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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Requena City Council promote integrity training in the local administration

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Requena.- June 13, 2024

 

On June 13, the Palacio del Cid hosted the conference “Integrity, public ethics and fraud prevention in local administration” organized by the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency and the Requena City Council. The institutional welcome was given by the mayor of the town, Rocío Cortés.

 

In the Open Administration Week 2024, the AVAF wanted to respond to the call of the Requenense council and make visible its commitment to the integrity axis of the VI Open Government Plan 20-24 with the celebration of this new day in this city of the province From Valencia.

 

Anselm Bodoque, acting director and head of the AVAF Training Service, presented the Valencian regulatory and institutional framework regarding the fight against corruption and the relevance of promoting the culture of public integrity in public administration.

 

The main risks identified in decision-making in local administration, such as cosmetic transparency or lack of planning, can jeopardize the principles of effectiveness and efficiency that guide the work of public institutions and were developed throughout the session.

 

Marita Oliver, technician from the Training service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, shared with the attendees the news and obligations that Law 2/2023 entails regarding internal information systems and external channels.

The participation of the attending public employee personnel developed throughout the workshop on conflict of interest. It is identified as a risk situation, in which the private, clientelist or family interest of the public decision-maker can interfere with the professional practice of the person who is at the service of citizens.

The Wine Museum hosted 51 public employees during the training session, 37 women and 14 men, from the City Council of Requena, Sinarcas, Ayora, Villargordo del Cabriel, Calpe and the Tierra de Vino Interior Mamcomunidad.

The day included professional profiles as diverse as elected officials, qualified national technical personnel, local development agents, administrative and administrative assistants, and service brigade personnel.

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues to strengthen its commitment to training in integrity and public ethics of public employees of the Valencian Community. The Training Service appreciates the collaboration of the Requena town council for its interest and commitment in the organization of this day.


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

 

Jun112024

he AVAF and INAP strengthen their training collaboration with the 5th edition, the second in a single year, of “Prevention of corruption in public administrations”

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Valencia.- June 10, 2024

The Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) teaches for the first time two editions in the same year of the course “Prevention of corruption in public administrations” in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP)

Since October 2021, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has developed and tutored this course that INAP includes among its training offer, within the continuous professional development program, in the online mode.

The very high demand for the training managed by the AVAF in recent editions, with 1,063 applications in this year 2024, led to the decision to increase the places offered in the two editions of the course held this year, from 60 to 70, in each one. . Which meant, for the first time, that the Training Service assumed the holding of two courses in a single semester.

Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training Service and acting director of the AVAF, as well as Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, training technicians of the Agency, form the teaching team of the AVAF course, creator and facilitator of this 15-hour course.

In this fifth edition, held between May 20 and June 10, 2024, work has been done through modules where students have reflected through debate forums and demonstrated the knowledge acquired through questionnaires. As a final task, they have provided a reflection on the risks and threats to integrity that may arise in the public institution in which they provide their services.

The active participation of the students, from the General State Administration, the regional and local administration and the state public sector, has materialized through weekly synchronous sessions. Through these meetings, international and national regulations regarding the fight against corruption have been clarified, as well as the work of the authorities in charge of fraud prevention, the IV Open Government Plan and Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulator of the protection of people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption, among other matters.

 

The National Institute of Public Administration, an international benchmark in the training of personnel employed in the service of Spanish public administrations, and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, are moving forward together in achieving a culture of public integrity in the Institutions of our country.

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The AVAF addresses the guarantees for the protection of the informant in the ADEIT of the University of Valencia

Valencia. – June 10, 2024

 

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) was present at the course “Internal and External Information Systems: Procedure, guarantees and precautions” organized by UE Fundació Universitat Empresa ADEIT of the University of Valencia.

 

Amparo Martí Puertes, secretary of the AVAF Ethics Committee, gave the conference “Anonymous reporting: admission criteria. Guarantees for the protection of the reporting person” on Monday, June 10, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

After an introduction to the national, international and regional context in which Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption, is approved, the complaint was analyzed anonymous; the admission criteria, as well as the guarantees for the protection of the informant. All of this, with references to the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, its functions and activities.

 

The course was attended by 76 people, 37 of them in person and 39 in online mode, highlighting the wide representation of participants from the regional administration.

 

Regarding their territorial distribution, 97% of them came from the Valencian Community. In turn, there were attendees from Cantabria and Madrid.