Nov102023

#DocuforumAVAF present for the first time in the Economics degree at the University of Valencia

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Valencia. – November 9, 2023.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, with the training activity “Docuforum AVAF: Corruption: harmful organism”, carries out the first training activity in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia to discuss fraud and the fight against corruption with university students.

With the celebration of this #DocuforumAVAF, the AVAF resumes its awareness-raising and dissemination activities of its prevention work in Valencian universities in this academic year 2023 – 2024.

With the aim of participating in the empowerment of youth in matters of integrity, 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.

The protagonists of the learning experience have been the first-year students of the subject of Learning Instruments and Techniques of the Degree in Economics of the University of Valencia, thanks to the collaboration of Professor Vicente Zamorano.

The “Docuforum AVAF” activity is held in two sessions. The first of them involves watching the Pandora Box TV documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism” in the classroom. Afterwards, the students express their doubts and questions about the issues raised in the documentary.

On Thursday, November 9, Anselm Bodoque, head of the AVAF Training Service, organized a debate in two sessions, morning and afternoon, for nearly 150 students around the doubts of those present regarding the social and economic costs of corruption, strategies to combat corruption and the work of the Agency in the Valencian Community.

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 Antifraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es

Nov82023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency presents its mechanisms to strengthen integrity at the X NovaGob 2023 Congress in Madrid

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Madrid.- November 7, 2023.

Pilar Moreno García, AVAF training technician, participated as a speaker at the 10th Ibero-American Public Innovation Congress NOVAGOB 2023, held in Madrid on November 7 and 8, 2023.

The round table “Mechanisms to strengthen public integrity and the fight against corruption” organized by the General Directorate of Public Governance, of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function, brought together experts on the subject from the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Andalusian Anti-Fraud Office, the General Directorate of Public Governance, Government of Spain and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency itself.

The AVAF training technique highlighted the work of preventing corruption through the recommendations, guides and catalogs available on the AVAF website , the impact of the training carried out by the Agency, as well as the necessary communication and dissemination of the mechanisms to promote integrity between public employees and citizens in general.

The more than 70 attendees at the round table had the opportunity to learn about the AVAF’s efforts in promoting public integrity and the training and awareness actions carried out by the Agency in schools, institutes, universities and public entities.

The 10th NOVAGOB 2023 Congress has brought together more than 160 speakers and fifty sessions in La Nave, with a registration of more than 1,000 public innovators from the General State Administration, Autonomous Communities and Local Entities and professionals from the private sector.

At the I NovaGob Book Fair held at this congress, the “Integrity Code of the Valencian Community” was also available for all people interested in the matter.

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

Photographs by Fran Delgado (NovaGob)

Nov82023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency begins its first course in strategies to fight corruption, for public integrity and the protection of informants

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Valencia. – November 7, 2023

The first two editions of the AVAF course “Laws and strategies to combat corruption, for public integrity and the protection of people who report regulatory infractions” approved by the IVAP, have begun on November 2 and 7 in person at the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia.

The AVAF course, 16 hours long and in hybrid mode, is held in two editions throughout the entire month of November 2023; in the first edition, on Thursdays November 2, 9, 16 and 23, and, in the second edition, on Tuesdays November 7, 14, 21 and 28.

The course is aimed at public employees of any public administration, including people who work in public companies or public universities, and preferably to those people with responsibility for the direct management of internal information systems, anti-fraud committees, managers of personnel, contracting and subsidy files. Registration for both editions of the course has exceeded initial forecasts and has exceeded 160 people.

Those attending the in-person sessions on November 2 and 7, 2023 received, as a complement to the training, the publication of the AVAF Integrity Code of the Valencian Community in physical format although anyone who is interested in your query can download it online here

Joan Llinares, the director of the Agency, began the AVAF course with his presentation “The authorities for the prevention and fight against fraud and corruption in Spain and the Community.” Throughout his speech, he stressed that public service must be aligned with the general interest and, only on this basis, can there be integrity in the management of public administration.

Teresa Clemente, deputy director and Legal Affairs of the AVAF, carried out the second intervention, addressing the topic of “The value of Law 11/2023, creating the Agency and Law 2/2023, regulating the protection of informants”, a norm that, if properly developed, is destined to substantially change the strategies to combat corruption in Spain.

Irene Bravo, head of the Agency’s Prevention Service, ended the session on both days with a presentation on public integrity strategies in public administrations.

The AVAF course will be taught entirely by specialist public employees of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, from the different departments in which the Agency is organized (Legal Analysis, Investigation, Prevention – Training)

Public employee personnel serving local administrations of the province of Valencia, Castellón and Alicante, with a very varied population; From municipalities of 276 inhabitants to cities of 330,000 inhabitants, they are present in the formation of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, as well as the autonomous administration, entities of the Valencian instrumental public sector.

From the AVAF we want to thank the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia for its collaboration in carrying out the course, especially in the face-to-face sessions.