Nov242025

The City Council of Alzira strengthens the ethical framework in the selection processes with the support of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency #FormaciónAVAF

Alzira, November 24, 2025.- The City Council of Alzira, in collaboration with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), has promoted a training action aimed at reinforcing integrity and ethics in personnel selection processes in the local administration.

 

The initiative responds to the relevance of people management in the field of irregularity prevention. According to AVAF data, about 40% of the complaints received during the 2024 financial year were related to human resources management, with the selection and provision processes of positions being one of the main areas under investigation. This context highlights the importance of promoting preventive measures based on training and the promotion of institutional integrity.

 

With the aim of improving the training of the people who make up the technical selection bodies, the City Council of Alzira has organized the course “Legal, ethical and action framework of the selection bodies”, held in the plenary hall of the consistory. The session was inaugurated by the Councilor for Personnel, who stressed the need to reinforce professionalization and guarantees in the selection processes.

 

The training module on ethical framework was taught by Pilar Moreno, senior training technician of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency. The presentation focused on the normative foundations of public ethics and the guiding principles that govern access to public employment, as well as on the specific duties of the people who participate in the selection panels, with special attention to the duty of abstention and the prevention of conflicts of interest.

 

The training allowed the 59 attendees to delve into the guarantees of the selection systems, analyse the obligations and responsibilities of the members of the technical selection bodies, as well as reflect on the risks to integrity and the mitigating controls that can be implemented to strengthen the legality of the procedure.

 

With this action, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the City Council of Alzira begin a line of collaboration aimed at training and prevention as key tools to consolidate more solid, upright institutions and guarantors of compliance with the law.

 

Public administrations interested in having specialized training in integrity and irregularity prevention can contact the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through the email formacion@antifraucv.es

 

Nov182025

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency publishes a Catalogue of risks in the Valencian public sector instrumental of the Generalitat Valenciana

Valencia, 17 November 2025.– The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) publishes the Catalogue of Risks Contrary to Integrity in the Instrumental Public Sector of the Generalitat Valenciana, warning of serious breaches in personnel and recruitment.

 

This document is presented as a preventive measure and aims to avoid the perpetuation of flagrant breaches of the legal system within the instrumental entities of the Generalitat. Its issuance fulfils the functions of carrying out studies and analysis of prior risks attributed to the AVAF by Law 11/2016.

 

The catalogue addresses the main risks arising from administrative decentralisation and the trend towards the “flight from administrative law” in this sector, a situation that, although it should serve for the effective and efficient satisfaction of the general interests, is compromised by non-compliance in all areas of management. Despite the control efforts of other bodies such as the Audit Office or the General Intervention of the Generalitat, many of these breaches are repeated year after year.

 

The catalogue identifies a series of serious risks based on the analysis of reports from the General Intervention of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Audit Office, the General Inspectorate of Services and the complaints processed by the AVAF itself.

 

The risks analysed focus on the areas of personnel and public function, contracting, asset management, subsidies and economic-financial management.

 

The AVAF underlines the importance of identifying risks and adopting plans for their management, which is a legal obligation, especially within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (Order HFP/1030/2021). In addition, the widespread non-compliance with Law 1/2022 on Transparency and Good Governance is recalled, since a large part of the entities still lack codes of ethics and conduct.

 

The AVAF Catalogue not only details areas of risk (such as the lack of a self-assessment system or outdated operational processes), but also offers a set of controls designed to mitigate identified risks, such as the need to process files electronically and the approval of annual recruitment plans.

 

The Agency reiterates the need to put into practice the culture of public integrity at all levels, implementing integrity plans, codes of ethics and whistleblowing channels, in order to minimise irregularities arising from practices contrary to the general interest.

 

The catalogue is available for download at the following link:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/251114_Catalogo_AVAF_.pdf

Nov122025

The Generalitat promotes cooperation between the General Inspectorates of Services in a meeting with the participation of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

Valencia, 12 November 2025.- The Generalitat Valenciana, through the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration, Democratic Reforms and Public Freedoms, has organised the Meeting of General Inspectorates of Services, an initiative aimed at strengthening collaboration between the internal control bodies of public administrations and promoting the exchange of experiences.  good practices and methodologies for action.

 

The meeting, held in Valencia, brought together heads and technical staff of the General Inspectorates of Services of 13 autonomous communities, as well as representatives of the General State Administration and other institutional bodies with competences in matters of internal control and administrative supervision.

 

The two days of work, structured in technical sessions, have made it possible to address common challenges and share innovative approaches in the field of internal control. The meeting included the closing presentation of Miguel Ángel Cervera, secretary general of the Valencian Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption (AVAF).

 

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