Jan162026

Once again, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in the Master’s Degree in Public Procurement and Compliance of the University of Valencia

Valencia, 16 January 2025.-  On 15 January 2026, the Agency participated in the teaching of the Master’s Degree in Public Procurement and Compliance of the University of Valencia, in its seventh edition. It is a Master’s Degree with a multidisciplinary approach in which, in addition to the Agency, different entities and universities collaborate.

 

The head of the cabinet and studies of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, Anselm Bodoque Arribas, gave the presentation “The role developed by anti-fraud agencies in public procurement” during a session of the program of this edition of the Master’s Degree.

 

The objective of this training activity has been to underline the importance of public integrity and ethics to reduce fraud and corruption, participating in a Master’s Degree of the University of Valencia, where students who are specializing in the different particularities of public procurement and compliance, both from the private and public perspectives, participate. The exchange is enriched by the experience of students from different countries, and the comparative analysis of different regulatory frameworks.

 

The Agency’s presentation starts with an explanation of how the strategies to fight fraud and corruption are being configured and focuses on the knowledge of the risks in public management and in the public procurement process that may end up constituting a crime in the course of preparing the administrative file.  the award or execution of a public contract.

 

Anselm Bodoque, began by contextualizing the policies of the fight against corruption in the international changes since the 1990s, to continue with the regulatory framework in relation to corruption, both from the international antecedents, and from the Valencian system of public integrity. To focus on the development of the Agency’s functions and actions, highlighting the importance of prevention for good administration.

 

During the presentation, the complaints received by different control bodies with an impact on public procurement were used to observe the main risks of fraud and corruption that can occur in public procurement, emphasizing situations of conflicts of interest, illustrating their presentation with examples of malpractice.

 

The last part of the conference focused on prevention as a tool in the fight against fraud and corruption, from the international reference manuals, to the material prepared by the Agency to strengthen the integrity of the Valencian Community, and the different specific materials prepared in relation to public procurement.

 

The head of the cabinet and studies of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency ended his speech by thanking the invitation of the Universitat de València and the co-director of the Master’s Degree, María Ángeles Jareño, and wishing success to the students in their professional future.

Dec182025

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency Hosts an OECD Mission in Valencia within the Framework of the Local Indicators of Corruption and Integrity Risks Project

Valencia, 18 December 2025.– The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) held a working session in Valencia with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the participation of representatives from the Valencian Regional Government (Generalitat Valenciana), within the framework of the “Local Indicators of Corruption and Integrity Risks System” project (LOCRIiS Project, by its English acronym), funded by the European Commission.

 

In this first phase of the project, the OECD mission to the Valencian Community aims to collect information and knowledge to support the development of a proposal for public integrity indicators, based on those previously developed by the OECD itself. The objective is to adapt the indicator system to the context of the Spanish subnational entities participating in the project, as well as to define the development of the subsequent stages of the project.

 

The OECD team, composed of Mike Cressey, Franco Schiappacasse and Josep Espasa, led a workshop focused on the main areas of the proposed indicators, covering fields such as the effectiveness of control and risk management, accountability, and anti-corruption and public integrity strategies. During the session, the members of the mission highlighted and expressed their appreciation for the valuable technical contributions made by the General Intervention, the General Inspectorate of Services, and the Directorate-General for Transparency and Participation of the Generalitat, who took part in order to share their experience in the areas under analysis. The meeting was chaired by the Director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Eduardo Beut, and featured the active participation of the institution’s technical staff.

 

Following the workshop, a bilateral meeting was held between the OECD and AVAF to analyse the results of the session and to move forward with planning the next phases of the project, which is coordinated by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency together with its counterparts in Andalusia and Catalonia.

 

Based on the information gathered during this in-person workshop and in future bilateral virtual meetings, the OECD will prepare an analytical report that will include a proposal for indicators adaptable to municipalities, as well as a methodological manual to guide data collection and evaluation. This material will be complemented by an online learning module aimed at facilitating the participation of regional and local administrations in the process.

 

At a later stage, and in order to validate the subnational public integrity indicators, the OECD, in collaboration with AVAF, will select up to three municipalities in the Valencian Community where, in mid-2026, workshops will be held to carry out a pilot data collection exercise.

 

The results of this pilot phase will enable the OECD to provide technical guidance to support the implementation of public integrity indicators across all local entities in the Valencian Community and to contribute to the design of a strategic approach that strengthens Valencian public integrity systems.

Dec152025

The Valencian Institute of Conservation, Restoration and Research promotes public integrity with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

Valencia, 15 December 2025.–The IVCR+i has hosted the conference “Culture of integrity. From prevention to internal information systems” given by the AVAF, in which all the staff of the public institution have participated.

 

The Valencian Institute of Conservation, Restoration and Research is a public law entity attached to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, of the Generalitat Valenciana.

 

Its mission is the protection, conservation, restoration, research and dissemination of movable property that is part of the Valencian cultural heritage, consisting of movable and immovable property of historical, artistic, architectural, archaeological, paleontological, ethnological, documentary, bibliographic, scientific, technical, or any other cultural value, existing in the territory of the Valencian Community or that is outside it,  are especially representative of the history of Valencian culture, in accordance with Article 1 of Law 4/1998, of 11 June, on Valencian cultural heritage.

 

The session was opened by Gemma María Contreras Zamorano, director of the IVCR+i, who welcomed the staff of the Institute present.

 

Throughout the day, the attendees, restorers, art historians, chemists, physicists and administrative staff of the IVCR+i were able to learn about the institutional framework of state integrity and the role of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency from Anselm Bodoque, head of the cabinet and studies of the AVAF.

 

Mayte López, training technician of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, addressed in her presentation the institutional system of the fight against corruption from the perspective of the Valencian Community.

 

The attendees analysed the existing risks in decision-making and the importance of transparency and planning thanks to the intervention of Pilar Moreno, Training Technician, on the importance of the culture of integrity.

 

Marita Oliver, training technician, focused her contribution on the main new features of Law 2/2023 in terms of internal information systems and external reporting channels. The training session ended with a participatory workshop on the proper management of conflicts of interest.

 

With this last training day, the AVAF Training Area finalizes its calendar of actions aimed at promoting the culture of integrity in 2025. The Agency thanks the IVCR+i for its interest in promoting the prevention of fraud in public management through the Training Area.

 

Those public administrations interested in promoting specialized training in integrity, fraud prevention and public ethics can contact the Training Area through the email formacion@antifraucv.es