Feb82024

AVAF training day brings together local entities from across the Valencian Community

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Valencia.- February 7, 2024 

5 local entities from across the Valencian Community have been the protagonists of the new online training of the Training Service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

The town councils of Crevillent and Jacarilla, from the province of Alicante; The Puig de Santa María from the province of Valencia and the Vall d’Uixò together with the Intermunicipal Association of Alto Palancia from the province of Castellón were the local entities participating in the online conference “Integrity, public ethics and prevention of fraud in the administration local” organized by the AVAF.

On Wednesday, February 7, for 4 hours, more than 90 public employees from the five local entities of the Valencian Community attended a day to learn more about the institutional integrity system in our region, as well as the functions of the Agency, through the presentation of Anselm Bodoque Arribas, head of the AVAF Training Service.

The importance of the culture of public integrity and the risks of fraud and corruption that may exist in the local administration were addressed by Pilar Moreno, the Agency’s training technician. The cycle of anti-fraud measures, with special attention to the detection, correction and prosecution phases, were presented by Marita Oliver, AVAF training technician. During their session, emphasis was placed on the AVAF reporting channel as an external channel for the local entities of the Valencian Community.

The online day ended with a workshop on the management of conflict of interest in local administration, facilitated by the AVAF Training Service. The active participation of public employees at the event made it possible to know that the lack of planning is the most noted risk that must be taken into account when making decisions in the local administration.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, with this new training activity, maintains its commitment to training in integrity and prevention of corruption for personnel serving the Valencian local administration.

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

Feb72024

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency appears before the Basque Parliament in the processing of the Transparency Law of the Basque Country

València, 7 February 2024.- The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, has appeared online before the Basque Parliament’s Committee on Institutions, Public Governance and Security to make contributions in relation to the draft Transparency Law of the Basque Country.

The hearing, held at the request of the Basque Parliament, is part of the process of processing the aforementioned law that provides for the creation of the Basque Transparency Authority. An Authority that, beyond its functions and its profile as a guardian of transparency in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, stands out as the highest public authority that culminates in the so-called external channel for the reception of informants or whistleblowers, in compliance with Law 2/2023, of 20 February, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption.

The contributions made by the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have dealt with the need to guarantee the independence of the Authority that is planned to be created and for this they have proposed the law for the creation of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency as a model.

Law 11/2016, of 28 November, of the Generalitat Valenciana, establishes that the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community is attached to Les Corts. It is configured as an entity, with its own legal personality and full capacity to act for the fulfillment of its purposes. Therefore, a dependency of the legislative body is established, in contrast to the proposal of the Basque bill that establishes that the dependence of the Basque Transparency Authority will be on the executive body.

In the same vein, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has proposed the formula of a majority of 3/5 of the Autonomous Parliament for the election of the management of the aforementioned Authority, as established by Valencian legislation, as opposed to the direct election by the Basque Government, which proposes the Basque Transparency Bill.

For his part, Joan Llinares, stressed after his appearance “we are grateful to the Basque Parliament for inviting us to make contributions to a bill that is so relevant for the promotion of integrity and public ethics in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. It is also an endorsement of the work carried out by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency since its creation after the approval of Law 11/2016”.

 

 

 

Feb62024

#DocuforumAVAF for the third consecutive year at the Maristas School of Algemesí

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Algemesi. – February 5, 2024

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency begins its training activity in schools and high schools in the Valencian Community in 2024 with the #DocuforumAVAF activity at the Nuestra Señora de la Salut – Maristas de Algemesí school.

The protagonists of the learning experience have been the 35 students from the first year of high school, taught during the tutorial class, thanks to the collaboration of teachers Jose Antonio Martorell and Vicent Ferris.

The Agency participates in the #UnitedAgaintsCorruption #UnidosContraLaCorrupción celebration on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 2023 United Nations Convention against Corruption with activities that aim to participate in the empowerment of youth in matters of integrity.

The #DocuforumAVAF training activity is held in two sessions. In the first one, the Pandora Box TV documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism” is viewed in the classroom. Afterwards, the students express their doubts and questions about the issues raised in the documentary.

In a second session, with the AVAF staff in the classroom, a debate forum was organized around the doubts of those present, which on this occasion took place on Monday, February 5.

Pilar Moreno García, training technician of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, was present in the classroom where she explained the origin, functions and experience of the AVAF in terms of protecting corruption informants and the reporting channels.

The consequences of corruption, the penalties in relation to these crimes, the possibility of eliminating fraud from society, as well as the mechanisms to report them were some of the doubts formulated and answered by the AVAF technician.

The Agency begins, with the celebration of this #DocuforumAVAF, its awareness and dissemination activities in schools and institutes of the Valencian Community in the 2023-2024 academic year.

If you are a university, high school or 4th year ESO teacher in the Valencian Community and are interested in having the training activity “Docuforum: Corruption, harmful organism” carried out in your classroom, do not hesitate to contact the training service of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es