Implementing period: December 2023 – December 2026
Budget: $1,499,180
The overall objective of the project Implemented by UNDP North Macedonia is to modernize the forensic and crime scene investigation (CSI) units in North Macedonia to improve the quality of handling crime scenes and collecting of evidence thus leading to better investigations, strengthened bilateral and international exchange of evidence and a more efficient criminal justice system.
The project interventions will upgrade ballistic facilities and operations of MoI’s Forensics Department, as well as enhance analytical, technical and investigative capacities of the ballistic and CSI units. In addition, the project will contain a gender perspective dedicated to preventing gender-based violence, focusing in particular on gender sensitization of CSI staff, as well as improving the tracking of domestic violence cases that involve firearms through a separate module in the Police Information Management System (IMS) of North Macedonia. Further upgrades to the Police IMS will be made to ensure more effective use. In addition, other digital solutions will be introduced to facilitate better SALW control. Finally, the project will assist the authorities with measures to prevent SALW misuse through awareness-raising activities.
The project contributes to Roadmap Goals 2, 3 and 4 and key performance indicators 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of SALW their ammunition and explosives in the Western Balkans by 2030.