Apr102024

High participation in the #DocuforumAVAF of the Universitat Majors de la Jaume I of Castelló

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Castelló de la Plana. – April 9, 2024

The #DocuforumAVAF activity of the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency meets again with the UJI Majors students in 2024.

The Universitat per Majors is a project of the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón with the aim of bringing knowledge closer to society and, specifically in older people, promoting permanent training throughout life.

After the activity at the Vinaròs headquarters, on March 30, 2022, the AVAF training technician, Pilar Moreno, shared with the students of groups A and B of the transversal postgraduate course of the UJI Majors at the Castellón headquarters two training sessions on April 9.

Both sessions had a very high participation of the 124 people present in the classrooms, in the form of reflections and questions. In this way, a very dynamic and enriching debate took place on the importance of preventive controls and the work of anti-fraud agencies.

The two sessions held, lasting one hour each, brought together 54 and 70 students respectively, over 60 years of age, who presented a great deal of knowledge about current events and the situations in which there may be corruption in the public administrations.

The AVAF training technician explained the origin, functions and experience of the AVAF in protecting corruption whistleblowers, fraud investigations and reporting channel, as well as the Agency’s preventive work.

The conferences were held thanks to the interest and collaboration of the professor at the Rovira i Virgili University, Jaime Clemente, who teaches the subject “Practical issues of current law” of the transversal postgraduate course taught by the UJI.

The presence of the AVAF at the Universitat de Majors has been possible thanks to the collaborative relationships of the AVAF with the Universitat Jaume I, committed to the values ​​of ethics and good governance that it promotes among all students.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues its commitment to citizens by offering knowledge and awareness-raising activities based on the promotion of the culture of fraud prevention and rejection of ethically reprehensible conduct.

If you are a university, high school or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and are interested in having the #DocuforumAVAF training activity carried out in your classroom, do not hesitate to contact the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es

Apr102024

The #DocuforumAVAF arrives at IES Álvaro Falomir de Almassora

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Almassora. – April 9, 2024

The work of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has been exposed to the 4th year ESO students of the optional philosophy subject at the IES Álvaro Falomir in the town of Almassora, in the Plana Alta region.

Pilar Moreno García, AVAF training technician, traveled to the Castellón town on Tuesday, April 9 with the objective of sharing the fundamental pillars of the Agency: Prevention of fraud, investigation of complaints and protection of informants of corruption.

The young protagonists of the session, thanks to the collaboration of Professor Carmen Ferrete, had the opportunity to get closer to the objectives and functions of the Agency, as well as the situation of the corruption whistleblowers shown in the documentary “Corruption: harmful organism” from Pandora Box TV.

Of great interest were the data related to the number of complaints received at the AVAF. In 2023, 556 complaints were received, 22.73% more than in 2022, 40% of them related to human resources, especially selective processes.

The protection of whistleblowers on regulatory violations offered by the Agency shows that 68% of the protected people are men, 28% women and 2% legal entities.

The students’ concern about the power that citizens can develop over public institutions to demand responsibilities was expressed among the questions posed in the learning session.

The Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, with the #DocuforumAVAF activity, has been present since January 2024 in the three provinces of the autonomous community with sessions in the towns of Algemesí, Vall d’Uixó and Jávea.

If you are a university, high school or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and are interested in having the training activity “Docuforum: Corruption, harmful organism” carried out in your classroom, do not hesitate to contact the training service of the Valencian Antifraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es

Apr102024

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the fifth edition of the University of Valencia’s own Master’s Degree in Public Procurement and Compliance

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On April 9, 2024, the Agency participated in teaching the Master of Public Procurement and Compliance at the University of Valencia, in its fifth edition. It is a Master’s Degree with a multidisciplinary approach in which, in addition to the Agency, different entities and universities collaborate.

The director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, Joan Antoni Llinares, gave the presentation “The function developed by anti-fraud agencies in public procurement” during the last session of the program of this fifth edition of the Master.

The objective of this training activity has been to raise awareness about the importance of public integrity and ethics to reduce fraud and corruption, participating in a Master’s degree at the University of Valencia, where students who are specializing in the different particularities of public procurement, both from the private and public perspective.

The Agency’s presentation is based on the focus on knowledge about risk behaviors that may end up constituting a crime in the course of preparing the administrative file, the award or execution of a public contract.

The director of the AVAF, Joan Antoni Llinares, began by contextualizing the anti-corruption policies in the international changes since the 1990s, to continue through the regulatory framework in relation to corruption, both from the international background and from the Valencian public integrity system. To focus on the development of the Agency’s functions and actions, highlighting the importance of prevention for good administration.

During the presentation, we started from the complaints received by different control bodies with an impact on public procurement, to observe the main risks of fraud and corruption that can occur in public procurement, emphasizing situations of conflicts of interest, illustrating his presentation with examples of malpractice.

The last part of the conference focused on prevention as a tool to combat fraud and corruption, from international reference manuals, to the material prepared by the Agency, such as the Integrity Code of the Valencian Community, and the different specific materials prepared in relation to public procurement.

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency concluded his speech by thanking the University of Valencia for the invitation and the co-director of the Master, María Ángeles Jareño, and wishing the students much success in their professional future.