AVAF training on public integrity policies and fraud risk prevention from IVAP

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Valencia, 1st October 2024.- The Valencian Institute of Public Administration (IVAP) has counted, one more year, with training given by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF). The course ‘Public Integrity Policies and Fraud and Corruption Risk Prevention’, in its second edition, has been given in the online modality, with a duration of 20 hours and by public employees of the Agency itself.


The AVAF training, given in collaboration with the Valencian Institute of Public Administration, the body responsible for the training policy of the personnel in the service of the different public administrations of the Valencian Community, focused on the institutional system against corruption in Spain and in the Valencian Community, the obligation to develop the Law 2/2023, together with the preventive tools of urgent implementation in public institutions.


The training session began on Tuesday 17 September with contributions from the Directorate of Legal Affairs on the protection of informants. Isabel Climent, lawyer of the AVAF, presented Law 2/2023, regulating the protection of persons who inform on regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption.


Araceli Chana, head of unit of the Directorate, explained the protection system developed by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.


On Thursday 19 September, the Directorate of Analysis and Investigation of the AVAF presented the regulation of the information systems included in Law 2/2023. Miguel Furió, Head of the Analysis and Investigation Service, showed the existence of internal and external channels and the Agency’s complaint management procedure.


Pilar Moreno, AVAF training technician, in the third session of the IVAP course, specified the need for public integrity plans in public institutions and presented the numerous risk prevention initiatives in public management.


The head of the Agency’s Training Service, Anselm Bodoque, developed the consequences of corruption and anti-fraud policies in the international, national and regional context in the session on Thursday 26 September.


The active participation of the students throughout the course culminated with the workshop on the ‘Price of alerting’ and the appropriate management of conflict of interest. Facilitated by Anselm Bodoque and Pilar Moreno, the gift and hospitality policy, as well as the importance of integrity training, allowed for a lively and enriching debate among the participants of the training action.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Valencia City Council collaborate for another year in the integrity training of their staff. #AVAFTraining

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Valencia.- September 20, 2024. The AVAF Training Service has collaborated for the third consecutive year in the integrity training provided by the Valencia City Council to the public employees of the institution.


Tabacalera hosted last Friday, September 20, the second session of the course “Key professional skills. Show integrity” in which specialized personnel from the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency collaborate as teachers.


Marita Oliver, a technician from the Agency’s Training Service, began the training session with the presentation “Alerts, complaints and investigations. AVAF external channel” with the aim of providing information on the information system regulated by Law 2/2023, which public employees must be aware of.

Pilar Moreno, a technician from the AVAF Training Service, presented, in her first intervention of the morning, the institutional system against corruption existing in Spain and presented to the attendees the origin and functions of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community.


After the break, the AVAF staff focused their presentation on the irregularities present in the local administration and the prevention initiatives developed by the current regulations.
The main risks identified in decision-making in the local administration, such as cosmetic transparency or lack of planning, can jeopardize the principles of effectiveness and efficiency that guide the work of public institutions and were developed throughout the session.

 

“Usual risks and alerts in public management” the workshop facilitated by Pilar Moreno, involved the active participation of the attendees through their reflections. The conflict of interest, the risk situation that requires reflection in public administration was the guiding thread of the workshop.

 

The attendees of the course, included in the training plan of the local corporation, have very diverse profiles: local development agents, subordinate staff and technicians from various municipal departments.

With this new initiative, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues its commitment to collaborate with the training in integrity and public ethics of public employees of the Valencian Community.

 

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

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency collaborates in the training of Next Generation Fund managers of the Generalitat Valenciana

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Valencia, June 27, 2024. 

“Integrity in public management: conflict of interest management and impact on public sector contracting for Next Generation EU Funds” was the training session organized by the program directorates for the management of European MRR funds of the Department of Justice and Interior, the Department of Education, Universities and Employment, the First Vice Presidency and Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

 

On June 20 and 27, 2024, the Ciutat Administrativa 9 d’Octubre of Valencia hosted work sessions aimed at public employees who are part of anti-fraud committees, as well as managers of NextGenerationEU Funds in various departments of the Generalitat Valenciana, as well as LABORA and Turisme GVA.

 

For the third time, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency collaborate with the purpose of increasing training against the warning signs that may appear in the management of Next Generation funds.


The welcome to the first day was given by Raquel Gálvez, director of European funds programs at the Department of Justice and Interior; Rocio Pont, director of European funds programs of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism and Pablo Coret, director of European funds programs of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism.


Anselm Bodoque, acting director and head of the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, gave the introductory presentation of the day with the presentation of the institutional system for fighting corruption and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.


The promotion of the culture of public integrity in institutions and the analysis of the risks of fraud and corruption in public administration in decision-making was the content of the presentation given by Pilar Moreno, technician of the AVAF Training Service .


Marita Oliver, technician from the Agency’s Training Service, explained in detail the information systems obligations of Law 2/2023 and their difference with the alert channels related to the Next Generation Funds.

 

In the second training session, held on June 27, 2024, the subject of study focused on contracting in the public sector and conflicts of interest.

 

The introduction to the day was given by Ivano Magazzu, director of European fund programs at the Department of Education, Universities and Employment; Raquel Gálvez, director of European funds programs of the Department of Justice and Interior and Pablo Coret, director of European funds programs of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism.

 

In her presentation, Pilar Moreno addressed the irregularities detected by the AVAF reporting channel in the execution phase of the contract, the main risks warned in the matter, as well as the existing preventive tools to minimize their impact.

 

Conflicts of interest, definition, typology and proper management of the same among public employees were the subject of the workshop led by Anselm Bodoque and Pilar Moreno with which the day closed.

 

The risk that exists due to inadequate management of conflicts of interest in public sector contracting is urgently addressed for the development of the culture of public integrity and of widespread concern among public employees.

 

The AVAF Training Service thanks the European Fund Program directorates of the organizing departments for their invitation and management in the organization of the workshops. Likewise, he thanks all the participants for the great interest shown and the contributions made, since thanks to them the training activity became an open dialogue for the exchange of experiences and reflections between those attending the conference and the AVAF.

 

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