In April 2022, Synergy began work on the design and development of a Forensic Case Management System (FCMS) for the national forensic institutions in the Republic of Moldova, including the National Centre for Judicial Expertise, Police Forensic Centre and Centre of Legal Medicine. The work is carried out in close coordination with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, Electronic Governance Agency, and Information Technology and Cyber Security Service.

The system will digitize the business processes of the forensic institutions, helping to improve the record-keeping process and ensure proper custody of forensic evidence. Functionally, the system will allow the forensic institution’s key personnel to digitally open an evidence case, enter relevant information about the evidence (including documents and photos) in the case file, and distribute the case for cross-verification and acceptance. 

Following the inception mission to Chisinau, Moldova, Synergy is currently in the system design phase, working in tandem with the Ministry of Justice and UNDP Moldova. Synergy has also partnered with Enterprise Business Solutions, a Moldovan technology firm, to help provide local implementation support to the project.

The activity is implemented within the “Strengthening Efficiency and Access to Justice in Moldova” Project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the financial support of Sweden.

The objective of the A2J Project is to contribute to increased efficiency of justice services and to improved access to justice for men and women, in particular from vulnerable and marginalized groups through enhanced capacities of forensic institutions to provide qualitative justice services, strengthened capacities of the justice sector actors to provide a coordinated response to men’s and women’s justice needs, as well as a strengthened civil society able to claim the respect of rights and engage in a constructive dialogue with the justice chain actors at the local level.