Areas of modernization of the system of training and certification of forensic experts in Ukraine based on the adaptation of foreign experience.

UNLABELLED: The article is devoted to the study of the existing system of training and certification of forensic experts in Ukraine and to the provision of proposals for its modernization, taking into account the positive experience in the field of forensic science of the USA, UK and some countries of the European Union. In Ukraine, the procedure for the training and certification of forensic experts is determined by ministries and other central executive authorities, which manage state specialized institutions that carry out forensic activities. A study of foreign experience in the training and certification of forensic experts made it possible to identify general and specific elements, sustain the benefits of the implemented measures, and formulate priorities and guidelines. The research resulted in the justification of the need to develop a single regulatory act that would determine the procedure for training, internships, and certification of forensic experts, as well as the creation of a single qualification body that would help ensure uniform approaches to determining the qualification of forensic experts working in state specialized forensic institutions, their territorial branches, expert institutions of municipal ownership, and forensic experts who are not employees of these institutions. It is proved that the development and implementation of uniform standards for training forensic experts on the basis of a centralized approach, regardless of where these specialists will work in the future, will help address the problem of training personnel. The author concludes that improving the quality of training, internship, and certification of forensic experts requires new approaches to organizational, economic, teaching, methodological, and technical provision. The author substantiates the need for fundamentally new forms of activity which will ensure the effectiveness and transparency of the assessment of knowledge by means of modern information technologies in the current reform environment. It is stated that Ukraine should raise the criteria for admission to the profession of a forensic expert. The author specifies the issues that need to be enshrined in law.

KEY POINTS: Implementation of uniform standards for the training of forensic experts will solve the problem of training unqualified personnel.Shortcomings in the system of training and certification of forensic experts lead to staff turnover in forensic institutions.Focusing the training on the individual needs of a forensic expert will improve the existing model of professional development.Establishment of a single institution for the qualification assessment of forensic experts will contribute to the formation of a unified practice of access to the profession.Establishment of the Institute of Forensic Expertise will facilitate the theoretical mastery of academic disciplines in the field of expert activity and the passage of relevant practices.