The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency integrates an accessibility platform on its website for people with hearing and visual difficulties

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València, January 31, 2024.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has integrated an accessibility platform on its website: www.antifraucv.es. With the implementation of the new accessible version, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is committed to equal digital access for all citizens and the promotion of a more inclusive society.

This new service, integrated into the corporate website, goes beyond the standards established by the legal framework for web and mobile application accessibility in the public sector, offering a more accessible online experience.

To activate the accessibility platform on the website of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, users only need to click on the warning tab located on the left margin of the screen. Once activated, the tool adapts the interface and navigation of the website to meet the individual needs of users, both visual and auditory, with the aim of obtaining an optimal web experience accessible to all citizens.

With this new platform, the AVAF advances in the process of continuous improvement on its website, with the aim of achieving 100% accessibility. This commitment to digital inclusion includes the continuous improvement of compatibility with screen readers, the optimization of responsive design or the enrichment of alternative content, subtitles and audio descriptions, to facilitate access to content for users with hearing or visual disabilities.

The town councils of Quart de Poblet, Mislata and the AVAF collaborate in training on anti-fraud and public integrity

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Quart de Poblet.- January 31, 2024

The town councils of Quart de Poblet and Mislata have carried out the first training action on integrity and public ethics promoted in a coordinated manner by two town councils jointly and taught by the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF).

The Assembly Hall of the Quart de Poblet House of Culture hosted the event on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, and the institutional welcome was given by the mayor of Quart de Poblet, Cristina Mora, who highlighted “the importance of ethics professional of all people with public responsibility” and thanked the presence and work of the AVAF.

The more than 60 public employees of both municipalities had the opportunity to learn about the Spanish and Valencian regulatory and institutional framework regarding the fight against corruption, as well as the developments and obligations that the new state regulations entail regarding the protection of informants. of regulatory violations, Law 2/2023.

During the day, public policies on corruption were addressed by Anselm Bodoque, head of the AVAF Training Service. Pilar Moreno, training technician, focused on promoting the culture of public integrity and preventing risks in decision-making in the local administration. While Marita Oliver, Training technician, highlighted the detection, correction and prosecution phases of the anti-corruption cycle.

The workshop-debate on conflicts of interest, in which gamification tools were used to enhance the participation of attendees, warned that inadequate management of the conflict of interest situation can lead to corruption and Reading and consulting the Agency’s recommendations on this and other matters was recommended.

The lack of planning was also highlighted as the risk warned by the participants in the conference that should be considered the most in public management in the local administration.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, with this first day of 2024 in the field of local administration, continues to demonstrate its commitment to the training of public employees in matters of integrity and the fight against corruption, as stated in its creation law. and development regulations.

If you wish to have specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention in your public administration, do not hesitate to write to formacion@antifraucv.es

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Echo of the day on the website of the Quart de Poblet City Council.
https://quartdepoblet.es/actualidad/noticia/quart-de-poblet-avanza-en-la-tolerancia-cero-contra-el-fraude-con-formacion-a-sus-trabajos-publicos

*Photographs provided by the Quart de Poblet City Council

The City Council of La Pobla de Vallbona and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency have signed a protocol to launch the complaint mailboxes

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València, 30 January 2024.- The mayor of La Pobla de Vallbona, Abel Martí, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed a collaboration protocol between both institutions for the implementation of both internal and external complaint boxes, thus complying with the requirement of Law 2/2023 regulating the protection of people who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption.

The City Council of La Pobla de Vallbona will enable as an external channel for complaints the complaint mailbox of the Valencia Anti-Fraud Agency, which will be visible on the municipal website; A mailbox that guarantees the confidentiality of whistleblowers, as well as allowing the possibility of being able to make complaints anonymously.

It should be recalled that Law 2/2023, published in the Official State Gazette on 21 February, transposes into Spanish law the European Directive 1937/2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law, better known as the Whistleblowers Directive.

Through this agreement, the City Council of La Pobla de Vallbona incorporates institutional integrity into strategic planning, also enabling a specific internal whistleblowing channel and the connection with the Agency’s external whistleblowing channel.

The collaboration between both institutions will also extend to other actions and activities such as those of a training nature where the staff of the city council will receive training in aspects related to the promotion of ethics and public integrity, as well as the prevention and detection of situations constituting fraud and corruption.