The Miguel Hernández University of Elche receives the interuniversity course “Prevention of corruption risks in public management”

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On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the third day of the inter-university course “Prevention of corruption risks in public management” took place in the auditorium of the Rectorate building of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

The welcome to the participants, almost 300 (in person and online) was given by Emma Benlloch, manager of the university, where she thanked the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency for its dedication in organizing the course in which the five public universities of the Valencian Community.

The anti-fraud cycle was the guiding thread of the session given by the AVAF training technicians, Pilar Moreno and Mª Amparo Oliver.

Prevention, as the first phase of the cycle, was analyzed by Pilar Moreno. The importance of institutional integrity and the tools that allow the transformation of the institution were exposed in the first of the sessions of the day.

The Agency’s alerts, complaints and investigations featured in the presentation by Mª Amparo Oliver, which caused great interest among those present. The analysis of the EU Directive 2019/1937, the AVAF complaints mailbox and the protection of whistleblowers was also developed in the session

The interuniversity course began on June 7 and is aimed at PAS personnel and members of the integrity commissions of the five public universities of the Valencian Community and is taught by personnel from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the General Inspection of Services of the GVA.

The Universitat Jaume I of Castellón will host the next day of the interuniversity course on October 6, 2022. The presentation “Initiatives for the prevention of fraud and corruption in public management.” It will be taught by Irene Bravo, head of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency’s prevention service.

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The UPV hosts the second day of the interuniversity course “Prevention of corruption risks in public management”

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Last Wednesday, July 6, 2022, the second session of the course organized by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in collaboration with the five Valencian public universities took place in the Auditorium of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Jesús Marí Farinós, manager of the UPV, welcomed those present in the room and the participants connected online from the University of Valencia, the Jaume I University of Castelló, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche and the University of Alicante. The manager thanked the Valencian Antifraud Agency for its work and willingness to collaborate in holding this initiative.

Delia Cuenca Antolín, services inspector of the General Services Inspection of the Generalitat Valenciana (IGS-GVA), was the first of the speakers at the session and focused her presentation on the IGS-GVA methodology for making maps of risks and self-assessment of risks in public procurement.

José Luis Gaona, services inspector at the IGS-GVA, detailed the methodology used by the General Services Inspection, in relation to personnel management, and focused on the existing risks in the matter, such as, among others, the absence of planning, not detecting private activities, or singular remuneration systems.

More than 300 people followed, both in person and online, the conference on June 6 of the first interuniversity course on “Prevention of corruption risks in public management” held at the UPV and aimed at rectory teams, members of commissions of integrity and PAS personnel.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency thanks the conference speakers, Delia Cuenta and José Luis Gaona, for their predisposition and collaboration in holding this course and the Universitat Politècnica de València for all their work and infrastructure provided for the success of the conference.

The next session of the course will take place at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche on September 15, 2022 with the participation as speakers of Pilar Moreno and Mª Amparo Oliver, training technicians from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

Successfully held the 2nd edition of the course “Prevention of corruption in public management” aimed at PAS staff of the University of Valencia.

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in collaboration with the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE) of the UV has given the second edition of the course “Prevention of corruption in public management” just two months after the end of the first edition .

The teaching team belonging to the AVAF has been made up of Joan Llinares, the director of the Agency, Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training Service, Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention Service, Pilar Moreno, training technician and Marita Oliver, Agency formation.

In this edition of the course, a new session led by two members of the Services Inspection Service of the Generalitat Valenciana, Delia Cuenca and José Luis Gaona, has been introduced. On this occasion, they focused their presentation on the IGS methodology of the GVA for the preparation of risk exposure maps and risk self-assessment plans and its application to the field of public procurement and personnel.

The course, lasting 15 hours and five weeks, selected PAS staff from the Universitat de València has actively participated in the sessions where the existence of the institutional integrity system in our country, the necessary integrity plans in public organizations, the phases of the anti-fraud cycle of Order 1030/2021 of September 29, as well as the costs of corruption in the public sphere.

Along with the lectures given, the attendees were the protagonists of a practical workshop session where they had the opportunity to reflect on the protection of corruption whistleblowers, the necessary implementation of internal and external reporting channels, the importance of informal alerts, and the strategic vision of planning as a tool to combat irregularities and risks known to public administrations. The last session of the course with the participation of Cristina González, doctoral researcher at the University of Salamanca.

The AVAF appreciates the predisposition to the collaboration shown and the support of the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE) of the UV, as well as its interest in the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in matters of public integrity.