Oct142022

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces celebrate the conference “Integrity strategies in local administrations” in Valencia

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Valencia, October 24, 2022.- The AVAF and the FVMP have launched a cycle of conferences where integrity in public administration will focus the sessions organized by both institutions.

“Integrity strategies in local administrations” was the first of the conferences held in collaboration with the FVMP, at the MUVIM (Valencia). The staff at the service of local entities in the province of Valencia were the recipients of the session, inaugurated by Joan Llinares, director of the AVAF and Eugenio de Manuel Rozalen, general coordinator for the FVMP

“From anti-fraud plans to integrity plans” was the conference Víctor Almonacid, director of Prevention, Training and Documentation of the Valencian Anti-fraud Agency. In his speech, he explained the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency in matters as diverse as fraud prevention, through the recommendations of the AVAF, as well as the training that is given, in terms of integrity and aimed, among others, at local and regional administration.

The internal and external complaint mailboxes and the protection of whistleblowers were the subject of the presentation given by Amparo Martí, head of the Agency’s Support and Expertise unit. The obligation to count these mailboxes makes it essential to know about the procedures for managing complaints that are filed in them. The complaints mailbox of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency is articulated as an external channel in the field of the Valencian Community for the management of complaints from all legal persons in its public sector.

Regarding the protection of corruption whistleblowers, the definition of them contemplated in Law 11/2016 creating the AVAF was shared, “a whistleblower, for the purposes of this law, is any natural or legal person who communicate facts that may give rise to the demand for legal responsibilities”

After the presentations by the director of Prevention, Training and Documentation and the head of the Support and Expertise Unit, a discussion session was opened among the public employees present, in which the legal assistance provided by the AVAF to whistleblowers and the reprisals they may suffer at their jobs.

From these lines, the appreciation of the AVAF for the interest shown in the training day to all attendees, keys to advancing in the culture of integrity in public organizations.

Oct102022

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency debates corruption in the classrooms of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency debates corruption in the classrooms of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche

For the third consecutive academic year, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) is present in the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche with the Docufòrums-AVAF activity. On this occasion, to debate with the fourth-year students of the Degree in Journalism and the fifth-year students of the double Degree in Audiovisual Communication and Journalism.

The AVAF develops training activities with future professionals to promote a culture of prevention and fight against any conduct that encourages corruption.

On Friday, October 7, a new activity took place at the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Miguel Hernández University, with the attendance of 59 students and the participation of the Ethics and Professional Deontology and Political Communication professor, Carmen López Rico, and the Training technician, Marita Oliver.

After watching the documentary Corruption: Harmful Organism, the students star in the training experience through questions, focused on the origin and causes of corruption, its effect and costs, the perception of corruption in our society and with respect to other countries of our environment, what to do in cases of corruption.

In the debate, issues related to public ethics and integrity were also discussed, as well as prevention policies and civic education or the functions and work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency. Of singular importance was the value of the media as a factor that modulates the social perception of corruption and the ways to prevent and combat it.

The debate with the students allows collective reflection on ethical limits and micro-corruption, which every professional encounters throughout his life.

These activities are organized in collaboration with the Miguel Hernández University of Elx, to which we thank for their interest and willingness to help create a culture of public integrity and rejection of fraud and corruption.

If you are a university, secondary or high school teacher and you are interested in having the Docufòrum: “Corruption, harmful organism” training activity carried out in your subject, do not hesitate to contact the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through from formacio@antifraucv.es.

Oct72022

Fourth day of the course “Prevention of risks of corruption in public management” at the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.

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Fourth day of the course “Prevention of risks of corruption in public management” at the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.

Castelló de la Plana, October 6, 2022. The interuniversity course that began on June 7 has held its penultimate day at the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.

After the sessions of the University of Valencia, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, the course aimed at managers, PAS staff and members of the integrity commissions of the five public universities of the Valencian Community has held its fourth intervention in Castello.

Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency gave the presentation “Initiatives for the prevention of fraud and corruption in public management.”

The session focused on the paradigm shift that is currently taking place with respect to integrity in public administration, the new Transparency and Good Governance Law of the Valencian Community and Order HFP/1030/2021, of 29 September, which configures the management system of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

The study of the AVAF Guide: The Public Integrity Plan: Roadmap and XXI Facilitating Annexes, approved by Resolution of the director of the Agency, no. 821, of November 15, showed that the document is oriented towards the construction of a public integrity system, strengthening ethical values ​​and mechanisms to strengthen the integrity of public institutions and reinforce the confidence of citizens.

The risk catalogs prepared by the AVAF Prevention Service were discussed throughout the session, allowing attendees to reflect on the existing risks in an organization in terms of decision-making, hiring, human resources and subsidies.

The Universitat d’Alacant will host the last day of the interuniversity course on November 8, 2022. Anselm Bodoque, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, from the AVAF Training Service, and Cristina Fernández, a researcher at the University of Salamanca, will give the last session.