The protection and support measures for whistleblowers, the participation of the AVAF in the DeBlanc Chair at the UV

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Valencia.- June 20, 2023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participated in the course Relevant aspects in criminal matters of the new regulation of reporting channels in the Spanish legal system of the Deblanc Chair of the University of Valencia.

Joan Llinares, director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, presented the conference on the Protection and support measures for whistleblowers provided for in Spanish and regional regulations. The protection authority, highlighting during its intervention that Law 2/2023 represents a turning point in Spanish legislation, called to change the country’s culture of public integrity.

The course addressed some of the debates that arise, in criminal matters, on the occasion of Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulating people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption. The participating speakers were Pablo Ponce Martínez. prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community; José León Alapont, assistant professor of Criminal Law at the University of Valencia, and Andrea Andreu Gutiérrez, doctoral student at the University of Valencia.


The University Chair of the application of statistical, economic and machine learning methodologies for the detection of financial crimes and money laundering (Deblanc Chair) of the University of Valencia and the Ministry of Justice, Interior and Public Administration, has as its main objective to assist technically to judges and prosecutors of the Valencian Community in the fight against financial-economic crimes and money laundering or corruption. To achieve this objective, the Chair contributes to the training of university students and personnel linked to the administration of justice in the fight and detection of economic crimes and money laundering, offering assistance and training by qualified personnel in economic and accounting matters, financial, statistical and machine learning.

 

More than 130 people participate in the training on the institutional ethics system of the Valencian Community of the AVAF

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) continues to be interested in collaborating in the integrity training of public employees of the Valencian Community.

The local entities and public institutions that sign the functional collaboration protocols have been the recipients of the online conference “The AVAF and the institutional ethics system of the Valencian Community” organized by the AVAF Training Service.

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, over two hours, the 134 participants had the opportunity to learn more about the institutional integrity system in the Valencian Community and the figure of the Agency, led by Anselm Bodoque Arribas, head of the Service of Formation of the AVAF.

The importance of prevention and training as tools against corruption was the focus of the intervention of Pilar Moreno García, an AVAF training technician.

The AVAF reporting mailbox as an external mailbox for public sector entities was presented by Marita Oliver Carbonell, AVAF training technician.

The professional profile of the person in charge of the internal information system of public entities, as well as its management, were some of the doubts and questions raised by those attending the #FormaciónAVAF.

Public employee personnel from the municipalities of Gata de Gorgos, Alfàs del Pi, Riba – Roja del Túria, Dénia, Càrcer, El Puig, Alcudia, Puçol, Eslida, Tavernes de la Valldigna, Rafelguaraf, Valencia, as well as from Infraestructures I Serveis De Telecommunications I Certification S.A.U. (ISTEC), Valencian Society for Comprehensive Emergency Management (SGISE), and Valenciana D’aprofitament Energètic De Residus, SA (VAERSA) among others, participated in the training activity.

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

The AVAF trains more than 100 people among the PAS staff of the University of Valencia in integrity

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The 3rd edition of the course “Prevention of risks of corruption in public management” has concluded with 104 participants, PAS staff from the University of Valencia, who have been trained for 15 hours on integrity and risk prevention in public management.

The Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service of the UV managed the celebration of this new edition, where the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has provided training focused on the costs of corruption, investigation and protection of informants, as well as the promotion of integrity in public administration.

Throughout 5 sessions of 3 hours each, the training was given by personnel from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, specialists in prevention, integrity, information systems and protection of corruption whistleblowers, as well as personnel from the General Inspectorate of Security Services. the Valencian Generalitat.

On May 9, 2023, the course began with the inauguration of the Vice Manager of Economic Coordination and Services of the UV, Beatriz Gómez and the director of the AVAF, Joan Llinares.

Throughout the first session, held in the assembly hall of the rectory of the University of Valencia, Anselm Bodoque, head of the Agency’s Training Service, focused his presentation on the costs of corruption and the objectives of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency . Delia Cuenca, from the General Inspection of Services of the Generalitat Valenciana, presented the Methodology of the General Inspection of Services of the GVA for the preparation of Risk Exposure Maps and Risk Self-Assessment Plans. Its application in the field of public procurement.

On May 16, the second session of the course was given by the AVAF Prevention service. Irene Bravo, head of the service, and Jose Mari San Martin, AVAF legal prevention technician, were in charge of presenting initiatives to prevent fraud and corruption in public administration.

Gustavo Segura, Director of Analysis and Investigation of the Agency shared in the session of May 23 the importance of the information system, an obligation regulated in the new Law 2/2023.

Teresa Clemente, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs of the AVAF, explained the protection of informants of corruption, a function exercised by the Agency and included in its creation law 11/2016.

The Agency’s training technicians, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, addressed in their presentations on May 30 the importance of public integrity as a driving force behind the transformation of organizational culture and the cycle of the fight against corruption.

The third edition of the AVAF-UV course ended on June 6 with the workshop on public integrity given by the Training service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency: Anselm Bodoque, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver. The participation and contributions of the students in this last session was of great value for the debate and reflection on planning and conflict of interest in public administration.

Our thanks to the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service of the UV for the management and coordination of the third edition of this course.