May262025

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 award

València, 26 may 2025.- On Monday, May 26, the Infoparticipa Seals for transparency and participation in local public communication in the Valencian Community, corresponding to the year 2024, were awarded at CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH). The municipalities of Gandia, Onda, València, Elx-Elche, Santa Pola, Gata de Gorgos, Dénia, Riba-roja de Túria, Alcalà de Xivert-Alcossebre, Tous, and Bicorp, as well as the provincial councils of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón, met the required percentage of indicators over the past year to receive these recognitions for transparency, applying the Infoparticipa Map methodology.


This analysis is carried out annually by researchers from the Governance, Transparency and CSR Observatory of CEU UCH, and has been conducted for the past seven years.

 

The event, held at the university’s Auditorium on the Alfara del Patriarca campus, was presided over by CEU UCH rector Higinio Marín, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer Alicia López Castellano, the Regional Secretary for Institutional Relations and Transparency of the Generalitat Valenciana, Santiago Lumbreras Peláez, and the Director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), Eduardo Beut, who also presented the awards.

 

All details about the Infoparticipa Seals 2024 ceremony are available at the following link:
https://medios.uchceu.es/actualidad-ceu/la-ceu-uch-entrega-los-sellos-infoparticipa-a-once-ayuntamientos-valencianos-y-a-las-tres-diputaciones/

 

https://medios.uchceu.es/actualidad-ceu/la-ceu-uch-entrega-los-sellos-infoparticipa-a-once-ayuntamientos-valencianos-y-a-las-tres-diputaciones/

May232025

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency approves the code of ethics and conduct for its staff and will create an Ethics Committee

València, 23 may, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has approved its code of ethics and conduct to provide its staff, including people who exercise managerial functions, with a set of values and principles of action that serve as a guide for their work and public activity with a perspective of public integrity.

 

The Code is structured in eight parts. It highlights as a central axis the establishment of ethical principles, essential values and standards of conduct that must guide both the staff and the management of the Agency in the exercise of their functions.

 

It is stressed that the code is not a general provision, as corresponds to this type of document, but is a tool for the commitment of all staff at the service of the Agency with shared values and good practices in the management of public resources.

 

In line with this commitment, the AVAF will include in the specifications of administrative clauses in the field of procurement, in the terms and conditions of the call for subsidies and in the agreements it signs, the need to respect the ethical and conduct principles to which the activity of contractor companies, natural or legal persons benefiting from subsidies and entities that sign agreements must be adapted.

 

Monitoring compliance with the Code is the responsibility of the Ethics Committee, which is the advisory body responsible for common criteria for the interpretation of the values, principles and obligations established in this Code. Its reports and recommendations, as well as any action carried out within its competences, will be of a consultative and guiding nature.

 

The Committee is composed of three members. An external person of recognised prestige in the field of public ethics, appointed by the Management at the proposal of the Ethics Committee; an AVAF official from groups A1 or A2, and an AVAF official from groups C1, C2 or B. The members of the Committee belonging to the Agency will be chosen by public lottery.

 

The Agency will provide its staff with appropriate training to expand their theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of public integrity.

 

The Code of Ethics is available on the Agency’s website and can be consulted at:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Publc-DOGV-num-10113_CAS.pdf

May212025

Local Vision and Preventive Approach: AVAF with the Barcelona Provincial Council at OGW 2025

Valencia, May 21, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participated in the 2025 Open Government Week as part of the round table “I’ve received an alert, now what? Recommendations and reflections on experiences in managing alerts”, organized by the Barcelona Provincial Council.

Pilar Moreno, senior training officer from the AVAF’s Training, Participation, Communication, and Relations with Other Entities Department, provided the perspective of small and medium-sized local entities in managing information received through the internal reporting system regulated by Law 2/2023, on the protection of whistleblowers and the fight against corruption.

The session was facilitated by the Area of Municipal Support in Open Government and Good Governance of the Barcelona Provincial Council and also featured contributions from Àlex Madariaga, head of the Whistleblower Protection Unit of the Catalan Anti-Fraud Office, and Rosa Maria Sánchez, Director of Analysis Services of the Barcelona City Council.

The activity is part of the Open Government Week (OGW), a global initiative promoted by the Open Government Partnership, which fosters a culture of transparency, integrity, civic participation, the promotion of fundamental rights, and accountability, shared between citizens and public administrations.

The Open Government Week is held annually with the goal of bringing institutions closer to citizens through events and activities that highlight the values of open government.
 
(NEW) Access the recording of this panel discussion at the following link:
 
https://youtu.be/dGvFLyPJ8io?si=eLD3APvhoyykdAMg

If you are interested in specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention, you can contact us at: formacion@antifraucv.es