The AVAF takes part once again in the IVAP Training Plan with a course on public integrity policies and prevention

Courses

Valencia, September 26, 2025.- The Valencian Institute of Public Administration (IVAP) has once again counted on the collaboration of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) in its Training Plan. The course “Public Integrity Policies and the Prevention of Fraud and Corruption Risks”, now in its third edition, was delivered online, with a duration of 20 hours and by public employees from the Agency itself.

 

The Valencian Institute of Public Administration, the body responsible for training policies for staff serving the different public administrations of the Valencian Community, aims through this training activity to promote integrity, transparency, and public ethics, the correct implementation and evaluation of public policies, and the efficient management of public resources. During the course, participants were introduced to the institutional system against corruption in the Valencian Community, framed within the national and international context, as well as to the regulatory developments of the Generalitat. The training also reviewed the obligations derived from Law 2/2023, together with preventive tools of urgent implementation in public institutions.

 

The first training session, on September 16, began with an introduction to Law 2/2023, regulating the protection of persons who report breaches of regulations and combating corruption. The second part of the session focused on the protection of whistleblowers, as well as on the legal advice provided by the Agency to complainants.

 

On Thursday, September 18, the regulation of reporting systems under Law 2/2023 was presented, highlighting the existence of internal and external reporting channels and the Agency’s complaint management procedures. The first two sessions were taught by Marita Oliver, AVAF training officer.

 

In the third session of the course, on September 23, Pilar Moreno, AVAF training officer, explained the need for public integrity plans in public institutions and presented numerous preventive initiatives regarding risks in public management, with special emphasis on risks in public procurement.

 

The Head of the Cabinet and Studies of the Agency, Anselm Bodoque, led the September 25 session, addressing the consequences of corruption and public policies to fight fraud, from an analysis of the international and national context.

 

For her part, Mayte López, AVAF training officer, analyzed the situation in the Valencian Community and the regional regulations concerning the integrity system built over the last decade.

 

The active participation of students throughout the course culminated in a workshop on the proper management of conflicts of interest, led by Anselm Bodoque and the Agency’s entire training team. The course and workshops enabled lively and enriching debate among participants.

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves its First Equality Plan

Press release

Valencia, September 1, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its first Equality Plan, whose overall objective is to consolidate an organizational culture committed to equality, eliminating any structural, mental, or customary barriers that hinder the full development of this principle.

 

The First Equality Plan will be in force for four years and applies to all AVAF staff. The text was drafted on the basis of a detailed participatory diagnosis carried out in May 2023, with the involvement of the entire workforce, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The diagnosis identified as areas for improvement specific training on equality, as well as the perception that reconciliation of work and personal life may affect the professional opportunities of some employees.

 

The plan includes 19 lines of action structured around the following strategic areas:

  • Access to employment and career development: Ensure procedures and selection bodies incorporate equality and transparency, reinforcing equality training for the staff involved.
  • Shared responsibility in work-life balance: Promote the full and shared exercise of personal, family, and work rights without undermining professional promotion, including measures such as the right to digital disconnection.
  • Equality training: Promote the inclusion of a gender perspective in all internal and external training programs.
  • Balanced presence in decision-making bodies: Raise awareness to ensure the balanced representation of women and men in collegiate and decision-making bodies.
  • Prevention and protection against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex: Permanent dissemination of protocols, awareness campaigns, and psychological support, guaranteeing a safe environment and zero tolerance for such behavior.
  • Pay equality: Continue guaranteeing, through review and monitoring systems, the absence of wage discrimination on the grounds of sex.
  • Monitoring and evaluation: Establish a joint commission responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing the effective implementation of the plan, its indicators, and regulatory updates.
  • Labor rights of victims of gender-based violence: Promote awareness and exercise of rights and specific support protocols through training and awareness campaigns.
  • Mainstreaming and inclusive communication: Extend the gender perspective to all areas, campaigns, and communications, reviewing institutional language and images to ensure they are non-sexist.

The execution and evaluation of the plan will be entrusted to a joint commission made up of representatives of the entity and of the workforce, responsible for conducting annual monitoring, as well as evaluations at the two- and four-year marks.

 

With this initiative, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency aligns its equality policies with regional, national, and European regulations. For further information, the full text of the First Equality Plan is available at the following link.