The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 award

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València, 26 may 2025.- On Monday, May 26, the Infoparticipa Seals for transparency and participation in local public communication in the Valencian Community, corresponding to the year 2024, were awarded at CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH). The municipalities of Gandia, Onda, València, Elx-Elche, Santa Pola, Gata de Gorgos, Dénia, Riba-roja de Túria, Alcalà de Xivert-Alcossebre, Tous, and Bicorp, as well as the provincial councils of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón, met the required percentage of indicators over the past year to receive these recognitions for transparency, applying the Infoparticipa Map methodology.


This analysis is carried out annually by researchers from the Governance, Transparency and CSR Observatory of CEU UCH, and has been conducted for the past seven years.

 

The event, held at the university’s Auditorium on the Alfara del Patriarca campus, was presided over by CEU UCH rector Higinio Marín, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer Alicia López Castellano, the Regional Secretary for Institutional Relations and Transparency of the Generalitat Valenciana, Santiago Lumbreras Peláez, and the Director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), Eduardo Beut, who also presented the awards.

 

All details about the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 ceremony are available at the following link:
https://medios.uchceu.es/actualidad-ceu/la-ceu-uch-entrega-los-sellos-infoparticipa-a-once-ayuntamientos-valencianos-y-a-las-tres-diputaciones/

 

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves the code of ethics and conduct for its staff and will create an Ethics Committee

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València, 23 may, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its code of ethics and conduct to provide its staff, including people who exercise managerial functions, with a set of values and principles of action that serve as a guide for their work and public activity with a perspective of public integrity.

 

The Code is structured in eight parts. It highlights as a central axis the establishment of ethical principles, essential values and standards of conduct that must guide both the staff and the management of the Agency in the exercise of their functions.

 

It is stressed that the code is not a general provision, as corresponds to this type of document, but is a tool for the commitment of all staff at the service of the Agency with shared values and good practices in the management of public resources.

 

In line with this commitment, the AVAF will include in the specifications of administrative clauses in the field of procurement, in the terms and conditions of the call for subsidies and in the agreements it signs, the need to respect the ethical and conduct principles to which the activity of contractor companies, natural or legal persons benefiting from subsidies and entities that sign agreements must be adapted.

 

Monitoring compliance with the Code is the responsibility of the Ethics Committee, which is the advisory body responsible for common criteria for the interpretation of the values, principles and obligations established in this Code. Its reports and recommendations, as well as any action carried out within its competences, will be of a consultative and guiding nature.

 

The Committee is composed of three members. An external person of recognised prestige in the field of public ethics, appointed by the Management at the proposal of the Ethics Committee; an AVAF official from groups A1 or A2, and an AVAF official from groups C1, C2 or B. The members of the Committee belonging to the Agency will be chosen by public lottery.

 

The Agency will provide its staff with appropriate training to expand their theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of public integrity.

 

The Code of Ethics is available on the Agency’s website and can be consulted at:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Publc-DOGV-num-10113_CAS.pdf

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves its first Strategic Plan 2025-2031

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València, 8 may, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its first Strategic Plan for the period 2025-2031, a document that sets out the lines, guidelines, objectives and priority actions to advance in the prevention and reduction of fraud and corruption, as well as to contribute to the improvement of institutional quality and public integrity in the administrations of the Valencian Community.

 

The Strategic Plan 2025-2031 is structured around four major strategic objectives:

  1. Strengthening of the AVAF’s institutional position , through a greater presence in the academic and professional fields, and collaboration with other national and international agencies and bodies in the fight against fraud and corruption.
  2. Modernisation of the organisation, betting on innovative technological tools that improve its efficiency and the Agency’s response capacity.
  3. Promotion of integral, transparent and effective public management, through actions such as the preparation of a biannual research plan and other initiatives to improve efficiency in research planning and control.
  4. Promotion of public awareness of public ethics and good governance, with actions aimed at training in integrity and transparency, the promotion of an ethical culture in society as a whole and effective protection.

 

The Plan also incorporates specific mechanisms to ensure its monitoring and evaluation, such as the creation of a monitoring committee, the definition of performance indicators, the carrying out of periodic audits and a biennial review of the document itself to adapt it to new challenges and needs.

 

With the approval of this first Strategic Plan, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency reaffirms its commitment to transparency, integrity and continuous improvement in the fight against corruption in the Valencian Community.

 

You can consult the complete Strategic Plan by clicking on the following link