AVAF shares its experience in fraud prevention at the First Conference on Public Integrity and Good Governance organised by Seville Provincial Council

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Seville, 19 October 2026.- The Valencian Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption (AVAF) took part in the First Conference on Public Integrity and Good Governance, held in Seville on 19 October 2026 and organised by the Public Employees Department of Seville Provincial Council through its Anti-Fraud Committee.

 

The Agency was represented by Jorge Ciganda Teruel, senior prevention officer at AVAF, who participated in the round-table discussion “Regional models for fraud prevention”, alongside José María Martínez García, adviser for Analysis and Institutional Relations at the Andalusian Anti-Fraud Office. The session was moderated by Alejandro Talavera Gallego, chair of Seville Provincial Council’s Anti-Fraud Committee.

 

The round table provided a forum for exchanging experiences concerning regional models and institutional tools for addressing fraud prevention and the fight against corruption. AVAF’s participation, as an institution with extensive accumulated experience, brought the perspective of the mechanisms that help consolidate integrity in public management, focused on the public interest at regional level and guided by the primary obligation to prevent fraud.

 

The conference brought together specialists from regional and national bodies to analyse the main challenges relating to transparency, fraud prevention and the fight against corruption, with particular attention to the specific characteristics of local government and the implementation of a culture of integrity in public institutions. The closing address, “Public integrity as the foundation of good governance”, was delivered by Rafael Jiménez Asensio, institutional consultant and professor at the University of the Basque Country.

 

Seville Provincial Council’s initiative highlights the importance of incorporating public integrity and fraud prevention into public administration training programmes. Through its participation in this conference, AVAF contributes to the exchange of good practices between institutions and to promoting a culture of integrity that strengthens citizens’ trust in public administrations.

 

The INAP and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency consolidate their collaboration in the promotion of public integrity with the 9th edition of their course on corruption prevention

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Valencia, 22 June 2026.- The National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) have concluded the 9th edition of the course Prevention of Corruption in Public Administration, held from 25 May to 22 June 2026. This call has once again demonstrated the great interest aroused by the subject, registering a demand of 534 registered people, of which 100 participants were selected to cover the available places.  

 

It is worth highlighting the change in the final test of the training activity, in which the students have expressed what in their opposition were the most important advances and challenges in the integrity systems of their organizations. In this regard, they have highlighted, among other issues, the following:

 

  •  Regulatory implementation: Almost 100% of the participants recognize that the Internal Information Systems (SII) are already in place after the entry into force of Law 2/2023. However, in many cases it is highlighted that the preventive mechanisms of integrity policies, such as codes of conduct or gift policies, do not exist as their own documents or are poorly developed, and are generically integrated into anti-fraud plans or are limited to mere references to TREBEP.

 

  •  Critical points in accessibility: One of the most repeated aspects is the lack of visibility of the reporting channels. Many students have insisted that they are “hidden” in footnotes or transparency portals that are difficult to access. In addition, webcasting of management procedures is spotty and often poorly explained.

 

  •  Transparency and anonymity: While anonymity is mostly guaranteed through advanced technological platforms (such as Xperta or Globaleaks), students express doubts about the functioning of their organisations’ ethics or anti-fraud committees.

 

  •  Identification of the external channel of information: This is the issue with the least by the participants in the course. In general, it is stated that there is a fairly widespread confusion in the information provided by the institutions, detecting broken links or links that do not correctly refer the whistleblower to the independent protection authorities.

 

The participants agreed that the public administration still suffers from a lack of promotion of an ethical culture and preventive strategies. A lack of knowledge of integrity systems on the part of personnel has been underlined, which makes it necessary to provide hours of training and awareness so that public servants can incorporate these integrity tools as their own in their daily work.

 

The course was attended by a representation of public employees from the state and local administration and autonomous bodies. Among the participants are professionals from ministries (Inclusion, Social Security and Migration; Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Ecological Transition and the Demographic, Interior or Defence Challenge), the Tax Agency, the CSIC, the Court of Auditors, the Civil Guard, the Air and Space Force, as well as cultural and scientific institutions such as the Cervantes Institute, the National Library of Spain or INTA. Likewise, there has been representation from universities (La Rioja, Jaén, Valladolid, Polytechnic of Cartagena, Valencia, Alicante) and local entities such as the City Council of Murcia and the Provincial Council of Lugo, among others.

 

This training action reinforces the collaboration between INAP and AVAF, strategically aligning with Commitment 3 of Spain’s V Open Government Plan (Integrity and Accountability) and SDG 16 of the United Nations (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

The AVAF and the General Intervention of Aragon in the prevention of fraud in procurement and towards public integrity.

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Valencia, 17 June 2026.- Within the framework of the 2026 Training Plan of the Aragonese Institute of Public Administration (IAAP), the conference entitled “Public procurement under control: how to prevent and detect fraud. Contributions from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency”. The session was given by Pilar Moreno García, senior training technician of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), within the Specialized Internal Control Classroom of the General Intervention.

 

The conference, held online, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., was specifically aimed at the civil servants of the General Intervention, with the assistance of personnel from the three Aragonese provinces (Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel) was attended by 52 women and 9 men.

 

During the training, the complaints received in the AVAF with a focus on public procurement were exhaustively analysed, as well as the main irregularities detected in the exercise of administrative activity.

 

Pilar Moreno stressed that prevention is an indispensable element, analyzing the catalog of general risks and strategies to promote a culture of public integrity.

 

The session included a reflection on the phases of the procedure most affected by irregularities and the importance of contractual planning to avoid the abusive use of minor contracting and fractionation.

 

This training activity is part of the actions that the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency promotes among public employee personnel to promote learning in integrity, which strengthens the Rule of Law.

 

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/