FROM A COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATE
MULTI-COMPLEX NETWORK
37 CULTURES / LANGUAGES
LARGER THAN THE EU
37 JURISDICTIONS
POLICE / JUSTICE / PRIVATE / ACADEMIC / MILITARY
30 - 600 STAFF AND 8 - 50 DISCIPLINES
Working Groups Working
Groups Working Groups Working
Groups Working Groups
ENFSI Permanent Members
Secretariat
QCC R&D
Board
Project Group Task Forces
EAFS
REPRESENTATION
EXECUTIVE
ADVISORY
SCIENTIF. & OPER.
EVENTS OOSs
17 WORKING GROUPS
> 1000 Forensic Experts
SYNERGY IN NETWORKING
EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE
PROMOTE QUALITY ASSURANCE
HARMONISE METHODS
COMBINE RESEARCH ARCTIVITIES
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PRODUCE BEST PRACTICE MANUALS
ESTABLISH ACCESS TO DATA COLLECTIONS
EXPERT WORKING GROUPS
QCC - QUALITY AND COMPETENCE
STANDING COMMITTEE
POLICIES ON QUALITY ASSURANCE AND COMPETENCE ASSURANCE
PROVIDING ADVICE TO THE EXPERT WORKING GROUPS AND ENFSI MEMBERS
RDSC - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
STANDING COMMITTEE
ENFSI’S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
FACILITATING JOINT RESEARCH BETWEEN LABS
TRIANNUAL
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
2018, LYON
INTERNAL: EPE.EUROPOL.EUROPA.EU
COMMUNICATION
EU FUNDING
ENFSI RECOGNISED AS
A MONOPOLY ORGANISATION
ENFSI RECOGNISED AS
BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, STARTED IN 2009
EU-FUNDED PROJECTS
EFSA2020 ACTION PLAN
COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS AND ACTION PLAN ON THE
WAY FORWARD IN VIEW OF THE CREATION OF AN
EUROPEAN FORENSIC SCIENCE AREA
2019 2018
Overlapping Programme Implementations for ENFSI Direct
Grants
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
MP2009
MP2010
MP2011
MP2012
MP2013
MP2014
Co-funded by the
Internal Security
Fund of the European
Union
MP2016
MP2009
Sustainable Quality Within European Forensic Science (SQWEFS)
MP2010
Strengthening the Evaluation of Forensic Results across Europe (STEOFRAE)
MP2011
Improving Forensic Methodologies across Europe (IFMAE)
MP2012
Towards European Forensic Standardisation through Best Practice Manuals
(TEFSBPM)
MP2013
Towards the Vision for European Forensic Science 2020 (TVEFS-2020)
MP2014
Towards the Development of Pan-European Databases in Forensic Science
(TDPEDFS)
Direct Grant Programme Themes Selected by ENFSI Board
MP2016
Steps Towards a European Forensic Science Area (STEFA)
2014
Direct Grant Programme 2014 (TDPEDFS)
Project Lead
N1 Towards Big Forensic Data (TBFD) - Feasibility Study & Proof of Concept
Kornelia Nehse
- Berlin (DE)
N2 Geographical distribution of firearms and gunshot residue throughout Europe: databases that help experts to report beyond the source level
Amalia Brouwer-Stamouli
- The Hague (NL)
N3 European Smoke and Ink Staining System Plus (EuSISS+) Sandrine Lauper
- Ecully (FR)
N4 Forensic Substance Database on Explosives (FoSDE) Rasmus Schulte-Ladbeck
- Wiesbaden (DE)
N5 Data platform for the combination of various databases and research-projects in the field of forensic document examination
Rolf Fauser
- Stuttgart (DE)
Start: 1 Jan 2016
Finish: 31 Dec 2017
New Finish: 31 May
2018
Final Report Deadline: 29th August 2018
[90 days]
Final Technical Report
Summary Document for EC Publication
Final Financial Statement
Certificates on the Financial Statements (EU contribution of > or = €100k)
A Collection of all the Deliverables as listed in the Work Packages
Final Report for TDPEDFS Project at end of Implementation
Report Package Submitted to EC on 22 August 2018
TDPEDFS Dissemination
Events
2016
ENFSI 2016 Direct Grant
ENFSI Board selected “general programme theme”:
Steps Towards a European Forensic Science Area 2020
(STEFA)
2016 ENFSI Direct Grant (STEFA) • Grant: € 1,500,000 (full amount requested) • 10 Projects • Implementation started on 1 Jan 2018 (2 years)
Very complex grant application
process …
(new EC internet Participant Portal)
Application submitted (19
April 2017)
Activity G1
Benchmarking forensic laboratories for strategic planning purposes
Team Leader: Tore Olsson (NFC-Linkoping, SE)
Activity G2
A fitted work tool for analytical data interpretation in forensic chemistry by
multivariate analysis (chemometrics)
Team Leader: Sami Huhtala (NBIFL-Vantaa, FI)
Projects in 2016 Direct Grant Programme
Activity G3
Collaborative exercise covering the forensic disciplines of DNA, document
examination, fingerprint examination and handwriting examination
Team Leader: Jonathan Morris (SPAFS-Glasgow, UK)
Activity G4
Development of specialist fingermark visualisation training courses (FV Training)
Team Leader: Aldo Mattei (RaCIS-Rome, IT)
Activity G5
Development of a training and education concept for forensic hair and fibre
experts
Team Leader: Jan-Eric Grunwald (BLKA-Munich, DE)
Activity G6
IT forensic tools test and validation database (ValiD)
Team Leader: James Luck (MPS-London, UK)
Projects in 2016 Direct Grant Programme (continued)
Activity G7
Empowering forensic genetic DNA databases for the interpretation of next
generation sequencing profiles (DNA.bases)
Team Leader: Ingo Bastisch (BKA-Wiesbaden, DE)
Activity G8
Best Practice Manual – Forensic examination of digitally captured signatures and
handwritten entries
Team Leader: Tomasz Dziedzic (IFR-Krakow, PL)
Activity G9
Best Practice Manual – Forensic comparison of soils
Team Leader: Stefan Uitdehaag (NFI-The Hague, NL)
Activity G10
Best Practice Manual – Fingermark visualisation at the scene of crime
Team Leader: Linda Koomen (NFI-The Hague, NL)
STEFA (MP2016) Implementation Underway
1 January 2018
1st March 2018 Team Meeting
Work Package 5 Scotland
11th – 12th January 2018 Kick-Off Meeting
Berlin
Individual Project
Teams start work !!
Mid-Term Progress Report for EC
31st December 2018
EU Direct Grant 2018
(MP2018)
• ISF-Police Funding
• Letter Dated 9th October 2018
• 1,500,000 Euros (95% of costs)
• Maximum Implementation Period: 24 months
• Application Deadline: 21st February 2019
• [Start implementation: 1st January 2020]
2018 Direct Grant – Invitation Letter from EC
“Pan-EU project(s) to implement the action plan of the Council conclusions and action plan of June 2016 on the way forward in view of the creation of an European Forensic Science Area (8770/16), in particular its actions 5 which relates to the accreditation of forensic laboratories, and its action 6 which relates to stimulating the exchange of forensics data via Prüm and improving its quality.”
ENFSI Board Call to ENFSI Community
“Expressions of Interest”
2018 Direct Grant Topic Areas
A Accreditation of Digital Forensics and Scene of Crime Services
B Training of Forensic Personnel in Accreditation Matters
C Awareness Training of Stake Holders
D Training of Technical Assessors
E Production of New and/or Updated Best Practice Manuals (BPMs)
F Proficiency Testing Across Europe
G Other Work Packages
Further information, Dr Richard Gill
Co-funded by the
Internal Security Fund
of the European Union
