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/

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