The Valencian Housing and Land Entity, ISTEC and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency collaborate on public integrity training

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The first of the training actions of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in this year 2023 has been held with the Valencian Housing and Land Entity (EVHa), a public business entity attached to the Second Vice Presidency and Ministry of Housing and Bioclimatic Architecture of the Generalitat Valenciana.

A total of three training days, two in Valencia and one in the city of Alicante, have taken place in collaboration with EVHa due to the interest shown by the entity in public integrity training, after the approval of the anti-fraud measures plan of the institution.

The conferences have been entitled “Public integrity and risks in public management” and in them, the Training service has given all the sessions. The costs of corruption, the importance of the culture of public integrity and the anti-fraud cycle have been analyzed by Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training service, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, AVAF training technicians.

The first of the sessions, on January 12, was inaugurated by the general director of the Valencian Housing and Land Entity, Rafael Eloy Montero Gosalbes, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares Gómez. The director of the AVAF highlighted the work of the Agency as a collaborative and aid organization with a common objective with the rest of the institutions, to increase the prestige of the public administration.

From the instrumental public sector company of the GVA, ISTEC (Sociedad Infraestructuras y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones y Certificación SAU), a representation of its staff participated in the training session on Friday, January 13, due to their interest in increasing their training in public integrity.

The training session in Alicante took place on January 27, 2023 in the Assembly Hall of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation of Alicante with the participation of staff at the service of the Valencian Housing Entity and the land of Alicante. The AVAF personnel posted to provide the specific training were Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training service, and Marita Oliver, a training technician.

The 110 attendees, at the service of the Valencian Housing and Land Entity and ISTEC, actively participated in the three days organized, of 4 hours each, through conferences and a practical workshop on conflict of interest that allowed debate and Reflection on the risk posed by the incorrect management of conflicts of interest.

Training in integrity and the fight against corruption and fraud in the public administration is essential as a prevention mechanism and in building a culture of organizational integrity.

The Agency thanks the Valencian Housing and Land Entity for organizing these training days, as well as the interest shown by ISTEC in participating in training on integrity and risks in public management.