The University of Valencia and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency present the Docufòrum audiovisual on public management planning as a good governance tool

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Valencia, Tuesday, February 8. In the presentation, which was held today at 12:00 noon, in the “Ascensión Chirivella” Hall of Degrees of the Faculty of Law, Jorge Hermosilla, vice-rector for Territorial Projection and Society of the UV; Joan Llinares, director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF); and Rosario Serra, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law.

The documentary shows the strategic importance of planning, which profoundly reduces management practices based on improvisation, lack of general vision, proposals inconsistent with the specific functions of specific departments, facilitates transparency and accountability of the Institutions , and acts as an element of prevention of fraudulent and corrupt practices of public management.

Vice-rector Jorge Hermosilla has underlined the importance of institutional collaboration, since “this documentary is the result of the joint work of two institutions at the service of Valencian society, such as the University of Valencia and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, both aware of the importance of investigate, reflect and disseminate concepts such as ethics, transparency and good practices”. He added that strategic planning applied to public management is a very interesting instrument for improving management itself and its results.

For his part, the director of the AVAF, Joan Llinares, pointed out that “planning is a key tool to prevent the risks of corruption in public administrations, since without it, general interests cannot be prioritized, with the culture of improvisation and of “urgent” versus “important”.

“The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has drawn up a recommendation on the need for planning since the lack of it leaves the door open to other risks such as conflict of interest, unjust enrichment or lack of control of the activity of public institutions”, added Llinares.

Docufòrum is an audiovisual format promoted and designed by the Office of the Vice President for Territorial Projection and Society and produced in high definition (HD) by the Taller d’Audiovisuals (TAU), which addresses current issues and social interest in a documentary style. Docufòrum not only has an informative vocation, but also aims to stimulate debate and social participation. The documentaries, lasting 20 minutes, collect the opinions of specialists from both the University of Valencia and the Valencian social or business sphere.

This documentary has been financed by the Valencian Antifraud Agency, within the collaboration framework agreement signed by both institutions. The person in charge of content has been Anselm Bodoque (AVAF).

Docufòrum is the result of a group work, the technical coordination is carried out by the Support Unit to the Vice-rectorate for Territorial Projection and Society, the scriptwriting of the documentaries is carried out by the professors of the University of Valencia Francesc Martínez (Theory of Languages and Information Sciences) and Rafa Roca (Catalan Philology), and the realization is undertaken by the Taller d’Audiovisuals de la Universitat (TAU). For its part, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, through the Training Service, carried out the preparation of the preliminary aspects referring to the main questions that could be dealt with regarding the planning of public management, the selection of a basic bibliography in the matter and the proposal of specialists.

The complete audiovisual is available at the following link:

The director of the AVAF initiates the course «Prevention of risks of corruption in public management» for PAS personnel of the University of Valencia

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On February 2, 2022, Joan Llinares inaugurated, together with Beatriz Gómez, Vice Manager of Economic and Services Coordination of the University of Valencia, the course “Prevention of risks of corruption in public management” managed by the Permanent Training Service and Educational Innovation (SFPIE) of the University of Valencia.

The AVAF Training Service has prepared a 15-hour course, at the request of the university, in which, over five weeks, selected UV personnel will receive training on integrity, corruption prevention, control, the costs of corruption, among other matters.

The teachers who will teach the five modules that make up the course are part of the staff of the Agency’s Training, Prevention and Documentation Department.

The interest of the university’s SFPIE in providing quality training in integrity and public ethics to UV staff is highly relevant and is manifested through this collaboration with AVAF.

In this first day of training and reflection together with the public employees participating in the course of the University of Valencia, the director of the Agency has taught the module on the institutional system against corruption in Spain: the Agency for Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community: origin, functions and independence.

Prevention and training are the key tools in the fight against corruption and essential functions of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and where it focuses many of its efforts.

The responsibility of public employees, the need to plan in the field of contracting are some of the issues that have been present throughout the AVAF director’s conference.

33 people participate in this edition of the course, most of them technical personnel from the contracting services, legal advice, internal control office, among other services of the University of Valencia,

With this type of training activities, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues to fulfill one of its functions, collected at the headquarters of the 2016 creation law, training as fundamental components of the strategy to prevent corruption and improve integrity in the public sector.

Master Conference of the director of the AVAF at the University of Salamanca

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València, 2 de febrer de 2022.- The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, has given a keynote speech within the 48th Specialization Course in Law organized by the University of Salamanca.

The conference was entitled “The new legal framework of public integrity as a result of the Whistleblowers Directive and the HFP Order 1030/2021. The function of the Anti-Fraud Agencies” and is part of the “Compliance and management of legal risks” Program co-directed by Fernando Rodríguez-López, dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Salamanca

Taking advantage of the visit to Salamanca, both the director of the AVAF and the deputy director, Teresa Clemente, met with Eduardo Fabián Caparrós, director of the Master’s Degree in Anti-Corruption Strategies and Integrity Policies of the University of Salamanca, as a representative of the Study Group Against Corruption (GRESCO-USAL) and the Research Center for Global Governance (CIGG-USAL).

The representatives of both institutions have reviewed the different academic and research actions that have been carried out in recent months based on the Agreement signed last June between the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the University of Salamanca and outlined the lines of collaboration and work to be developed in 2022, taking advantage of the excellent results obtained from the internship carried out at AVAF in recent months by doctoral student Cristina Fernández González.

You can watch the conference here: