The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency publishes a Catalogue of risks in the Valencian public sector instrumental of the Generalitat Valenciana

Press release

Valencia, 17 November 2025.– The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) publishes the Catalogue of Risks Contrary to Integrity in the Instrumental Public Sector of the Generalitat Valenciana, warning of serious breaches in personnel and recruitment.

 

This document is presented as a preventive measure and aims to avoid the perpetuation of flagrant breaches of the legal system within the instrumental entities of the Generalitat. Its issuance fulfils the functions of carrying out studies and analysis of prior risks attributed to the AVAF by Law 11/2016.

 

The catalogue addresses the main risks arising from administrative decentralisation and the trend towards the “flight from administrative law” in this sector, a situation that, although it should serve for the effective and efficient satisfaction of the general interests, is compromised by non-compliance in all areas of management. Despite the control efforts of other bodies such as the Audit Office or the General Intervention of the Generalitat, many of these breaches are repeated year after year.

 

The catalogue identifies a series of serious risks based on the analysis of reports from the General Intervention of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Audit Office, the General Inspectorate of Services and the complaints processed by the AVAF itself.

 

The risks analysed focus on the areas of personnel and public function, contracting, asset management, subsidies and economic-financial management.

 

The AVAF underlines the importance of identifying risks and adopting plans for their management, which is a legal obligation, especially within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (Order HFP/1030/2021). In addition, the widespread non-compliance with Law 1/2022 on Transparency and Good Governance is recalled, since a large part of the entities still lack codes of ethics and conduct.

 

The AVAF Catalogue not only details areas of risk (such as the lack of a self-assessment system or outdated operational processes), but also offers a set of controls designed to mitigate identified risks, such as the need to process files electronically and the approval of annual recruitment plans.

 

The Agency reiterates the need to put into practice the culture of public integrity at all levels, implementing integrity plans, codes of ethics and whistleblowing channels, in order to minimise irregularities arising from practices contrary to the general interest.

 

The catalogue is available for download at the following link:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/251114_Catalogo_AVAF_.pdf

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency publishes a Catalogue of risks concerning labor personnel in the Valencian public sector

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Valencia, October 3, 2025. – The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) has drawn up the Catalogue of risks concerning labor personnel in the Valencian public sector, a document that becomes a key tool to minimize the risks of irregular management, fraud, and corruption in public administration.

 

The new catalogue arises in response to a particularly relevant fact: 40% of the complaints received by AVAF in 2024 were related to personnel management, many of them linked to recruitment and selection systems, which calls for an urgent response from public authorities.

 

The study highlights risks and practices that undermine the principles of equality, merit, and ability, such as:

  • Hiring of labor personnel without the university degree required for access, promotion, or filling of job positions.
  • Recruitment processes limited to interviews or subjective curriculum evaluations, breaching the principles of merit and ability.
  • Use of labor positions as a mechanism for consolidating temporary or non-permanent staff.
  • Inclusion of labor positions in subgroup A1 with managerial functions or the exercise of public powers, contrary to the Spanish Constitution, the Consolidated Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees (TREBEP), and case law.

 

These dynamics, AVAF warns, foster clientelism, the political instrumentalization of job structures, and the de-professionalization of civil service, thereby weakening the legitimacy of public administration before citizens.

 

The catalogue not only identifies risks but also aims to provide Valencian public institutions with a reference framework to strengthen the professionalization of their human resources, ensure transparent recruitment processes, and safeguard institutional integrity.

 

AVAF stresses that positions involving public powers (inspection, control, sanctioning, auditing, or authorization) must be reserved for civil servants, since assigning them to labor personnel constitutes a violation of the Spanish Constitution and TREBEP.

Catalog Executive Summary

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves its First Equality Plan

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Valencia, September 1, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its first Equality Plan, whose overall objective is to consolidate an organizational culture committed to equality, eliminating any structural, mental, or customary barriers that hinder the full development of this principle.

 

The First Equality Plan will be in force for four years and applies to all AVAF staff. The text was drafted on the basis of a detailed participatory diagnosis carried out in May 2023, with the involvement of the entire workforce, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The diagnosis identified as areas for improvement specific training on equality, as well as the perception that reconciliation of work and personal life may affect the professional opportunities of some employees.

 

The plan includes 19 lines of action structured around the following strategic areas:

  • Access to employment and career development: Ensure procedures and selection bodies incorporate equality and transparency, reinforcing equality training for the staff involved.
  • Shared responsibility in work-life balance: Promote the full and shared exercise of personal, family, and work rights without undermining professional promotion, including measures such as the right to digital disconnection.
  • Equality training: Promote the inclusion of a gender perspective in all internal and external training programs.
  • Balanced presence in decision-making bodies: Raise awareness to ensure the balanced representation of women and men in collegiate and decision-making bodies.
  • Prevention and protection against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex: Permanent dissemination of protocols, awareness campaigns, and psychological support, guaranteeing a safe environment and zero tolerance for such behavior.
  • Pay equality: Continue guaranteeing, through review and monitoring systems, the absence of wage discrimination on the grounds of sex.
  • Monitoring and evaluation: Establish a joint commission responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing the effective implementation of the plan, its indicators, and regulatory updates.
  • Labor rights of victims of gender-based violence: Promote awareness and exercise of rights and specific support protocols through training and awareness campaigns.
  • Mainstreaming and inclusive communication: Extend the gender perspective to all areas, campaigns, and communications, reviewing institutional language and images to ensure they are non-sexist.

The execution and evaluation of the plan will be entrusted to a joint commission made up of representatives of the entity and of the workforce, responsible for conducting annual monitoring, as well as evaluations at the two- and four-year marks.

 

With this initiative, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency aligns its equality policies with regional, national, and European regulations. For further information, the full text of the First Equality Plan is available at the following link.