Prevention as a differentiating element. The AVAF in the III Conference on Open Government held by the Government of the Canary Islands

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has been present at the III Open Government Conference held by the Government of the Canary Islands, held on December 1 and 2 in Jameos del Agua (Lanzarote).

Víctor Almonacid, director of Prevention, Training and Documentation, has been the representative of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency at the conference “Open Government on the stage of the 2030 Agenda”.

“Ethical values for a new governance: from theory to practice” was the table in which the director of Prevention, Training and Documentation highlighted prevention as a differentiating element of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency compared to reactive institutions that act when the irregularities and fraud have already occurred in the public administration.

The commitment to public integrity for the execution of all public funds

Rafael Rubio, professor of Constitutional Law at the Complutense University and counselor of the Council for Transparency and Participation of the Community of Madrid, participated in this table, as well as María Méndez, coordinator of the Anti-Fraud Measures Plan working group of the General Subdirectorate of the Government Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. of the Canary Islands

The table was moderated by Pedro Pacheco, president of the Canary Islands Audit Court, who pointed out that the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is “the most advanced and the one that leads” the regional offices and agencies in terms of prevention and fight against fraud and corruption.

The meeting “Open Government on the stage of the 2030 Agenda” brought together representatives of the Open Government Alliance (OGP), the Presidency of the Government of Spain, the Council for Transparency and Participation of the Community of Madrid, the Network of Local Entities for the Transparency and Citizen Participation of the FEMP, the Transparency Council of Aragon, the Presidency of the Government of Navarra, as well as councils such as Castellón and Gipuzkoa and Canary Islands institutions such as the Canary Institute of Public Administration and the Canary Institute of Statistics (ISTAC) among others.

The closure was carried out by Clara Mapelli, General Director of Public Governance. Ministry of Finance and Public Function of the Government of Spain.

We share below the viewing of the table “Ethical values for a new governance: from theory to practice” III Conference on Open Government of the Canary Islands “Open Government on the stage of the 2030 Agenda”

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces celebrate the conference “Integrity strategies in local administrations” in Valencia

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Valencia, October 24, 2022.- The AVAF and the FVMP have launched a cycle of conferences where integrity in public administration will focus the sessions organized by both institutions.

“Integrity strategies in local administrations” was the first of the conferences held in collaboration with the FVMP, at the MUVIM (Valencia). The staff at the service of local entities in the province of Valencia were the recipients of the session, inaugurated by Joan Llinares, director of the AVAF and Eugenio de Manuel Rozalen, general coordinator for the FVMP

“From anti-fraud plans to integrity plans” was the conference Víctor Almonacid, director of Prevention, Training and Documentation of the Valencian Anti-fraud Agency. In his speech, he explained the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in matters as diverse as fraud prevention, through the recommendations of the AVAF, as well as the training that is given, in terms of integrity and aimed, among others, at local and regional administration.

The internal and external complaint mailboxes and the protection of whistleblowers were the subject of the presentation given by Amparo Martí, head of the Agency’s Support and Expertise unit. The obligation to count these mailboxes makes it essential to know about the procedures for managing complaints that are filed in them. The complaints mailbox of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is articulated as an external channel in the field of the Valencian Community for the management of complaints from all legal persons in its public sector.

Regarding the protection of corruption whistleblowers, the definition of them contemplated in Law 11/2016 creating the AVAF was shared, “a whistleblower, for the purposes of this law, is any natural or legal person who communicate facts that may give rise to the demand for legal responsibilities”

After the presentations by the director of Prevention, Training and Documentation and the head of the Support and Expertise Unit, a discussion session was opened among the public employees present, in which the legal assistance provided by the AVAF to whistleblowers and the reprisals they may suffer at their jobs.

From these lines, the appreciation of the AVAF for the interest shown in the training day to all attendees, keys to advancing in the culture of integrity in public organizations.

Conference: “Strategies for integrity in public management”

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Today the Valencian Antifrau Agency has started the first training activity for public servants, by holding a Conference on “Strategies for integrity in public management”, within the second call of the 2018 Training Plan of the Valencian Institute of Administration Public The activities have been carried out at the headquarters of the IVAP, in the auditorium of the Palau de la Pineda, Plaça de Carme, no. 4, Valencia.

It is a training action open to different cultures and administrations (Generalitat, local authorities, etc.) with the aim of disseminating tools and strategies to promote the prevention of fraud and corruption. The importance of the prevention perspective is emphasized, both in the identification of risks and bad practices, and in the development of systems or frameworks of public integrity that support public servants in their maintenance.

Understanding public integrity as “the consistent positioning and adherence to common ethical values, as well as the set of principles and norms destined to protect, maintain and prioritize the public interest over private interests in the public sector.” Recommendation on Public Integrity, adopted on January 26, 2017..

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