Dec72018

Act to commemorate the United Nations World Day Against Corruption

The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, an independent body attached to Les Corts, was created to prevent and eradicate fraud and corruption in Valencian public institutions and to promote integrity and ethics public. Also to promote a culture of good practices and the rejection of fraud and corruption in the design, execution and evaluation of public policies, as well as in the management of public resources as established in its creation Law.

Next December 10, on the occasion of the celebration of the United Nations World Day Against Corruption, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency joins the group of entities of all kinds that celebrate this day under the motto «United against Corruption for the development of Peace and Security ».

For this reason, an event will be held in the auditorium of the ADEIT Foundation in which two lectures will be delivered by Magistrate Luis Manglano and Engineer Ms. Gracia Ballesteros who will discuss, on the occasion of this world day, how corruption It affects us all, taking into consideration that for its prevention and the fight against it it is necessary to apply a comprehensive approach. This event will also be transmitted in streaming through the Youtube channel of the Valencian Antifraude Agency and can be seen through its website.

The United Nations Convention against Corruption, in force since December 2003, is the first binding international instrument to combat corruption and constitutes a unique mechanism to tackle this global problem. Currently, the Convention has 177 States parties, which means that the majority of the United Nations member states have joined the fight.

As the United Nations itself states: “Corruption undermines the ability of governments to serve citizens by corroding the rule of law, public institutions and trust in leaders. Corruption acts as a brake on development and denies millions of people around the world the prosperity, rights, services and jobs they desperately need and deserve.

Valencia, December 5, 2018

Fecha de publicación: 07/12/2018

Nov212018

Inauguration of the course on “Integrity and prevention in public procurement in the Valencian Community”

The director of the Agency, Joan Llinares, has inaugurated today the course “Integrity and prevention in public contracting in the Valencian Community”, within the framework of the Training Plan for Public Employees at the Service of the Generalitat, and in collaboration with the Valencian Institute of Public Administration.

The course will have the participation as teachers of:

  • Teresa Clemente García, Director of Legal Affairs of the Agency
  • Silvia Vèrnia Trillo, Director of Prevention, Training and Documentation of the Agency.
  • Agustí Cerrillo Martínez, Professor of Administrative Law at the Open University of Catalonia.
  • Francesc Xavier Padrós Castillón, Department of Constitutional Law of the University of Barcelona.
  • Ángeles Jareño Leal, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Valencia.

This first edition will take place in the Escuela Valenciana de Estudios en Salud, C / Juan de Garay, 21, in Valencia, between November 20 and 30.

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Nov92018

Participation of the Agency in the “Third International Seminar on Transparency” organized by the Transparency Agency of the AMB

Joan Llinares with Jean Louis Nadal President of the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life in France (11/09/2018)

On November 8 and 9 at the headquarters of the Barcelona Bar Association, the Third International Transparency Seminar is held, with the title «Integridad, público-privada para una nueva gobernanza,» organized by the Transparency Agency of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona (AMB).

In this seminar, Mr. Joan Llinares, director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, participates in the round table on the «conflictos de intereses y la visión ética aplicada» and has the participation of leading national and international experts who will debate for two days on issues related to good governance, control bodies, public integrity policies and citizen participation in public affairs.

Publication date: 11/09/2018