Division for Quality

The mission of the division of quality is offering of forensic services quality, safe and reliable through various mechanisms, that’s are defined in the international standard for testing laboratories ISO 17025, the law on KAF and which defines a legal obligation accreditation of laboratories and laws other local applicable.

Quality control mechanism attaches great importance to quality control and safety of forensic expertise through a new process of accreditation and accreditation of laboratories Kosovo Agency for Forensics by the international quality standard ISO17025.

Kosovo Forensic Agency has accredited five (5) Laboratories / divisions according to international standard EN ISO / IEC 17025:

1. Accreditation Division (laboratory) for Serology and DNA.

2. Accreditation Division (Laboratory) for Chemical Analysis of Narcotics.

3. Accreditation Division (Lab) Ballistic.

4. Accreditation Division (Lab) Dactyloscopy & Traseology.

5. Accreditation Division (Laboratory) for documents and manuscripts.

Also, in view of storage, control and raising the quality and safety of forensic services, scientific staff Divisions / Laboratory KFA tested through tests professional organizes Division for quality with other institutes international STS (Collaborative Testing Service USA) , ENFSI (European Network Forensics Science Institute, etc.).

1. Duties and responsibilities of the Division for Excellence are:

1. Verification and certification of expertise carried out in AKF;
2. Planning and management of proficiency tests for scientific workers;
3. Security, control, operation and calibration of equipment, and forensic equipment;
4. Development and recommendation of scientific methods of work, coordination, preparation and continuing the process of accreditation for Divisions (Laboratories) of AKF’s;
5. The design of the curriculum, coordinating and conducting training for staff safety science;
6. Internal control activities (forensic expertise).
7. Quality Division leader reports to the Chief Executive.
8. Number of employees in the Division of Quality is two (2).

1. Quality Division is organized as follows

1. Shemsi Duriqi- Quality Manager
2. Ganimete Axhami- Deputy Quality Manager