Institutional Relations

Oct162025

The AVAF takes the debate on corruption and public integrity to the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics of the University of Valencia

Valencia, 16 October 2025.–The Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia hosted a new training session of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), developed under the already consolidated #DocuforumAVAF format.

The activity was held on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at the Tarongers Campus and was aimed at first-year students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. The session, which lasted 90 minutes, was attended by 40 enrolled students.

On behalf of the Agency, Mayte López, training technician of the AVAF, intervened. The main objective of the session was to make the students aware of the work carried out by the AVAF, with special attention to its functions, experiences and the exemplary value of corruption informants as a key pedagogical tool. The role of the Agency in the legal protection of whistleblowers was also addressed.

The session focused on raising awareness of the phenomenon of corruption and disseminating public integrity systems. In addition to the exhibition, the AVAF energized the activity through gamification techniques that allowed the students’ impressions to be collected. The students actively participated in the proposed dynamics and showed special interest in the administrative procedures and technological resources used in the Agency’s research.

The #DocuforumAVAF continues to consolidate itself as an effective educational tool to bring students closer to the real challenges of public integrity and the defence of the general interest.

If you are a university teacher and you want the DocuforumAVAF training activity to be taught in your classroom, you can contact the Training Area of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency by email: formacion@antifraucv.es

Oct132025

Collaboration between AVAF and the Government of the Canary Islands to strengthen the integrity-based management of European funds

València, october 13, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has participated in a new edition of the online course “Measures for the prevention, detection and correction of fraud and public integrity in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR). Advanced Level”, organized by the MRR Sub-Directorate of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Canary Institute of Public Administration (ICAP).

“Public policies against corruption. From the United Nations to Spain. The institutional system against corruption in Spain.” was the lecture delivered by Anselm Bodoque, Head of Cabinet and Studies, and Pilar Moreno, Senior Officer of the Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with Other Entities Area, on behalf of AVAF.

The course, aimed at public employees, senior officials, and those responsible for PRTR management in the Canary Islands, seeks to strengthen the skills required to meet the challenges of a new culture of public management based on integrity, planning, effective implementation, and accountability.

AVAF continues to promote institutional collaboration and knowledge exchange with other administrations to foster more integrity-based, transparent, and responsible public management.

If your institution is interested in specialized training on public integrity and corruption prevention, please contact us at formacion@antifraucv.es

Oct32025

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

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.