In 2017, the Public Ministry – Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (POHCCJ), as contracting authority, was beneficiary of the project “Strengthening the capacity of the Public Ministry of implementing evidence gathering procedures in cyber searches” – SIPOCA 54, developed within Operational Program for Administrative Capacity 2014-2020.
The project is one of the Public Ministry’s activities on the performant development of the prosecution. In the 2017 Activity Report of the Public Ministry, SIPOCA 54 is presented as one of the major events and projects, defined through epistemological value, amplitude and social impact.
General objectiv of the project is to offer to judiciary a unitary set of working methodologies on the cyber searches and the technical-scientific findings about computer data which are interesting for the prosecution, profesional training for specialists and purchase of hardware and software helpful for cyber searches.
Total amount of the project is 14,056,846, 79 lei, broken down as follows: European Social Fund (ESF) – 11.805.482, 93 lei (83.98386284% of the total eligible project budget) and 2.251.363,86 lei (16.0163716% of the total eligible project budget), own contribution from the state budget.
The target group is composed by 55 specialists (unique participants) in the field of cyber searches and the technical-scientific findings, employees of the Public Ministry (The Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, The National Anticorruption Directorate and The Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism), which will benefit by profesional training in order to development of the institutional quality and performance at the judiciary.
Implementation period (starting date – 27 July 2017) is 36 months.
Unitary set of working methodologies on the cyber searches and the technical-scientific findings