The collaboration between UNISOCIETAT and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency returns in 2022

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“The fight against corruption” was the conference given by the Professor of Criminal Law, José Luis González Cussac, in the first of the sessions held in 2022 within the UNISOCIETAT program in collaboration with the AVAF.

Last Thursday, February 24, Riba-roja de Túria hosted this conference where Professor González Cussac highlighted the work of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, stating that “thanks to the AVAF we are a benchmark in measures to prevent corrupt conduct” The session highlighted that corruption has been a historical constant, with a multiplicity of causes, factors and authors.

Defined by González Cussac as “the abuse of power or incorrectness in the decision-making process in exchange for an undue incentive or advantage”, corruption “is not a crime without victims”, since the main victims of these behaviors are society in general and the most vulnerable groups more intensely.

The work of the Agency in terms of social awareness in collective ethics and the eradication of fraud and corruption materialized in the presentation of the Professor of Criminal Law, actively followed by 17 people, who carried out multiple questions at the end of the conference.

The independence of the judiciary and the lack of resources that the courts lack to prosecute crimes related to fraud and corruption were some of the issues raised by the attendees.

The fact that corruption threatens the stability of the West and undermines the democratic rule of law was the final conclusion of the first of the UNISOCIETAT conferences in which AVAF has participated in 2022.

The next session of the program in which the Valencian Antifraud Agency will collaborate will take place in Ontinyent on Thursday, April 7.

In collaboration with the Vice President for Territorial Projection and Society of the University of Valencia, the AVAF is carrying out training activities on the prevention of fraud and corruption. Among those that stand out are the specific conferences aimed at public employees, university students and citizens in general, as well as the UNISOCIETAT conferences. All this, with the aim of bringing the culture of integrity closer to the students of the program of the University of Valencia.

The AVAF Training Service in the course Prevention of risks of corruption in public management for PAS personnel of the University of Valencia.

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The training technicians of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Marita Oliver and Pilar Moreno, gave the third session of the course that the AVAF is holding at the UV on February 23.

“The anti-corruption cycle” contained in Order HFP/1030/2021 of September 29, which configures the management system of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, focused on the theme of the module taught and put in the spotlight in the four phases that compose it: prevention, detection, correction and prosecution.

Pilar Moreno, in the first part of the session, insisted on the importance of integrity and control systems as the central axis of the first phase of the anti-fraud cycle: prevention. And, in the same way, he stopped at the need to enhance the preventive approach and promote a system of institutional integrity will be possible through the development of an ethical culture and the promotion of ethical values. Training and awareness must be present at all hierarchical levels, with the involvement of the organization’s authorities. Appropriate risk assessment mechanisms, training in public ethics and the proper use of data analysis will be tools to improve prevention in a broad sense.

Marita Oliver, for her part, explained the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in the phases of detection, correction and prosecution in the anti-fraud cycle. The training technician explained the operation of the AVAF complaints mailbox (https://www.antifraucv.es/buzon-de-denuncias-2/), its characteristics and functionalities. He also explained the system of guarantees for the analysis process of the alerts received at the Agency, as well as the process of analysis and investigation of these.

The questions and reflections of the students referred to the existing risks in public contracting, as well as the necessary transparency in this area, emphasizing the conflict of interest in the field of contracting and management of selection processes and human resources contest.

The course, prepared by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, is managed by the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE) of the University of Valencia, is taught in 3-hour sessions in conference and debate format, and aims to generate interest, reflection and debate among students against fraud and corruption.

The Prevention Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the course “Prevention of risks of corruption in public management” for PAS personnel of the University of Valencia.

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On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention Service, was a speaker at the second session of the course organized by the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE) of the University of Valencia, prepared and taught by staff from the HVA.

The 35 people from the PAS management staff of the UV selected for this 15-hour course attended the module entitled “Fraud and corruption prevention initiatives in public management” in a participatory manner.

Throughout the session, Irene Bravo addressed the main public integrity frameworks developed by the prevention service, emphasizing the general recommendations of the Agency, the codes of ethics, the risk assessment methodology used and the risk catalogues, as well as as the latest materials available to any entity: the avaf guide on integrity plans and the visual didactic manual on conflicts of interest.

In turn, another of the functions of the service was explained, the presentation of allegations and amendments made to different regional regulations in the field of prevention.

The session allowed exposing the AVAF Guide: The Public Integrity Plan: Roadmap and Facilitating Annex. In this part of the training module, together with Irene Bravo, the Prevention technicians Teresa Gascó and Carmen Domínguez participated.

The regulation and need for the declaration of absence of conflict of interest (DACI) in matters of public contracting aroused interest on the part of the students. From the AVAF Prevention Service it was recommended throughout the session that the DACI should be used in all contracting procedures carried out, not only in those projects linked to European funds, taking into account what is established in Article 64 of the Public Sector Contract Law.

In turn, it was specified that the DACI must be required of all those involved in the contracting procedure regardless, for example, of whether the drafting of the projects has been outsourced.

The first day of this course was given by the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares. The next session will be given by Anselm Bodoque, head of the AVAF Training Service.

The Valencian Antifraud Agency advocates prevention and training as essential tools in generating a culture of integrity in public institutions. “