The AVAF collaborates for the first time with the private sector in an information day on the Register of Heads of the Internal Information System

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Valencia, 30 March 2026.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) participates for the first time in an Information Day for Heads of the Internal Information System, organised by the Business Confederation of the Valencian Community (CEV).

 

Law 11/2016, on the creation of the Agency, was amended by Law 5/2025, of 30 May, on fiscal measures, administrative and financial management, and organisation of the Generalitat, by which the Agency is constituted as an independent whistleblower protection authority in the Valencian Community and has the scope of application and functions provided for in Law 2/2023,  that is, it includes the private sector in its scope of action.

 

The Information Day for Heads of the Internal Information System is motivated by the regulatory requirement of the notification of the responsible person to the independent authority, both in the Valencian Community and in the State. The objective of the Conference was to publicize the functions of the Agency and the obligations of the private sector derived from Law 2/2023, especially those related to the Internal Information System, as well as the notification and Registration of the Head of the Internal Information System to the AVAF as an independent authority in the Valencian Community.

 

On 30 March, the Information Day was held at the CEV headquarters in Valencia, in which members participated both in person and online, with a total of 66 people, of which 40 were women (61%) and 26 were men (39%).

 

On behalf of the Agency, Marita Oliver, Training Technician of the AVAF, and Elena Lacalle, Head of Prevention and Protection of Whistleblowers, participated. The Conference began with a presentation on the Internal Information System and the person responsible for it, as well as the registration with the AVAF. Subsequently, the different questions and doubts of the attendees were discussed.

 

For more information on specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention, you can write to formacion@antifraucv.es

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency discusses its work as an institution for the control, prevention and protection of whistleblowers at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University

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Alfara del Patriarca, 30 March 2026.– The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) maintains its training strategy in institutional integrity through the holding of a new #DocuforumAVAF at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University to raise awareness among future legal personnel.

 

The session, aimed at second-year students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Law, made it possible to address in a practical way the main challenges linked to public integrity, with special attention to the systems for the protection of whistleblowers, in line with the regulatory changes promoted in Spain in recent years.

 

During the activity, Pilar Moreno, Training Technician at the AVAF, explained the operation of the information channels, the legal guarantees of confidentiality and protection, as well as the different phases of the investigation procedures processed by the Agency. The Valencian Community was presented as a pioneering environment in the protection of whistleblowers of bad practices in the public sector.

 

The meeting generated a high level of participation, with special interest on the part of the students in issues such as the anonymity of informants and the management of complaints. This new edition has been possible thanks to the collaboration of Professor Elena Juaristi.

 

With initiatives such as #DocuforumAVAF, the AVAF brings the current challenges of public ethics, transparency and the defence of the general interest closer to the university environment.

 

 If you are a university, baccalaureate or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and you want to organise this activity in your classroom, you can write to formacion@antifraucv.es

 

The AVAF promotes a reflection on integrity and conflict of interest in the field of research at the Universitat Politècnica de València

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The AVAF promotes a reflection on integrity and conflict of interest in the field of research at the Universitat Politècnica de València

 

Valencia, 25 March 2026.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have held the training conference “Conflict of interest in academic and research environments” at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering (ETSII). The activity brought together nearly 80 attendees, including research staff, project managers and university administration staff.

 

Belén Picó, Vice-Rector for Research at the UPV, presented the conference and, subsequently, the Agency’s Training technicians, Mayte López and Pilar Moreno, analysed risk situations that often go unnoticed in academia:

  1. Malpractice in publication and authorship: One of the points of greatest interest for the teaching and research staff has been the analysis of scientific integrity. The problems posed by fraud in authorship and practices such as salami slicing or fragmentation of publications to inflate CVs have been detailed.
  2. Management of Spin-offs and transfer: The particularities of knowledge-based companies (CBE) have been addressed, clarifying the exceptions allowed by the Science (LCTI) and Universities (LOSU) laws with respect to the general regime of incompatibilities.
  3. Control tools in European funds: The mandatory use of DACI (declaration of absence of conflict of interest) and the MINERVA data mining tool has been delved into, explaining how the cross-referencing of tax and notarial data allows detecting “red flags” or hidden corporate links before the award of contracts.
  4. Evolution of the legal framework: The shift from a model based on the “good faith” of the civil servant (Law 40/2015) to one of active surveillance and automated detection reinforced by the laws of 2022 and 2023 has been analysed.
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The session concluded with a practical workshop where attendees presented real experiences and resolved doubts about the management of personal, relational, institutional and economic interests common in the different dimensions of university and research management.

 

The collaboration between the AVAF and the UPV reaffirms the commitment of both institutions to public integrity and transparency.

 

If you would like to have specialized training, you can contact us through formacion@antifraucv.es