IV International Seminar on the Culture of Lawfulness and the Fight against Corruption

Analysis of the State Anti-Corruption Plan (2025)

Publication date: Jan 30, 2026 Event date: Feb 24, 2026

Time: 09:45 am
Location: UC3M. Puerta de Toledo Campus
Organized by: Red CLLC[3] / 4Trust-cm
Poster

The IV International Seminar on the Culture of Lawfulness and the Fight against Corruption: Analysis of the State Anti-Corruption Plan (2025) is designed as a high-level academic gathering oriented toward the critical, interdisciplinary, and applied analysis of the new institutional public integrity strategies promoted in Spain within the framework of the State Anti-Corruption Plan approved by the Government in the summer of 2025. This Plan, structured around five pillars and fifteen measures, represents a strategic roadmap intended to strengthen the prevention, investigation, and sanctioning of corrupt practices, moving toward a Public Administration that is more ethical, transparent, and resilient against one of the most serious threats to contemporary democracy. Among its most notable measures is the creation of an Independent Agency for Public Integrity, conceived as the central body for the supervision, prevention, and prosecution of corruption within the General State Administration.

The meeting is organized around thematic panels that combine theoretical reflection, specialized academic contributions, and direct institutional participation.

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9:45 am. Reception.

9:55 am. Introduction.

10:00 am. Panel 1. Voices in the Culture of Lawfulness.
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Núñez (University of Murcia).
Prof. Dr. Fernando A. Vázquez-Portomeñe (University of Santiago de Compostela)
Mr. Joan-Antoni Llinares (Former Director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, 2017-2024).

Moderator: Yolanda Gómez (UC3M)

11:30 am. Coffee break.

12:00 pm. Panel 2. Public Integrity Agencies in comparative perspective.
Director Marta Blázquez (Deputy Director of the Andalusian Anti-Fraud Office)
Prof. Dr. Luís Macedo Pinto de Sousa (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Dr. Lorenzo Segato (RE-ACT, Italy)
Mr. Richard Martínez (Former member of the SCPC and the AFA, France)
Prof. Dr. Manuel Villoria (President of the Independent Authority for Whistleblower Protection)

Moderator: Isabel Wences (UCM)

2:15 pm. Lunch break.

3:45 pm. Panel 3. The debate on mandatory prior appointments ("cita previa").
Dr. Andrea Bravo (HayDerecho Foundation)
Dr. Germán J. Arenas (HayDerecho Foundation)
Prof. and Attorney Diego Gómez (University of Vigo)

Moderator: David García (UC3M)

5:30 pm. Conclusions. End of the session.

Directors: Yolanda Gómez (UC3M) and José María Sauca (UC3M).

Secretary: David García (UC3M).

Funding:

  • State Network on Culture of Lawfulness and the Fight against Corruption [3]. Grant RED2022-134265-T funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities and the State Research Agency (MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033).
  • Interuniversity Program on the Culture of Lawfulness. 4Trust-cm (ref. PHS-2024/PH-HUM-65). Grant awarded by the Community of Madrid in the 2024 call for R&D Activity Programs in Human and Social Processes.

In collaboration with:

  • HayDerecho Foundation
  • Red.es