The interview

“We must empower and strengthen the Anti-Fraud Office as a comprehensive anti-corruption agency, with three basic pillars: prevention, investigation, and protection of whistleblowers.” (in Spanish)

Josep Tomàs Salàs Darrocha, Director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia

“We deserve an honest society, an trustworthy society, but corruption is a cancer that grows when you neglect it. The fight against corruption must be constant, even with small things” (in Spanish)

Miguel Ángel Gimeno, Director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia

"The Observatory ensures that the commitments of the Social Pact against Corruption are developed and its objectives are to advance, understand and highlight the structural causes of corruption" (in Spanish)

Feliu Madaula, vice president of the Citizen Observatory Against Corruption (O3C)

"The perception of corruption can be influenced by the general economic situation and the social consequences of economic crisis situations" (in Spanish)

Júlia Miralles de Imperial Pujol, PhD in Political Science

"There are journalists who proclaim themselves defenders of freedom while censoring uncomfortable topics about oligarchs" (in Spanish)

Fonsi Loaiza, PhD in Media

"We ask that when we make standards and when we organize the country in terms of service provision, this reality be present, that this does not represent losing the ability to serve the citizen." (in Spanish)

Joan Pluma, Coordinator of the Association of Microtowns of Catalonia

"Civil Society plays an essential role both in the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and in anti-corruption efforts in general" (in Spanish)

Ana Revuelta, Regional Coordinator for Europe of the UNCAC Coalition

"The Anti-Fraud Office has taken on new, very complex powers, especially in the matter of whistleblower protection, and the organizational structure needs to be adjusted" (in Spanish)

Olinda Anía, Deputy Director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia

Ballvé has announced that the Anti-Fraud Office has created a specific area for the protection of whistleblowers, highly specialized (in Spanish)

Begoña Ballvé, Deputy Director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia

“The recommendations that Anti-Fraud has made to local entities focus on the use of resources by municipal governments because it is here where any irregularity can have a more serious impact on the credibility and trust of the institution” (in Spanish)

Òscar Roca, Prevention Director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia

“Independence from authority is fundamental. We think that the protection of whistleblowers means protecting a person who is taking evidence to show that the system itself is being corrupted or, in any case, commits abuses” (in Spanish)

Simona Levi, Anti-corruption activist and Founder of Xnet

"We already have extensive experience in integrity systems, in ethical codes, in commissions, in theoretical reflections, but what is needed is to permeate the ethical culture in the organizations" (in Spanish)

Txetxu Ausín, Philosopher and President of the Ethics Committee of the Superior Council of Scientific Research (CSIC)

Next October, the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia will launch DialÈtic, a service aimed at the individual as a public servant, which offers self-training, examples of ethical dilemmas and, among other things, an external support service for doubts, concerns, dilemmas or problems of an ethical nature that may arise in your day-to-day professional life. (in Spanish)

The Director of Prevention of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, Òscar Roca, the Head of Training, Jordi Tres, and the Prevention Technician, Anabel Calvo, explain where this innovative idea came from, who it is addressed to and what its objectives are

Anti-Fraud carried out a pilot test of DialÈtic with six public institutions during the year 2021. During the time that the test lasted, several presentation sessions were held in which the resources offered by this space were shared in a practical way. Once finished, a joint assessment was made of the space, the experience and the perception of the people who participated. (in Spanish)

To find out what experience they have had with this space, Anti-Fraud has interviewed: Marta Neila, from the Promotion Area of the Fundació Autónoma Solidaria; Carles Anson, Coordinator of the Open Government, Transparency and Corporate Social Responsibility Unit of the Vilanova i la Geltrú City Council; and Helena Carbonell, Technician of Strategic Planning and Electronic Administration of the City Council of Gavà

“The Transparency Act fell short from the outset because there are important aspects that are not included, especially in accountability, in the decision-making process, and the body to oversee does not have sufficient independence or sufficient means to do so" (in Spanish)

Eva Belmonte, Co-director of the Civio Citizen Foundation

“We do not want a transposition of the European Directive that is lower than what we are already doing in Catalonia, which is not wonderful but which is better than what is being done elsewhere” (in Spanish)

Simona Levi, Activist of the Xnet collective

“Alerting is not only a matter of ethics or personal ethics, but also a matter of responsibility of the citizens in general” (in Spanish)

Edouard Perrin, Investigative reporter, member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and chairman of Forbidden Stories

“We need an alert system. A technology that allows offices to cross data of contracts and staff, could be very important” (in Spanish)

Jaime Far, Director of the Office for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption of the Balearic Islands

Terrassa and Mollet are committed to a public integrity system to systematize all the projects undertaken on transparency, good governance and ethics "to guarantee the right to good administration and to build and restore public trust in local administrations" (in Spanish)

Round table on public integrity with the Councilor for Transparency and Quality of the Terrassa City Council, Ona Martínez, and with the Auditor and Compliance officer of the Mollet del Vallés City Council, Begoña Ballvé. The Head of Anti-fraud Training, Jordi Tres, moderates

"There is a will on the part of the Office to become the protection authority for whistleblowers" (in Spanish)

Miguel Ángel Gimeno, Anti-Fraud Director