Oct152025

Benidorm City Council hosts a conference of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency on the culture of integrity and risk prevention in public management. #FormaciónAVAF

Benidorm, October 15, 2025.- Benidorm City Council has held the conference “Culture of integrity. From prevention to internal information systems”, a training action promoted by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) and aimed at public employees and elected officials both in the consistory and in surrounding municipalities.

 

The training, held in the Assembly Hall of the City Council, has been inaugurated by the mayor Toni Pérez. The conference was attended by the team of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the AVAF, which has given a program focused on the main challenges and tools for risk prevention in the public administration.

 

During the session, the speakers addressed everything from the international context of the fight against corruption to the implementation of the internal information systems provided for in Law 2/2023, delving into risk management, the culture of integrity and conflicts of interest.

 

The meeting allowed attendees to raise doubts, share experiences and analyse the obligations and good practices that contribute to strengthening public integrity at the local level.

 

With this event, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency continues its training programs for local public employees, as part of its efforts to prevent fraud and promote integrity and public ethics.

 

If you would like to have specialised training in your public administration in the field of integrity and corruption prevention, do not hesitate to write to formacion@antifraucv.es

 

 

Oct132025

Collaboration between AVAF and the Government of the Canary Islands to strengthen the integrity-based management of European funds

València, october 13, 2025.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has participated in a new edition of the online course “Measures for the prevention, detection and correction of fraud and public integrity in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR). Advanced Level”, organized by the MRR Sub-Directorate of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Canary Institute of Public Administration (ICAP).

 

“Public policies against corruption. From the United Nations to Spain. The institutional system against corruption in Spain.” was the lecture delivered by Anselm Bodoque, Head of Cabinet and Studies, and Pilar Moreno, Senior Officer of the Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with Other Entities Area, on behalf of AVAF.

 

The course, aimed at public employees, senior officials, and those responsible for PRTR management in the Canary Islands, seeks to strengthen the skills required to meet the challenges of a new culture of public management based on integrity, planning, effective implementation, and accountability.

 

AVAF continues to promote institutional collaboration and knowledge exchange with other administrations to foster more integrity-based, transparent, and responsible public management.

If your institution is interested in specialized training on public integrity and corruption prevention, please contact us at formacion@antifraucv.es

 

Oct32025

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency publishes a Catalogue of risks concerning labor personnel in the Valencian public sector

Valencia, October 3, 2025. – The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) has drawn up the Catalogue of risks concerning labor personnel in the Valencian public sector, a document that becomes a key tool to minimize the risks of irregular management, fraud, and corruption in public administration.

 

The new catalogue arises in response to a particularly relevant fact: 40% of the complaints received by AVAF in 2024 were related to personnel management, many of them linked to recruitment and selection systems, which calls for an urgent response from public authorities.

 

The study highlights risks and practices that undermine the principles of equality, merit, and ability, such as:

  • Hiring of labor personnel without the university degree required for access, promotion, or filling of job positions.
  • Recruitment processes limited to interviews or subjective curriculum evaluations, breaching the principles of merit and ability.
  • Use of labor positions as a mechanism for consolidating temporary or non-permanent staff.
  • Inclusion of labor positions in subgroup A1 with managerial functions or the exercise of public powers, contrary to the Spanish Constitution, the Consolidated Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees (TREBEP), and case law.

 

These dynamics, AVAF warns, foster clientelism, the political instrumentalization of job structures, and the de-professionalization of civil service, thereby weakening the legitimacy of public administration before citizens.

 

The catalogue not only identifies risks but also aims to provide Valencian public institutions with a reference framework to strengthen the professionalization of their human resources, ensure transparent recruitment processes, and safeguard institutional integrity.

 

AVAF stresses that positions involving public powers (inspection, control, sanctioning, auditing, or authorization) must be reserved for civil servants, since assigning them to labor personnel constitutes a violation of the Spanish Constitution and TREBEP.

Catalog Executive Summary