The SFSB Director Maira Čentoricka together with SFSB Quality Manager and an expert from the Document Investigation Department will participate in the meeting of the project “Steps Towards a European Forensic Science Area” (STEFA) devoted to the activity G1 “Benchmarking forensic laboratories for strategic planning purposes”. The meeting will be held from 27 till 29 November 2018 in Stockholm.
The STEFA project is an important stepping stone in the realisation of the European Forensic Science Area contributing to key work streams that have been specified in the relevant EU Council Decisions. It brings together teams of experts from 31 organisations in 18 EU Member States (forensic institutes, research establishments, universities & other forensic service providers) along with 5 more organisations from other countries.
The SFSB is involved in 3 STEFA activities – G1 “Benchmarking forensic laboratories for strategic planning purposes”, G5 “Development of a training and education concept for forensic hair and fibre experts” and G9 “Best Practice Manual – Forensic comparison of soil traces”.