The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 award

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València, 26 may 2025.- On Monday, May 26, the Infoparticipa Seals for transparency and participation in local public communication in the Valencian Community, corresponding to the year 2024, were awarded at CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH). The municipalities of Gandia, Onda, València, Elx-Elche, Santa Pola, Gata de Gorgos, Dénia, Riba-roja de Túria, Alcalà de Xivert-Alcossebre, Tous, and Bicorp, as well as the provincial councils of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón, met the required percentage of indicators over the past year to receive these recognitions for transparency, applying the Infoparticipa Map methodology.


This analysis is carried out annually by researchers from the Governance, Transparency and CSR Observatory of CEU UCH, and has been conducted for the past seven years.

 

The event, held at the university’s Auditorium on the Alfara del Patriarca campus, was presided over by CEU UCH rector Higinio Marín, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer Alicia López Castellano, the Regional Secretary for Institutional Relations and Transparency of the Generalitat Valenciana, Santiago Lumbreras Peláez, and the Director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), Eduardo Beut, who also presented the awards.

 

All details about the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 ceremony are available at the following link:
https://medios.uchceu.es/actualidad-ceu/la-ceu-uch-entrega-los-sellos-infoparticipa-a-once-ayuntamientos-valencianos-y-a-las-tres-diputaciones/

 

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves the code of ethics and conduct for its staff and will create an Ethics Committee

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València, 23 may, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its code of ethics and conduct to provide its staff, including people who exercise managerial functions, with a set of values and principles of action that serve as a guide for their work and public activity with a perspective of public integrity.

 

The Code is structured in eight parts. It highlights as a central axis the establishment of ethical principles, essential values and standards of conduct that must guide both the staff and the management of the Agency in the exercise of their functions.

 

It is stressed that the code is not a general provision, as corresponds to this type of document, but is a tool for the commitment of all staff at the service of the Agency with shared values and good practices in the management of public resources.

 

In line with this commitment, the AVAF will include in the specifications of administrative clauses in the field of procurement, in the terms and conditions of the call for subsidies and in the agreements it signs, the need to respect the ethical and conduct principles to which the activity of contractor companies, natural or legal persons benefiting from subsidies and entities that sign agreements must be adapted.

 

Monitoring compliance with the Code is the responsibility of the Ethics Committee, which is the advisory body responsible for common criteria for the interpretation of the values, principles and obligations established in this Code. Its reports and recommendations, as well as any action carried out within its competences, will be of a consultative and guiding nature.

 

The Committee is composed of three members. An external person of recognised prestige in the field of public ethics, appointed by the Management at the proposal of the Ethics Committee; an AVAF official from groups A1 or A2, and an AVAF official from groups C1, C2 or B. The members of the Committee belonging to the Agency will be chosen by public lottery.

 

The Agency will provide its staff with appropriate training to expand their theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of public integrity.

 

The Code of Ethics is available on the Agency’s website and can be consulted at:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Publc-DOGV-num-10113_CAS.pdf

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency holds a training session on public integrity with staff from the Regional Ministry of Innovation

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València, 20 may, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), through its Training Department, has conducted a training session aimed at staff from the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Trade, and Tourism under the title “Integrity systems and corruption prevention in public administration.” This initiative is part of the AVAF’s commitment to promoting an institutional culture based on ethics and fraud prevention within Valencian public administrations.

 

The Regional Secretary for Innovation, Jeronimo Mora, opened the session, which began with a presentation by Anselm Bodoque, acting coordinator of the AVAF’s Department of Training, Participation, Communication, and Relations with other entities. He introduced the Valencian institutional integrity system as a key tool in the fight against corruption. Next, Marita Oliver, senior training officer, analyzed the information systems set out in Law 2/2023 and shared the AVAF’s practical experience in managing alerts.

 

After a short break, the training continued with a presentation by Pilar Moreno, also a senior training officer at the Agency, focused on the need to consolidate a culture of public integrity in administrations and to identify the main risks of fraud and corruption. The session concluded with a participatory workshop on conflicts of interest, which explored their detection and proper management in the public sector.

 

With this session, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency strengthens its support for public institutions, encouraging the adoption of integrity systems that help improve citizen trust and good governance in the Valencian Community.