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Alcalá de Henares, September 29, 2023. –
The AVAF has been present at the VIII International Congress on Transparency and Open Government held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Alcalá de Henares from September 27 to 29, 2023.
Teresa Clemente, deputy director of the Legal Affairs Directorate of the AVAF, presented the oral presentation “The impact of Law 2/2023 in the Valencian Community”. In it, he explained the effect of Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption in autonomous communities with prior existence of competent authorities.
In particular, he detailed the protection of whistleblowers in the Valencian Community. The application of state law and what is established in the specific Valencian regulations is a core part of the exhibition, as well as the non-regression clause and the maintenance of the most favorable provisions for the rights of the person who reports.
The presentation presented was well received among the public specialized in the subject participating in the working group and generated an intense and very interesting debate.
Juan Vega Felgueroso, lawyer from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, presented a paper with an oral presentation on “Evolution of transparency in the financing of parliamentary groups.”
The lawyer from the Legal Affairs Directorate of the AVAF analyzed the impact, in terms of transparency, of the agreement of the Corts Valencianes, regulator of the accounting and control of subsidies of parliamentary groups, based on the fact that said agreement created, ex novo, a control regime over the transfer of public funds from parliamentary groups to political parties.
The presentation presented by the AVAF lawyer caught the attention of the expert audience of the GT23-17 working group. Political parties, electoral participation and transparency, coordinated by María Salvador Martínez.
Pilar Moreno García, technician of the AVAF Training Service, participated in the working group 23-03 “Ethics and public integrity” with the paper with oral presentation “Training in integrity, the key to the vault of the institutional system. Contributions from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.” Pilar Moreno explained that the priorities and training strategy of the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency are the promotion of integrity, ethics and public values, through training as a tool for the transformation of public administration.
Prioritizing training in ethics and civic culture of Valencian citizens necessarily implies helping in the development of a critical, participatory, responsible spirit, which is the basis for strengthening institutional and democratic quality.
The protagonists of the integrity training developed by the AVAF are the public employees of all administrations, with special attention to those of the local administrations and the Generalitat Valenciana, together with Valencian university students, children and adolescents.
The International Congress of Transparency and Good Government held in Alcalá de Henares has hosted various meetings of organizations dedicated to improving open government such as the “Network of local entities for transparency and citizen participation of the FEMP”, the “Academic Network of Government Open” or the meeting of the Chairs of Transparency and Good Government.
