Anti-fraud policythe CDTI

politica antifraude

The CDTI E.P.E., to manage effectively and efficiently european funds allocated, will be, drive and promote any measure it deems appropriate to avoid any fraudulent practice in the use of public funds, as recognized inAnti-Fraud Plan of CDTI.

The CDTI pledges at the highest level to fight against fraud as recognized in theInstitutional declaration against fraud.

In this regard, the main measures which have been carried out and that are structured around the key elements of the cycle against fraud1:

Prevention:

  • Commitment of the prison director in the fight against fraud.
  • Commitment to employees. The Code Of Ethics and conduct.
  • Action protocol to the conflict of interest.
  • Fraud risk assessment and internal control alarms.
  • Continuous training in the fight against fraud.
  • Permanent communication to promote a culture-fraud initiatives and strengthen the control environment.
  • Monitoring and review of proceedings.

Detection:

  • Alarms to control situations indicative of irregularities or fraud.
  • Internal information channelthrough which one can report any suspicion on irregularities or fraud in state subsidies granted by the CDTI.
  • Consultation of complaint through what you can follow up on a complaint, using the password provided at the time of sending the form of the complaint.

Corrigendum, prosecution and punishment:

  • Anti-Fraud committee, responsible for defining and implementing the anti-fraud policy of CDTI in different areas of the centre.
  • Action protocol to suspicion of fraud.

The CDTI, since the year 2016, has an Anti-Fraud Committee (CAF) acting as a crosscutting manner to strengthen the fight against fraud.

The CDTI E.P.E. collaborates with both government agencies as the intervention of the General State administration (IGAE), private entities, Autonomous Communities, European anti-fraud office (OLAF), Swiss coordination unit, Uclaf (SNCA), as well as citizens in particular, to avoid the misuse of public funds to manage and ensure that is used for the purpose for which has been reported.

The CDTI invites every society to work to instil a culture against fraud and a controlled environment as effective as possible.

1The term 'fraud' is used to describe a variety of unethical behaviour, such as the theft, corruption, embezzlement, bribery, forgery, false representation, collusion, money-laundering or concealment of facts. Often implies the use of deception in order to achieve personal profits for a person linked to a public agency or a third party or loss for another person,.