“Serving with Integrity”, the event that brings together the València City Council and the AVAF in support of public ethics

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València, 5 December 2025.– Improving cooperation between institutions is an essential pillar for ensuring the quality of public service and the protection of the general interest. With this aim, the València City Council and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) held a joint training event today under the slogan “Serving with Integrity”, addressed to municipal staff.

 

The conference “From citizens’ perception to institutional response: the AVAF experience”, delivered by Pilar Moreno, Senior Training Officer at the AVAF, provided the Agency’s perspective on how to strengthen public trust through public integrity, the protection of whistleblowers, and external reporting channels.

 

The session, organised by the València City Council’s Human Resources Department, aimed to provide public employees with tools to prevent irregularities and to consolidate a strong ethical culture within the municipal sphere.

 

The event opened with an address by Pilar de la Torre, who analysed the main risk behaviours in public management, followed by a presentation by Violeta Pardo focusing on the City Council’s code of ethics. Both speakers are members of staff of the València City Council.

 

Cooperation between the València City Council and the AVAF is reflected in this new training collaboration, the fourth since 2021, which not only enhances institutional response capacity but also reinforces integrity as a shared value in the service of all citizens.

 

Public administrations interested in promoting specialised training in integrity, fraud prevention and public ethics may contact the Training Area via the email address formacion@antifraucv.es

 

More than 160 public sector professionals participate in the fourth edition of the AVAF course on public integrity and whistleblower protection

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Valencia, 26 November 2025.– The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has completed the fourth edition of the course “Laws and strategies to fight corruption, for public integrity and the protection of people who report regulatory breaches”, a 20-hour training action and 100% online modality.

 

The course, aimed at public employees of any administration, has had the participation of more than 160 professionals from the three provinces of the Valencian Community, as well as from Burgos, Cuenca, Girona, Huelva and Madrid. In the same way, there has been a wide diversity of institutions. Among them, local administrations – such as the city councils of Elda, Oliva, Sagunt or Dénia – different ministries of the Generalitat Valenciana, including the Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism, as well as entities of the regional public sector, such as the Audiovisual Council of the Valencian Community.

 

The training, given by the AVAF Training Area and approved by the Valencian Institute of Public Administration (IVAP), has had a high female participation, which represents 65% of the total student body. In terms of professional origin, 48% correspond to the local administration, 33% to the instrumental public sector and 6% to the university environment.

 

This edition has incorporated several novelties, among which stand out, in addition to its entirely online modality, a specific session on the institutional integrity system of the Valencian Community and a practical workshop focused on the risks to integrity in public procurement.

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is grateful for the trust placed in it by the more than 160 people participating in the action given by the institution and consolidates its role as a benchmark in public integrity training. A new edition of the course is planned for spring 2026.

 

Public entities interested in having specialized training in public integrity and prevention of fraud and corruption can contact the AVAF Training Area through the email formacion@antifraucv.es.

 

 

The City Council of Alzira strengthens the ethical framework in the selection processes with the support of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency #FormaciónAVAF

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Alzira, November 24, 2025.- The City Council of Alzira, in collaboration with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), has promoted a training action aimed at reinforcing integrity and ethics in personnel selection processes in the local administration.

 

The initiative responds to the relevance of people management in the field of irregularity prevention. According to AVAF data, about 40% of the complaints received during the 2024 financial year were related to human resources management, with the selection and provision processes of positions being one of the main areas under investigation. This context highlights the importance of promoting preventive measures based on training and the promotion of institutional integrity.

 

With the aim of improving the training of the people who make up the technical selection bodies, the City Council of Alzira has organized the course “Legal, ethical and action framework of the selection bodies”, held in the plenary hall of the consistory. The session was inaugurated by the Councilor for Personnel, who stressed the need to reinforce professionalization and guarantees in the selection processes.

 

The training module on ethical framework was taught by Pilar Moreno, senior training technician of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency. The presentation focused on the normative foundations of public ethics and the guiding principles that govern access to public employment, as well as on the specific duties of the people who participate in the selection panels, with special attention to the duty of abstention and the prevention of conflicts of interest.

 

The training allowed the 59 attendees to delve into the guarantees of the selection systems, analyse the obligations and responsibilities of the members of the technical selection bodies, as well as reflect on the risks to integrity and the mitigating controls that can be implemented to strengthen the legality of the procedure.

 

With this action, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the City Council of Alzira begin a line of collaboration aimed at training and prevention as key tools to consolidate more solid, upright institutions and guarantors of compliance with the law.

 

Public administrations interested in having specialized training in integrity and irregularity prevention can contact the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through the email formacion@antifraucv.es