AVAF Conference highlights the need for supervision in the execution of public contracts to avoid irregularities

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València, May 9, 2024.- 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has organized a Conference on irregularities in the execution phase of contracts in the public sector with the collaboration of the Legal Consultiu Council of the Valencian Community.

118 public institutions and more than 270 people attended the event, both in the Assembly Hall of the Consell Jurídic Consultiu and through the internet, where the central axis has been to give importance to the execution phase in public procurement, highlighting the irregularities detected by legal operators.

The day was inaugurated by the president of the Legal Consultiu Council of the Valencian Community, Margarita Soler and the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares.

The experts, speakers at the conference, have analyzed irregularities in public procurement and highlighted risks.

Gustavo Segura, director of Analysis and Research at the AVAF, focused his conference on irregularities in public procurement detected in AVAF investigations.

Patricia Boix, senior lawyer of the Consell Jurídic Consultiu, focused on the casuistry of the modification and termination of contracts.

Irene Bravo, director of Prevention, Training and Documentation of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, detailed in her presentation the risks contrary to integrity in the contracting execution phase.

Olga Escribano, from the Independent Office for Regulation and Supervision of Contracting (OIReScon), director of the Division of Promotion of Integrity in Public Contracting and Institutional Coordination) presented the last presentation of the day focused on the supervision of the execution of the contracts by OIReScon, highlighting the main problems and conclusions.

The training day included the contributions of those present through questions and articulated debates with all the speakers, moderated by María José Cervera, director of Administration and Human Resources of the Agency.

The closing of the AVAF day was attended by Cayetano García, regional secretary of the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana, Margarita Soler, president of the Legal Consultiu Council of the Valencian Community and Joan Llinares, director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

Almost half of the registrations for the AVAF day come from public employees of the local administration (national qualified and technical personnel) with 49.48%, followed by the Generalitat Valenciana, with 26.46%, university personnel public of the Valencian Community and the instrumental public sector.

69.41% of the people enrolled in the training organized by the AVAF were women, compared to 30.59% men.

With this new formation, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues its work to prevent and fight against fraud and corruption in the Valencian Community.

The presentations from the AVAF Conference are available at the following links:

– Irregularities in public procurement and AVAF investigations. G. Segura
– The modification and termination of contracts: casuistry. P. Boix
– Risks contrary to integrity in the execution phase of the Contract. I Bravo
– Supervision of the execution of contracts by OIReScon: main problems and conclusions

For more information: formacion@antifraucv.es

#DocuforumAVAF in action. The IES Vila-roja joins the interest in the work of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

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Almassora. – May 7, 2024

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues to commit to contributing to the United Nations-led project #UnitedAgainstCorruption, which projects that “youth is the cryptonite of corruption.”

With this objective, the AVAF works with Valencian youth, since through classroom debate, the critical spirit and interest of students who will soon become full-fledged citizens is encouraged.

Last Tuesday, May 7, the Agency’s Training Service returned to the Castellón town of Almassora with #DocuforumAVAF. On this occasion, the 4th year ESO students from IES Vila-roja were the protagonists of the activity and those who had the opportunity to learn about the work of a public institution, unknown to them, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

Pilar Moreno García, training technician, shared with the students of the history subject, the mission of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, a public institution, with its own legal personality and attached to Les Corts.

The students actively participated throughout the hour of presentation with their questions and comments. Their interests focused on the retaliation suffered by corruption whistleblowers and they jointly debated day-to-day ethical dilemmas.The possible existence of missing reports received in the AVAF mailbox, as well as the phases in which investigations are carried out after receiving communications to the mailbox, drew the attention of those present.

Thanks to the collaboration of Professor Joan Antoni Trenco, the Agency was able to be present in the classrooms of the IES Vila-roja, showing the most outstanding functions related to the fight against fraud and corruption in the territorial area of ​​the Valencian Community of the AVAF.

If you are a university, high school or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and are interested in having the #DocuforumAVAF training activity carried out in your classroom, do not hesitate to contact the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es

Last university #DocuforumAVAF 23-24 at the UJI of Castellón

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Castelló – May 7, 2024 

The students of the subject Territorial Organization of the State of the 2nd year of the double degree in Law and Business Administration at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló have been the last university participants in the #DocuforumAVAF activity of the 2023 – 2024 academic year of the Agency’s Training Service Valencian Antifraud.

Pilar Moreno, AVAF training technician, visited the UJI classrooms with the aim of introducing the students to the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, its objectives and its most notable functions related to the fight against fraud and corruption in the territorial area of ​​the Community. Valencian.

Throughout an hour of presentation, the more than 20 participating students showed interest in the AVAF investigations, the retaliation suffered by whistleblowers and the protection provided to corruption informants by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

The presence of the AVAF in this training activity at the UJI was possible thanks to the collaboration of Professor Jacinto Clemente.

With this activity, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency highlights the importance of educating the leaders of tomorrow in critical thinking from the university classrooms of the Valencian Community.

If you are a university, high school or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and are interested in having the #DocuforumAVAF training activity carried out in your classroom, do not hesitate to contact the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es