The AVAF collaborates in the training of Next Generation fund managers of the Government of the Canary Islands

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València, may 6, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has participated in one of the online sessions of the course “Measures for the prevention, detection and correction of fraud and public integrity in the recovery, transformation and resilience plan (PRTR). Advanced level” organized by the sub-directorate of the MRR of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Canary Islands Institute of Public Administrations of the Canary Islands (ICAP).

 

Anselm Bodoque, acting coordinator of the Agency’s Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities Area and Pilar Moreno, AVAF’s senior training technician, gave the conference: “Public policies against corruption. From the United Nations to Spain. The institutional system against corruption in Spain.”

 

The course, aimed at public employees, senior officials, management staff or those with responsibility in the field of the RTRP mechanism in the Canary Islands, has had as its objective the acquisition of the knowledge and skills to assume the new management culture required by European funds, which includes planning, execution and accountability for the results obtained.

 

If you would like to have specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention, you can write to formacion@antifraucv.es

The first school to celebrate the #DocuforumAVAF, Maristas de Algemesí, hosts a new edition in 2025

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Algemesí, may 5, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) visits again the Nuestra Señora de la Salud – Maristas School, in Algemesí, with 1st year Baccalaureate students within the framework of Tutoring. This educational center was the first to host the activity, aimed at schools and institutes, in January 2022, since before, it was only carried out in universities.

 

The session was given by Pilar Moreno, senior training technician in the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the AVAF, who has facilitated a space for reflection on the importance of public ethics, respect for the rules and the role of citizens in the prevention of corruption. Based on the viewing and analysis of audiovisual materials, the students discussed the risks to integrity and the need to have transparent and accountable institutions.

 

Training in public integrity among young people is one of the pillars of the AVAF’s educational action. Activities such as #DocuforumAVAF allow fundamental concepts such as transparency, accountability and civic engagement to be brought closer to students, thus promoting a democratic culture from the grassroots. The fact that this program reaches high school students is key to consolidating ethical attitudes before their incorporation into the university or professional environment.

 

In the third edition of the AVAF course, approved by the IVAP, almost 130 people have participated

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València, april16, 2025.- The third edition of the AVAF course “Laws and strategies to fight corruption, for public integrity and the protection of people who report on regulatory violations” has come to an end. The course, approved by the IVAP, has brought together about 130 public employees from the Valencian Community, Catalonia, Andalusia, Madrid and other autonomous communities. The training activity was to have been carried out in November 2024, but was suspended at that time due to the effects of the DANA in the Valencian Community.

 

The course was aimed at public employees of any public administration, including people who work in public companies or public universities, and preferably those with responsibility for the direct management of internal information systems, anti-fraud committees, managers of personnel files, recruitment and subsidies.

 

Registration in this third edition of the cuso has exceeded 125 people, 65% women. More than 85% of the students were from the Valencian Community. 65% from the local administration, 13% from the instrumental public sector and 6% from universities.

 

The course began on March 26 with the presentation of Anselm Bodoque, technician in Training and Prevention, and coordinator in functions of Training, participation, communication and relations with other entities. On the same day, Training technicians Marita Oliver and Pilar Moreno made, respectively, an introduction to Law 2/2023 and public integrity strategies in public administrations.

 

The training sessions on 2 April, the second day of the course, were led by Marita Oliver and dealt with the management of internal and external information systems in Law 2/2023 and the figure of the person responsible for internal information systems, in the first part of the morning, and the procedure for managing AVAF complaints.  in the second half.

 

On April 9, the third day of the course, he had two sessions. In the first, Marita Oliver explained the regulation of the protection of whistleblowers in regulatory laws, and the AVAF’s instruments for advice and protection of whistleblowers. And, in the second, Anselm Bodoque placed Spanish legislation on the matter within the system of European public policies against fraud and corruption.

 

The last week of the course took two days. On 15 April, a face-to-face conference was held in the auditorium of the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia (UV), presented by the Dean of the Faculty, Clara Viana, and by the Director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Eduardo Beut, thanking the University for its collaboration at all times. During the conference, the professor of Criminal Law at the UV, Ángeles Jareño, focused on the weak points and issues open to debate in corruption prevention strategies; while Andrés Boix, professor of Administrative Law at the same university, explained the role of artificial intelligence as an instrument to fight fraud and work for public integrity and transparency. The two professors finally participated in an open debate with the students, led by Anselm Bodoque, on what is the priority path to fight fraud and corruption, considering the two central poles, prevention and punishment.

 

On April 16, the last two sessions of the course took place, which dealt with the Valencian system for the prevention of fraud and corruption, by Anselm Bodoque, and a workshop on conflict of interest led by Pilar Moreno and Anselm Bodoque.

 

All the sessions of the course were online, except for the face-to-face conference on April 15, which was held with the collaboration of the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia. The course has combined interventions in the form of master classes, participatory debates, specialized conferences and surveys with the aim of carrying out an agile and useful training activity.

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is grateful for the kind collaboration of the Faculty of Law of the UV and the trust placed in the training given by the institution by all the people enrolled in the course.

 

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