May252023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency provides training on conflict of interest to those responsible for the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Generalitat Valenciana

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The AVAF has given a conference/workshop on managing the risk of conflict of interest at the request of the General Directorate of Government Action of the Generalitat Valenciana for the people who hold the direction of Programs for the Management of European Funds in the eleven Consellerias , as well as staff from LABORA, IVACE and Turismo Comunitat Valenciana.

The Agency’s Training Service, made up of Anselm Bodoque, head of the Service, Pilar Moreno and Marita Oliver, area technicians, energized the workshop in which conflict of interest was studied in depth, understood as the situation in which The impartial and objective exercise of the functions of the public employee has been compromised for family, affective, political or national affinity reasons, economic interest or for any other direct or indirect reason of personal interest.

Throughout the four hours of training, the risk of conflict of interest as a prelude to corruption and the existing tools to address it have been studied in depth.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has several publications on conflicts of interest where the following stand out:

 

 

The training has had the very active participation and interest of more than 35 management managers of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Generalitat Valenciana. Julia Moreno (GVA Presidency) and Olga García-Pozuelo (Department of Agriculture) will be the facilitators and promoters of the day by the Generalitat Valenciana.

May182023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency provides training at the Center for Legal Studies

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Gustavo Segura, director of Analysis and Investigation of the AVAF, has participated in the course of the 61st promotion of access to the tax career on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

“Crimes against the Public Administration” has been the training module taught by the AVAF in which the participants have been able to learn in detail about this type of crime during the theoretical-practical phase of the course.

The 61st promotion is made up of 100 trainee prosecutors, 73 women and 27 men.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has been present in previous training courses for access to the tax career to publicize the role of offices and agencies in the fight against fraud and corruption, such as the round table held on June 1, 2022 in Madrid.

May172023

The Hay Derecho Foundation joins the Consell de Participació of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

Valencia, May 16, 2023.- The Consell de Participació of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency met in ordinary session and the Hay Derecho Foundation participated for the first time, which has joined as a member of the Agency’s participation body.

The Participation Council includes civic and social organizations, as well as individuals who stand out for their fight against fraud and corruption and for the promotion of ethics and public integrity.

In this meeting held at the headquarters of Les Corts Valencianes, the members of the Consell have been transferred the content of the Activity Report developed by the Agency during the year 2022.

The Report was presented on March 28 to the President of Les Corts, the Síndics and the members of the Mesa de les Corts, thus complying with the mandate contained in article 22 of Law 22/2016 on the creation of the Agency. Likewise, on April 19, the Report was also delivered to the President of the Generalitat.

Now it has been the turn of the Consell de Participació, and in this way, the people responsible for each of the areas of the Agency presented to the members of the Consell the activities and work carried out throughout the year 2022 responding to all the queries raised.

Once the Activity Report was exposed, the vice president of the Consell, Rafa Mauri, of the Observatori Ciutadà contra la Corrupció, proposed to the members of the Consell the organization of joint activities to involve the whole of society in the promotion and creation of ethics and public integrity, being summoned the members of the Consell to maintain contacts in this regard.

The Consell de Participació is made up  of the following organizations: Acción Cívica contra la Corrupción; Whistleblowers; Valencian Association of Consumers and Users (AVACU); Hay Derecho Foundation;  Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR); Foundation for Justice; Observatori Ciutadà contra la Corrupció (OCC); Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE); Plataforma Ciutadana Castelló per la Justicia i contra la Corrupció; Trade Union of Technicians of the Ministry of Finance (GESTHA); Tactical Whistleblowers; Transparency International Spain and World Compliance Association.