May192026

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency presents its balance of activity from a gender perspective

Valencia, 19 May 2026.– The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has published the data updated to April 2026 on its activity, highlighting a marked gender difference in the submission of complaints and in the composition of those responsible for the internal information system of the public and private sector in the Valencian Community.

 

Gender gap in reporting and whistleblower protection

Since its creation in 2017, the AVAF has received more than 3,300 complaints, of which 75% are made anonymously. In cases where the whistleblower decides to identify themselves, the 2025 data reveal a notable difference: only 33% of the whistleblowers identified are women, compared to 67% of men.

This disparity is also reproduced in applications for protection. Of the 39 people who currently have the protection status granted by the Agency (out of a total of 91 applications), 72% of the concessions correspond to men, while those granted to women represent 28%.

 

Imbalance in Internal Information Systems

As those in charge of the registration of the Heads of the Internal Information System (RRSII), the AVAF has counted 1,224 managers to date, with a majority presence of men (58%) compared to women (42%).

 

The analysis of the 317 registered collegiate bodies shows that there is no parity in many cases:

  • In 47% of the organs analyzed, men represent more than 60% of the members.
  • In the public sector, 49% of these bodies do not have a parity composition.
  • In the private sector, the imbalance occurs in 46% of the cases.

 

Female predominance in training and internal parity

In contrast to the reporting figures, participation in AVAF training activities shows an inverse trend. With more than 20,000 participants in the last five years, 64% of attendees in 2025 were women. This figure also corresponds to the majority presence of women in Valencian public administrations, where they represent 61% of the staff.

 

Likewise, the AVAF’s career civil servant staff, currently made up of 37 people, has a balanced distribution with 54% women and 46% men.

 

See all the details at the following link:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2604-Genero-Castellano.pdf

 

May152026

Valencia City Council holds a conference on institutional integrity for its public sector in collaboration with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

Valencia, 15 May 2026.– The General Directorate of the local public sector of the Valencia City Council has organised the conference “The institutional integrity system: Regulatory framework, risks and internal information systems”, aimed at public employee staff of public sector entities linked to or dependent on the consistory.

 

The Palau de la Música, Congresos y Orquesta de Valencia hosted the training with the aim of reinforcing the culture of public integrity, the prevention of risks of fraud and corruption and knowledge of internal information systems, which was attended by more than 60 people from MercaValencia, Valencia Sostenible, Las Naves, Consell Agrari,  Municipal Sports Foundation, EMT, AUMSA, OAM Parks and gardens, Visit Valencia, the Palau de la Música, the Palacio de Congresos, Universidad Popular and Junta Central Fallera.

 

The session was inaugurated by Ana María Gil, general director of the public sector and by the general secretary of the Plenary of the Valencia City Council, Hilario Llavador.

 

Mayte López, senior training technician of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency addressed the framework presentation on the legal integrity system of the Valencian Community.

 

Subsequently, Pilar Moreno, senior training technician in the same area of the AVAF, offered a reflection on the culture of public integrity, as well as the information channels in Law 2/2023, in which the main legal obligations and whistleblower protection tools contemplated in the current regulations, provided by the AVAF, were addressed.

 

The participatory workshop “The conflict of interest: towards institutional integrity”, facilitated by both teachers, promoted joint socialization and the exchange of experiences among the attendees.

 

With this initiative, Valencia City Council reaffirms its commitment to improving risk prevention and detection mechanisms in the local public sector.

 

May72026

In the fifth edition of the AVAF course, approved by the IVAP, 160 people have participated

Valencia, May 7, 2026.- The fifth edition of the AVAF course “Laws and strategies to fight corruption, for public integrity and the protection of people who report on regulatory violations”  has come to an end.The course, approved by the IVAP, has brought together 160 public employees from the Valencian Community, Madrid, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Andalusia, and other autonomous communities.

 

The course was aimed at public employees of any public administration, including people who work in public companies or public universities, and preferably those with responsibility for the direct management of internal information systems, anti-fraud committees, managers of personnel files, recruitment and subsidies.

 

Registration for this fifth edition of the course exceeded 200 people, 160 were confirmed, 67% women. More than 90% of the students were from the Valencian Community. 35% from the local government, 44% from the instrumental public sector and 7% from universities.

 

The course began on April 15 with the participation of Anselmo Bodoque, head of Cabinet and studies, in an introduction on the situation of corruption and the fight against fraud in the national and international context. On the same day, the Training technicians Mayte López and Marita Oliver presented, respectively, the Valencian system of prevention and fraud of the Valencian Community and an introduction to Law 2/2023.

 

The training sessions on 22 April, the second day of the course, were led by Marita Oliver and dealt with the management of internal and external information systems in Law 2/2023 and the figure of the person responsible for internal information systems, in the first part of the morning, and the procedure for managing AVAF complaints.   in the second half.

 

On April 29, the third day of the course, it was structured in three sessions. In the first, Marita Oliver presented the regulation of the protection of whistleblowers in regulatory laws, and the AVAF’s instruments for advice and protection of whistleblowers. And, in the second, Mayte López presented the conference on interest groups and future regulation in Spain. And finally, Pilar Moreno, closed the session of the day in the presentation of public integrity strategies in public administrations.

 

May 6 was dedicated to workshops, on general and sectoral risks to public integrity, as well as on public procurement, by Pilar Moreno. And the last participatory workshop on conflict of interest led by Pilar Moreno and Mayte López.

 

All sessions of the course were online. The course has combined interventions in the form of master classes, participatory debates, workshops and surveys with the aim of carrying out an agile and useful training activity.

 

If you wish to have specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention in your public entity, do not hesitate to write to formacio@antifraucv.es.