The Valencian Antifraud Agency organizes training actions in schools and institutes of the Valencian Community

Press release

València, January 26, 2022.- The “Nuestra Señora de la Salud-Maristas” school in Algemesí has ​​been the first school to hold a training action together with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency since until now the activities had been held only with students academic.
Aware of the importance of training for the prevention of fraud and corruption, as well as for the creation of public ethics and integrity, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has extended these activities to secondary and high school educational levels.
The Marist College of Algemesí has ​​been the first to host this docu-forum activity that has consisted of 2 sessions given in the tutoring subject. In the first session, the students watched the documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism” which caused a great impact and interest.
In the second session that complements the learning experience, a debate takes place in the classroom together with AVAF technical staff around the questions and suggestions made by the students.
The protection of people who report corruption, the regulation of institutional gifts, as well as the need for greater transparency have been some of the issues that have generated the most debate.
This is the first docuforum action that the AVAF celebrates in schools and institutes and more training actions are already scheduled in various educational centers that have shown interest in offering this training.
Whether you are a university, secondary or high school teacher and you are interested in this activity, you can contact the training service of the Valencian Antifraud Agency at the following email: formacion@antifraucv.es

Web seminar ‘The role of the media in front of corruption’

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On the occasion of the celebration of Journalist’s Day, on January 24, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has organized a web seminar on ‘The role of the media in front of corruption’ with the collaboration of the Unió de Periodistes Valencians.

Moderated by the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares, prominent Valencian journalists who write about corruption cases took part in. The webinar was attended by Juan Nieto, correspondent for “El Español” in Valencia, Laura Ballester, editor of “Levante-EMV” and Alberto Rallo, court editor of “Las Provincias”.

During this virtual meeting, topics such as the pressures suffered by journalists in the performance of their work or the possible application of the European Directive on the protection of corruption whistleblowers in the journalistic field were discussed.

Institutional meeting between the Valencian Academy of Language and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

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The president of the Valencian Academy of Language, Ramon Ferrer, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have held an institutional meeting at the AVL headquarters with the aim of studying various ways of collaboration between both institutions. Advice on anti-fraud measures, ethical codes and collaboration to promote ethics and public integrity have been some of the topics discussed at this meeting.