Nov22023

The Valencian Association of Local Administration Personnel Technicians (AVTPAL) and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency sign a collaboration agreement

València, November 2, 2023.-  The president of the Valencian Association of Local Administration Personnel Technicians (AVTPAL), Trinidad Martínez, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed a collaboration agreement between both institutions to implement different actions.

One of the highlights of the agreement is that AVTPAL establishes the Agency’s complaints mailbox as its external whistleblowing channel, for which it will put it in a visible place on its website and in other media and channels.

Likewise, AVTPAL will launch its internal whistleblowing channel and will appoint the person responsible for the Internal Information System, communicating this appointment within 10 days so that it can be included in the Registry of Internal Managers.

The obligation to designate a person responsible for the Internal System and its communication to the Agency is set out in Law 2/2023 on the protection of whistleblowers of corruption and the deadline expired on 13 June, except for those municipalities with fewer than 10,000 habitats, whose deadline ends on 1 December. At the moment, the majority of administrations have either not designated the person responsible for the system or have not notified the Agency.

Another of the points included in the agreement is that training actions will be carried out aimed at people who work in the human resources and people management departments of the local administrations of the Valencian Community, which will help to promote ethics and public integrity in our administrations.

In the area of prevention, the Agency will assist AVTPAL in the implementation of an integrity plan, the preparation of risk catalogues and advice on the preparation of codes of ethics.

Nov22023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency collaborates with the Castellón Provincial Council in the training of future people responsible for the internal information system

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Castelló de la Plana.- October 31, 2023.

The management of the internal information system was the central axis of the training given by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, on October 24 and 31, 2023 at the Castellón Provincial Council.

The staff at the service of the local entities of the province of Castellón with less than 20,000 inhabitants, mostly qualified nationals and technicians of the general administration, were the participants in the sessions held in the assembly hall of the new offices of the Provincial Council. from Castellón in the city of Castelló de la Plana.

The issues of greatest relevance and impact on local entities of Law 2/2023 were discussed throughout the two editions of the day, lasting 4 hours each. The training was given by staff from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, specialists in the management of information systems and protection of informants.

The impact of Law 2/2023 on the protection of informants in the Valencian Community was analyzed by the lawyer of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Isabel Climent on October 24. For her part, Teresa Clemente, Deputy Director and Legal Affairs of the AVAF, presented the issue in the session on October 31, 2023.

The internal and external information systems according to Law 2/2023, as well as the obligations and profile of those responsible for the systems, were addressed by Gustavo Segura, director of Analysis and Research of the AVAF throughout the day on Tuesday the 24th. Miguel Furió, head of service in the Analysis and Research Directorate, taught the aforementioned subject on October 31.

Management, operating rules, as well as the organization of internal information channels was the subject that aroused the greatest interest among the almost 60 attendees at the training, many of them future managers of the internal information system in the municipalities where they provide their services as public employees.

The interest in informing about the existence of the external information channel, managed by the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency on the websites of the town councils, as well as the needs in terms of human resources for the management of the internal information system were some of the questions asked by those attending the training session.

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

Oct272023

The AVAF presents its work to the staff of the Regional Employment and Training Service of the Region of Murcia

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Murcia. – October 26, 2023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has given a session in the course “Public Ethics: current perspectives and their practical application in the Regional Employment and Training Service” of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.

Ethical training is considered a priority investment and is widely accepted among public employees, as stated in the previous survey of training needs of the Regional Employment and Training Service (SEF).

The 30-hour course, distributed in 8 sessions, in person and online, has been taught by Rafael Jiménez Asensio, consultant, trainer in the field of the public sector and University Professor, as director and teacher of the course and Fernando Jiménez. Sánchez, professor of Political Science at the University of Murcia, as a teacher.

Pilar Moreno García, training technician at the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, in turn, as a teacher of the course, taught the October 26 session “External information channels. The independent authorities to combat corruption and protect whistleblowers.”

In this 2 hour and 30 minute session, the Independent Administrative Authority for Whistleblower Protection and its work as an external information channel for those autonomous communities that do not have autonomous authority in this matter was presented.

The training technician shared the experience of the AVAF as an external information channel over 6 years, as well as the recommendations and guides prepared by the Agency that may be useful for the public employees of the SEF.

Anonymity and protection of the informant, along with the deadline for creating the Independent Administrative Authority for the Protection of the Informant, were some of the questions asked by the students throughout the training session.

With the aim of improving knowledge of ethical standards and increasing awareness of issues such as codes of conduct, ethics and corruption prevention among public employees who provide services in the SEF, the aforementioned training has been developed throughout the month of October 2023.