Valencia, March 15, 2023.- The president  of the Economic and  Social Committee (CES), Arturo León, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed a collaboration protocol between both statutory institutions.

The purpose of this agreement is the collaboration between both institutions to improve their respective activities for the prevention of fraud and corruption since although they perform different functions, they are complementary.

Among the planned actions is the creation of a Coordination Commission that will meet in the third quarter of each year in order to propose the training actions and of any kind that will be carried out the following year.

Likewise, the ESC may send to the Agency the complaints they receive where possible legal breaches are revealed so that it can carry out the investigations that may be appropriate.

The president of the Committee, Arturo León, has declared that “this agreement will help prevent any case of fraud and corruption in the Economic and Social Committee thanks to the collaboration with the Agency”.

For his part, the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares has indicated that “this agreement will allow the realization of training actions, as well as technology transfer between both public institutions with the aim of preventing fraud and corruption and contributing to the consolidation of ethics and public integrity”.

Declarations by the president of the CES

Declarations by the AVAF director