The AVAF teaches the course “Integrity and prevention in public management and contracting in the Valencian Community” for officials of the administration of the Consell de la Generalitat, through the IVAP.

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Valencia, November 3.- The AVAF has given the fourth edition of the 20-hours course “Integrity and prevention in public management and contracting in the Valencian Community”, at the Valencian Institute of Public Administration, with sessions on October 20, 21, 25, 27 and November 3, 2022.

Joan Llinares, director of the Agency presented the course at the session on October 20. Subsequently, the students selected by the IVAP had the opportunity to learn about the situation of corruption and the fight against fraud in the national and international context, as well as an analysis of the situation in the Valencian Community and regional regulations, in the presentation by Anselm Bodoque Arribas, head of the AVAF Training Service.

The session on October 21 was the turn of the presentation of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption in the Valencian Community by the director of Prevention, Training and Documentation, Víctor Almonacid Lamelas. Prevention was highlighted as the first phase of the anti-fraud cycle and training as one of the preventive mechanisms for risks that can lead to irregularities that undermine the well-being of citizens.

Irene Bravo Rey, head of the AVAF Prevention service, gave two of the five training sessions. Prevention and integrity in public procurement were the common thread of the first training session. Beyond the criminal compliance systems, the ISO 37301 standard and the current requirements for the protection of EU funds linked to RRF, Irene Bravo highlighted title III of the new law on transparency and good governance of the Valencian Community that imposes integrity frameworks with a minimum content, incorporating a good part of the amendments presented by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

In the session of October 27, Irene Bravo presented the latest recommendation of the AVAF, prepared by the Prevention service “The execution of contracts in the key of public integrity” 

The control of the execution of the contracts is an obligation imposed by our positive law and the aforementioned AVAF recommendation aims to:

i) identify the main risks contrary to integrity during the life of a contract;
ii) emphasize the most frequent red flags in the daily life of Valencian institutions;
iii) pay special attention to emergency recruitment;
iv) analyze the essential figure of the person responsible for the contract; i v) propose the main prevention and public integrity mechanisms.

In the last session of the course, on November 3, 2022, a workshop was held based on the #DocuforumAVAF, facilitated by Anselm Bodoque Arribas, head of the Training service, and Pilar Moreno García, AVAF training technician. The documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism” by Pandora Box allowed the students of the Generalitat Valenciana course to learn first-hand about the situation of whistleblowers of corruption and the need to exercise protection against them, to avoid reprisals. “Conflict of interest” was the second documentary viewed, on this occasion, produced by the Audiovisual Workshop of the University of Valencia. Public employees delved into the recommendation made by the AVAF to learn in detail about this risk of corruption in the public administration.

We want to thank the Valencian Institute of Public Administration for the collaboration with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency for carrying out this course.

The Agency participates in a conference that analyzes the need for integrity and transparency in public performance

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The Agency participates in a conference that analyzes the need for integrity and transparency in public performance

Alacant, October 27, 2022.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participated in the conference on public employment, integrity and transparency organized by the Generalitat Valenciana and the University of Alicante.

The rector of the University of Alicante, Amparo Navarro, and the Minister of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality, Rosa Pérez Garijo, were in charge of opening the conference.

The objective of the conference was to address the rules that regulate public employment, among which is the Valencian Civil Service Law, which states that the tasks entrusted to public servants must be carried out according to the principles of objectivity, integrity, neutrality and transparency which constitute a code of conduct within a system of institutional integrity.

The conference included a round table moderated by Josep Ochoa in which José Antonio Ivars Bañuls, intervening secretary of the Llutxent City Council, participated; María José Cervera Pérez, Director of Administration and Human Resources of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency; María José Moles Cerezo, lawyer of the Social Security Administration and head of the Legal Service at the INSS of Alicante, and Francesc Vañó Beneyto, manager of the UA have explained their experiences in public administration.

The closing conference dealt with “The recent evolution of the public function in Spain: rights, duties, responsibilities, public ethics and transparency” by Miguel Sánchez Morón, professor of Administrative Law at the University of Alcalá de Henares, who presented by Juan José Díez Sánchez, Professor of Administrative Law (UA).

The Valencian Antifraud Agency participates in the Valencia City Council course “Public integrity: prevention of corruption risks in public management”

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The Valencian Antifraud Agency participates in the Valencia City Council course “Public integrity: prevention of corruption risks in public management”

València, October 19, 2022.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has given two of the three training sessions of the course “Public integrity: prevention of corruption risks in public management” of the Valencia City Council.

To attend the course, 35 public servants of the City Council were selected, with different technical profiles, predominating the four specialized technicians of municipal services.

On Monday, October 17, Joan Llinares, the director of the Agency, held the inaugural conference of the course “The institutional system against corruption in Spain: The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community: origin, functions and independence.”

Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention service, presented that same day the AVAF’s fraud and corruption prevention initiatives in public management.

On Wednesday, October 19, the AVAF teaching team was made up of Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training Service, and Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, the Agency’s training technicians.

The students had the opportunity to learn, through the conference given by Anselm Bodoque, about the costs of corruption and public policies against corruption in Europe and Spain. The first phase of the anti-corruption cycle, prevention, was analyzed by Pilar Moreno. While the detection, correction and prosecution, the rest of the phases of the anti-fraud cycle were exposed by Marita Oliver.

The staff at the service of the Valencia City Council actively participated in the AVAF docu-forum “Corruption: harmful organism” of Pandora Box. Through joint reflection, the students became interested in ways to avoid retaliation suffered by whistleblowers, as well as other aspects of the fight against fraud, planning and public integrity strategies.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency appreciates the collaboration and support of the Citizen Participation and Open Government Service of the Valencia City Council, as well as the interest in the work carried out by the AVAF in terms of training and prevention to promote public integrity.

The Valencia City Council and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency maintain a collaboration whereby both institutions undertake to work in different areas of prevention and the fight against corruption. One of the most outstanding aspects of the agreement between institutions is that in order to comply with one of the requirements derived from European Directive 2019/1937 regarding the protection of people who report violations of Union Law, the City Council of Valencia recognizes the complaints box of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency as an external channel for complaints and will link the AVAF mailbox from its website.