May112023

The impact of Law 2/2023 under study in the Jaume I of Castelló

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The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) co-organized together with the Jaume I University of Castelló (UJI) the conference “Law 2/2023, a paradigm shift in the fight against corruption. Impact on the Valencian Community.” last Wednesday, May 10, with a follow-up of 154 people, in person and online.

The Hall of Degrees of the Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences of the Jaume I University of Castelló hosted the conference aimed at university students, as well as public employees of local entities, associations, provincial councils and the Generalitat Valenciana.

Cristina Pauner, General Secretary of the UJI, and Teresa Clemente, Deputy Director and Legal Affairs of the AVAF, were in charge of the institutional welcome.

Jorge Viguri, professor of Constitutional Law at the Jaume I University of Castellón, began the day with his presentation “The Law 2/2023 under examination. Positive aspects and future challenges”.

Gustavo Segura, director of Analysis and Investigation of the Valencian Antifraud Agency, exposed the information systems in Law 2/2023. Throughout his presentation, he detailed the obligation to implement these before June 13, in the case of local entities with more than 10,000 inhabitants and recalled that the deadline, in the case of those with less population, is the December 1, 2023.

Javier Alamà, head of the AVAF’s information systems service, focused on technical issues to implement a reporting channels. Among the characteristics that they must have, bidirectionality stands out, as well as the possibility of presenting anonymous reports.

The round table of the day will count with the presence of Vicente Miravet, secretary – controller of the town hall of Genovés (Valencia) and secretary of COSITAL València, Marina Lázaro, secretary – controller of the local administration and negotiating department Municipal Administration of the Castelló City Council and Jaime Clemente, Professor of Constitutional Law of the UJI.

The future challenges of the law for the protection of whistleblowers against regulatory infringements were exposed by the roundtable participants.

Vicente Miravet contributed the vision of small and medium-sized local entities (PYMEL) and the problems derived from the lack of economic and personal resources, together with the difficulties of the obligation of confidentiality in PYMEL.

For her part, Marina Lázaro highlight the need for coordination on this issue in town halls with the largest population and the imperative of communication and training in the area of corruption whistleblowers.

The attendees learned in detail about the novelties provided by Law 2/2023 and showed their interest in the question-and-answer session about the powers of the person responsible for the system and the possibility of signing collaboration agreements with the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.

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

⇒ Chronicle of the day from the Jaume I University of Castelló.
https://www.uji.es/centres/fcje/base/arxiu/noticies/2023/llei-2-2023-resum/#

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May92023

More than 200 people participate in the training given by the Agency together with the Ministry of Participation, the FVMP and the councils of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón

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The Agency has given the online training session “The management of the internal information system in the public administration” organized together with the Ministry of Participation of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, and the councils of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia .

The Director of Analysis and Research, Gustavo Segura, presented the methodology for managing the Internal Information System, as well as proposals for action on the matter. The person responsible for the implementation, as well as the information management procedure, focused his presentation.

Javier Alama, head of the Information Systems service, shared the tool used to create the internal channel for receiving information in all entities required by the new law. During his presentation, he highlighted the need for training and training for the management of the tool, together with the promotion of an ethical culture, encouraging the presentation of complaints and awareness and awareness campaigns.

The training has had more than 200 participants online. The personnel at the service of the local entities have formulated questions related to the figure of the person in charge of the system, as well as the procedure to follow for the management of the internal channel.

May82023

DIVAL and AVAF with alert systems, integrity and ethics in public management

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For the second consecutive year, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has participated in the training plan of the Diputación de Valencia with the course “Alert systems, integrity and public ethics in public management”

The 15-hour course, divided into five sessions of three hours each, has been taught in person and online by specialized personnel at the service of the AVAF.

The students selected by the Provincial Council had the opportunity to delve into information systems in the first session of the course, by Miguel Furió, head of the AVAF Analysis Service, and how to set up a report mailbox in 60 minutes, from by Javier Alamà, head of the Agency’s Information Systems Service.

Irene Bravo, head of the Prevention Service, presented the initiatives in the field of legal prevention and public apparatuses in the second session of the course, while Teresa Clemente, deputy and affairs director of the AVAF shared with the students one of the primary functions of the Valencian Antifraud Agency, the protection of corruption whistleblowers.

The institutional integrity system of the Valencian Community was announced during the course by the director of the AVAF, Joan Llinares, while the costs of corruption were the focus of the presentation by Anselm Bodoque, head of the Training Service.

The most active participation by the students came from the practical workshop that closed the DIVAL – AVAF course, on integrity and the most common risks in public administration. Led by Marita Oliver, a training technician, Anselm Bodoque and Pilar Moreno, a technician from the Agency’s Training service, the attendees highlighted planning as the risk to be taken more into account in local entities. The learning experience ended with reflection on the conflict of interest as a prelude to corruption.

Our thanks to the training service of the Provincial Council of Valencia for their good work and collaboration in raising awareness of public integrity.