Valencia City Council holds a conference on institutional integrity for its public sector in collaboration with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

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Valencia, 15 May 2026.– The General Directorate of the local public sector of the Valencia City Council has organised the conference “The institutional integrity system: Regulatory framework, risks and internal information systems”, aimed at public employee staff of public sector entities linked to or dependent on the consistory.

 

The Palau de la Música, Congresos y Orquesta de Valencia hosted the training with the aim of reinforcing the culture of public integrity, the prevention of risks of fraud and corruption and knowledge of internal information systems, which was attended by more than 60 people from MercaValencia, Valencia Sostenible, Las Naves, Consell Agrari,  Municipal Sports Foundation, EMT, AUMSA, OAM Parks and gardens, Visit Valencia, the Palau de la Música, the Palacio de Congresos, Universidad Popular and Junta Central Fallera.

 

The session was inaugurated by Ana María Gil, general director of the public sector and by the general secretary of the Plenary of the Valencia City Council, Hilario Llavador.

 

Mayte López, senior training technician of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency addressed the framework presentation on the legal integrity system of the Valencian Community.

 

Subsequently, Pilar Moreno, senior training technician in the same area of the AVAF, offered a reflection on the culture of public integrity, as well as the information channels in Law 2/2023, in which the main legal obligations and whistleblower protection tools contemplated in the current regulations, provided by the AVAF, were addressed.

 

The participatory workshop “The conflict of interest: towards institutional integrity”, facilitated by both teachers, promoted joint socialization and the exchange of experiences among the attendees.

 

With this initiative, Valencia City Council reaffirms its commitment to improving risk prevention and detection mechanisms in the local public sector.

 

In the fifth edition of the AVAF course, approved by the IVAP, 160 people have participated

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Valencia, May 7, 2026.- The fifth 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 160 public employees from the Valencian Community, Madrid, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Andalusia, and other autonomous communities.

 

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 for this fifth edition of the course exceeded 200 people, 160 were confirmed, 67% women. More than 90% of the students were from the Valencian Community. 35% from the local government, 44% from the instrumental public sector and 7% from universities.

 

The course began on April 15 with the participation of Anselmo Bodoque, head of Cabinet and studies, in an introduction on the situation of corruption and the fight against fraud in the national and international context. On the same day, the Training technicians Mayte López and Marita Oliver presented, respectively, the Valencian system of prevention and fraud of the Valencian Community and an introduction to Law 2/2023.

 

The training sessions on 22 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 29, the third day of the course, it was structured in three sessions. In the first, Marita Oliver presented 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, Mayte López presented the conference on interest groups and future regulation in Spain. And finally, Pilar Moreno, closed the session of the day in the presentation of public integrity strategies in public administrations.

 

May 6 was dedicated to workshops, on general and sectoral risks to public integrity, as well as on public procurement, by Pilar Moreno. And the last participatory workshop on conflict of interest led by Pilar Moreno and Mayte López.

 

All sessions of the course were online. The course has combined interventions in the form of master classes, participatory debates, workshops and surveys with the aim of carrying out an agile and useful training activity.

 

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

 

More than 140 public employees of the Government of Aragon receive integrity training from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

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Valencia, April 27, 2026.- A total of 144 public employees of the Government of Aragon have participated in the conference “The culture of integrity and risk prevention in the public sector. Contributions of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency”, given by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) at the request of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Food.

 

The training was aimed at personnel in charge of the management of aid and subsidies linked to European agricultural funds in the provinces of Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel, with the aim of reinforcing their knowledge in terms of public integrity and risk prevention in the management of public resources.

 

During the session, Pilar Moreno, technician of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the AVAF, addressed the main tools and initiatives promoted by public administrations to promote a culture of integrity.

 

The speaker also focused on the internal information systems provided for in Law 2/2023, of 20 February, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory breaches and the fight against corruption, highlighting their key role as instruments for the early detection of irregularities and the protection of whistleblowers.

 

The activity is part of the awareness-raising and training actions aimed at strengthening the capacities of public personnel in the responsible management of European funds, promoting ethical standards and effective prevention mechanisms in the field of public administration.

 

If your public administration would like specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention, you can write to: formacion@antifraucv.es or visit https://www.antifraucv.es/cursos-formacion/