Anti-fraud agencies and offices demand a State Anti-Corruption Strategy

Press release

València, June 11, 2021.- The Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, the Office for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption of the Balearic Islands, the Ethics Mailbox of the Barcelona City Council and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency have requested the elaboration of a State Fighting Strategy against Corruption during the course of a webinar held jointly by all the offices.
National anti-corruption strategies is a tool that was already included in the United Nations Convention to Combat Corruption in 2003, which was ratified by Spain in 2006 and, in fact, Spain is one of the few countries that it lacks such a strategy.
The agencies and offices make this request since the Ministry of Justice is currently carrying out the transposition into the Spanish legal system of the European Directive 1937/2019 for the protection of whistleblowers and whistleblowers of corruption.
It is therefore a good opportunity to take advantage of this transposition work to develop a State Strategy to Fight Corruption, for which the agencies and offices offer themselves to the Ministry to contribute their knowledge and experience in this matter.
In the webinar, the channels and mailboxes for internal and external complaints that will be mandatory with the entry into force of the Directive both for companies with more than 50 workers as well as for all administrations and public bodies have been announced.
The webinar was moderated by Manuel Villoria, Professor of Political Science and Administration of the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, and the Director of the Balearic Office, Jaime Far; the Director of the Catalunya Office, Miguel Ángel Gimeno; the Director of the Barcelona City Council Ethics Mailbox, Rosa María Sánchez and the Director of the Valencian Agency, Joan Llinares.
The recording of the webinar is available on the channels of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency of

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt8GwdQZskc
Ivoox (podcast): https://www.ivoox.com/webinar-sobre-canales-buzones-denuncias-audios-mp3_rf_71266011_1.html

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The public control mechanisms of the Next Generation European Funds

Courses, Press release

On May 26, Quart de Poblet hosted the conference “The mechanisms of public control of European funds Next Generation”, given by the professor of Administrative Law at the University of Valencia, Reyes Marzal Raga.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency actively participates in the Unisocietat program because it is an instrument to carry out training activities in a decentralized way, where the citizens of the different regions and localities of the Valencian territory are the protagonists of the debates and reflections that are generated.

Sílvia Vèrnia, Director of Prevention, Training and Documentation of the AVAF, presented the activity within the framework of the existing collaboration agreement between the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Vice-Rectorate for Territorial Projection and Society of the University of Valencia. He also presented the Agency, insisting on its functions and independence, and explaining the general concern for the proper planning and management of European funds in the context of the European Recovery Plan.

Professor Reyes Marzal, presented the European Next Generation mechanism or, European Recovery Fund created to overcome the consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis.

The member states must approve their corresponding national plans, which establish their reform and investment programs until 2016. Spain has started this procedure with the approval of Royal Decree Law 36/2020, of December 30, which they approve the urgent measures for the modernization of the Public Administration and for the execution of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, “Plan España may” for 140,000 million euros.

He indicated the objectives of this plan, as well as the financial mechanisms to develop it and its conditions. Likewise, he made reference to the proposal of Spain in its central axes, policies, lines of action and the mechanisms of execution.

The conference was face-to-face, taking into account the anticovid measures established by the pandemic. The audience, 15 people from the UNISOCIETAT program in Quart de Poblet, was very interested in how European funds will be managed until 2026 and actively participated in the debate.

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Covid-19 and fundamental rights, protagonists in Unisocietat Alzira

Courses, Press release

On May 25, the Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia, Sefa Ridaura, gave the presentation “Covid-19 and fundamental rights” in the UNISOCIETAT conference cycle, in face-to-face format, within the framework of the collaboration agreement existing between the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency with the Vice-Rector’s Office for Territorial Projection and Society of the University of Valencia.

Joan Llinares, director of the AVAF, has presented, in the city of Alzira, the conference where the exercise of fundamental rights in the Spanish constitution of 1978 and what rights can be affected during the declaration of exceptional states have been the protagonists . The possibility of limiting fundamental rights without the coverage of the state of alarm has also focused the conference.

The public attending, 22 people, attending the anticovid measures stipulated by the pandemic, has actively participated by asking questions, which have focused on understanding how the declaration of the state of alarm has affected their fundamental rights.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency actively participates in the Unisocietat program as it is an instrument that carries out training activities in a decentralized manner and where the citizens of the different regions and localities of the Valencian territory are the protagonists of the debates and reflections generated by each training action. .

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