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The AVAF participates in the II Valencia Public Procurement Congress “Smart public procurement”

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Valencia.- September 29, 2023

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, participated in the II Public Procurement Congress, held at the ADEIT, on September 28 and 29, 2023.

“Technology applied to the detection of fraud, corruption and conflict of interest in public procurement” was the round table in which the AVAF presented its work and was moderated by Beatriz Montes Sebastián, a career civil servant lawyer. María del Mar Rodríguez Polack and Miguel Calvo Aníbarro, audit team leader and supervisory national investigative analyst, respectively, both belonging to the National Anti-Fraud Coordination Service, participated in the table on the detection of fraud and corruption on Friday, September 29. , of the General Intervention of the State Administration, belonging to the Ministry of Finance and Public Function.

Also part of the round table were the speakers Álvaro Casillas Pérez, head of the Specialized Advice Unit on Conflicts of Interest of the General Intervention of the State Administration of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function, and Carmen Longares Penadés, coordinating inspector of the AEAT Valencia Special Delegation of the State Tax Administration Agency.

The congress was promoted by the Department of Finance and Economic Model of the Generalitat Valencia and the University of Valencia, with the collaboration of the Association of Women in the Public Sector.

The intervention of the director of the AVAF, Joan Llinares, focused on explaining the prevention and investigation work of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, paying special attention to the risks of contracting and the need to establish effective alarm and prevention systems.

*Photo: ADEIT

Sep222023

The AVAF teaches the course “Public Integrity Policies and Prevention of Fraud and Corruption Risks” included in the IVAP training plan

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Valencia, September 22, 2023.-

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has provided, for yet another year, training at the Valencian Institute of Public Administration. The 20-hour course took place 100% online, over 5 sessions of 4 hours each, in which specialized AVAF personnel offered the entire training.

“Public Integrity Policies and Prevention of Fraud and Corruption Risks” has been the new course taught by the Agency, which in its first edition has had the objective of raising awareness of the institutional system against corruption in Spain and in the region of Valencia on the occasion of the recent approval of Law 2/2023, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption, as well as the existence of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

The inauguration of the course, in the session of September 13, 2023, was carried out by Joan Llinares, director of the AVAF. Subsequently, Teresa Clemente, deputy director of the Agency, explained Law 2/2023 in the first presentation of the training.

The director’s intervention highlighted the value of qualified training in public integrity in the prevention and fight against corruption strategy.

For her part, Teresa Clemente explained the protection system for informants or whistleblowers, and the pioneering work in this matter of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

On Friday, September 15, the AVAF Analysis and Research Directorate spoke about the importance of the information systems of Law 2/2023. Miguel Furió, head of the Analysis and Research Service, explained the existence of internal and external channels. How to implement a complaints channel in 60 minutes was the challenge presented in the presentation given by Javier Alama, head of the Agency’s ICT Service.

The Agency’s Prevention Service developed the session on September 18 with the participation as teachers of Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention Service, and José Mari San Martin, legal prevention technician. Public integrity plans and risk preventive systems in public management focused the interventions of both teachers.

Anselm Bodoque, head of the AVAF Training Service, developed throughout the session on Wednesday, September 20, the consequences of corruption and anti-fraud policies in the international, state and Valencian context.

In the last session of the course “Public Integrity Policies and Prevention of Risks of Fraud and Corruption”, on Friday the 22nd, the leading role belonged to the students participating in the training process through the workshop “Corruption: harmful organism” and “Conflict of interest ” energized by the AVAF Training Service, formed by Anselm Bodoque, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, training technicians of the Agency. The workshop generated an intense and extensive debate among course participants.

The Valencian Institute of Public Administration is the body responsible for the training policy of personnel at the service of the different public administrations of the Valencian Community.

Sep222023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency receives the visit of personnel of the Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione of Italy (ANAC)

Valencia, September 22, 2023.- This Thursday and Friday, staff of the National Anti-Corruption Authority of Italy (ANAC) have been carrying out an exchange with the staff of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

The objective of this activity is to share experiences and learn about the functioning of both bodies dedicated to the fight against fraud and corruption. In this visit, four people from ANAC, two from the area of protection of whistleblowers of corruption and another two from the legal field, have been meeting with the staff of each of the areas of the Agency who have explained the work they are doing.

Thus, they have held meetings with the legal area and protection of whistleblowers of corruption; the area of analysis and research and the area of training, prevention and documentation.

The ANAC staff also made a presentation to all the Agency’s staff, where they explained how this Italian body works, which is responsible for the fight against fraud and corruption throughout Italy and in which more than 400 people work.

This is the first of the exchanges with other European anti-fraud and anti-corruption bodies and will be completed by a visit by Agency staff to ANAC headquarters in Rome.

Sharing experiences, exchanging information, as well as learning about different ways of dealing with the fight against fraud and corruption are of great value for people working in these European bodies, especially in agencies that have fewer years of experience such as the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

The ANAC officials have completed the stay with a guided tour of the Corts Valencianes.