The Agency organizes an online workshop on Internal Information Systems for the World Day of the Whistleblower

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Valencia, June 20, 2024.- On June 23, the World Day of the Corruption Whistleblower was celebrated and for this reason the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency organized an online workshop on Wednesday, June 19.

The workshop focused on internal information systems and aimed to answer the doubts and questions that their implementation in bodies, institutions and public administrations has entailed.

The workshop was presented by Anselm Bodoque, acting director of the Agency, who gave way to the deputy director and legal affairs of the Agency, Teresa Clemente, who explained what the internal information systems consist of, the register of those responsible for internal information systems managed by the Agency and the assistance offered by the Agency to the bodies and entities that implement this system provided for in Law 2/2023, of 20 February, regulating the protection of persons who report regulatory breaches and the fight against corruption.

The workshop was attended by Delia Cuenca Antolín, deputy director of the General Inspectorate of Services of the Generalitat Valenciana and Carlos Miñana, coordinator of the Legal Area of the IIS La Fe (La Fe Health Research Institute) who explained their experience in the implementation of their internal information systems in their organizations.

Next, answers were given to the numerous questions posed by the people who registered for the workshop. With all the responses received, an article will be prepared and published on the Agency’s blog that will serve as a practical guide for all those in charge of the management of internal information systems.

 

The Agency participates in the delivery of the Infoparticipa 2023 Awards of the Observatory of Governance, Transparency and CSR of the CEU UCH University

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València, June 5, 2024.- The CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) presented the Infoparticipa Seals for transparency and participation in local public communication in the Valencian Community, corresponding to the year 2023.

The city councils of Onda, València, Elx, Gandia, Dénia, Santa Pola and Rafelbunyol and the three Provincial Councils of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón have complied during the last year with the indicators required for the granting of these transparency recognitions, applying the methodology of the Infoparticipa Map.

The rector of the CEU UCH University, Higinio Marín, the general director of Transparency and Participation of the Generalitat Valenciana, José Salvador Tárrega, and the acting director of the Valencian Antifrau Agency, Anselm Bodoque, presided over the ceremony and delivery of the Seals, in the Auditorium of the University.

The Infoparticipa Seals are awarded in the Valencian Community by the Observatory of Governance, Transparency and CSR of the CEU UCH, together with the ComSET Research Group (Sound, Strategic Communication and Transparency) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), following the methodology of the Infoparticipa Map. It integrates the results of the analysis of 52 indicators of transparency and participation on the websites of the 542 city councils and the three provincial councils of the Valencian Community, analysed by researchers from this Observatory of the CEU UCH, for the sixth consecutive year.

On behalf of the three provincial entities recognized in this edition, the Infopartipa 2023 Seals have been collected at the headquarters of the CEU UCH University, the provincial deputy for Transparency and Printing of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Cristina García Garri; the Deputy Delegate for Open Government and Institutional Integrity of the Provincial Council of Valencia, Amparo Folgado Tonga; and the Provincial Deputy for Participation, Transparency and Youth of the Provincial Council of Castellón, María Tormo Casañ.

On behalf of the municipalities distinguished with the Inforparticipa Seal, the awards were collected by Juan Carlos Caballero, Councillor for Transparency, Information and Defence of Citizenship of the Valencia City Council; Vicente Bou Montoliu, Deputy Mayor of the City Council of Onda; the mayor of Rafelbunyol, Fran López; the head of the Informatics and Communications Area of the City of Gandia; Iván Parreño; the mayor of Elx, Pablo Ruz; the mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt; and the councillor of the City Council of Santa Pola, José Pedro Martínez González, responsible, among others, for the area of Transparency.

37 mentions to promote transparency

In this edition, the Observatory of Governance, Transparency and CSR of the CEU UCH has also awarded mentions to 37 municipalities in the Valencian Community with high compliance figures in the indicators analysed with the Infoparticipa Map methodology: more than 50% compliance in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants; more than 40 per cent in municipalities with between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants; and more than 30% in municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.

The municipalities recognised with this mention are those of Castellón de la Plana, Alcoi, Vila Joiosa, Gata de Gorgos, Callosa de Segura, Xirivella, Peñíscola, Aldaia, La Vall d’uixó, Alaquàs, Borriana, Benicarló, Ribarroja, La Pobla de Vallbona, Alfafar, Petrer, Crevillent, Mutxamel, Picassent, El Puig de Santa María, Muro d’Alcoi, L’Olleria, Alcalà de Xivert, Agullent, Alboraya, Almenara, Burjassot,  Catarroja, Algemesí, Ontinyent, Vinaròs, Godella, Moncada, Segorbe and Enguera.

Multi-disciplinary research team

In this sixth edition, with the collaboration of Marta Corcoy, from the UAB, the researchers from the areas of Communication, Political Science and Business of the CEU UCH Hugo Aznar, Elena Juaristi, Blanca Nicasio, María Pilar Paricio, Elvira Alonso, María Pilar García Alcover, María Puchalt, Teresa Bruno and María Isabel Brun, have participated in the Infoparticipa analysis, with the collaboration of Marta Corcoy, from the UAB.  together with Leyre Burguera, from the UNED, and Katia Esteve, from the University of Alicante, and with the collaboration of the researchers in training Mercedes Blanes and María Millano.

This analysis of transparency indicators on the websites of Valencian local entities, carried out annually by researchers from the CEU UCH University, is part of the R+D+i Project of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities entitled “Ethics and Self-regulation of Social Communication: Content analysis of the 2nd Generation Codes of Ethics and preparation of Protocols and Guides for their implementation CETICOM-2G” (Ref. PID2021-124969NB-I00).

XIV Meeting in Madrid of the Anti-Fraud Offices and Agencies

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Madrid, 25 May 2024.- On 23 and 24 May, the XIV Meeting of the Anti-Fraud Offices and Agency constituted as a State Network took place in Madrid. The meeting began with a presentation by the President of OIReScon, María Luisa Araújo Chamorro, followed by a presentation of the work carried out by the National Anti-Fraud Coordination Service by Sofía Viñayo, Deputy Deputy Director General of the SNCA.

During the first day, different presentations were also made, such as that of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office by Olga Muñoz Mota, European Deputy Prosecutor, and that of the National Commission on Markets and Competition, which dealt with the collaboration channels of competition whistleblowers and collusion detection tools. The presentation was given by Juan José Pérez, Head of Area of the Economic Intelligence Unit of the CNMC’s Competition Division.

For its part, the Independent Office for the Regulation and Supervision of Procurement addressed in its presentation the potential of open data in public procurement in the fight against fraud. In this case, the presentation was given by Alberto Blanco Calvo, Technical Advisor of OIReScon.

The Andalusian Office against Fraud and Corruption made a proposal for a data structure in compliance with the interoperability principles defined by the European Interoperability Framework of 2017 for consideration by the entities participating in the network of Anti-Fraud Offices and Agencies.

On the second day, the Secretary of State for Public Service made a presentation on the Integrity System of the General State Administration (SIAGE) which was attended by Adolfo Ortega, Inspector General of Services and Miguel Ángel de Lera, Inspector General of Services of the Directorate General of Public Governance.

The Technical Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Jacobo Fernández, presented the Anti-Fraud Observatory of the Ministry of Health.

The meeting in Madrid was attended by representatives of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, the Office for Transparency and Good Practices of the Barcelona City Council, the Municipal Office against Fraud and Corruption of the Madrid City Council,  the Canary Islands Court of Accounts, the Office of Good Practices and Anti-Corruption of the Autonomous Community of Navarre, the Galician Council of Accountants, the National Anti-Fraud Coordination Service of the General Intervention of the State Administration (SNCA), the Independent Office for the Regulation and Supervision of Procurement of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function (ORIESCON),  the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC), the Court of Auditors, the Ministry of Health, the Directorate General for Public Governance and a representation of the Balearic Islands.