AMECEA: Secretariat to host a Joint AMECEA/USCCB Meeting on the Capacity Building Project
AMECEA
Secretariat will be hosting AMECEA/USCCB Joint Meeting that will review the
capacity building project on 6th July, 2015.
Secretariat will be hosting AMECEA/USCCB Joint Meeting that will review the
capacity building project on 6th July, 2015.
According to
the program, the USCCB staff; that is, Mr. Patrick Markey and Mr. Fritz Zuger
from the Department of National Collections, will arrive in Kenya from Dar-es-Salaam
on Sunday 5th July 2015. The Joint Meeting is scheduled on Monday 6th
July and will involve all the stake holders of the Capacity Building
Project, which include, AMECEA Secretariat, CUEA and USCCB Department of
National Collections.
the program, the USCCB staff; that is, Mr. Patrick Markey and Mr. Fritz Zuger
from the Department of National Collections, will arrive in Kenya from Dar-es-Salaam
on Sunday 5th July 2015. The Joint Meeting is scheduled on Monday 6th
July and will involve all the stake holders of the Capacity Building
Project, which include, AMECEA Secretariat, CUEA and USCCB Department of
National Collections.
Speaking to
AMECEA Online News, the Coordinator of the Capacity Building Project, Ms.
Christine Mbugi, said that the review of the first phase of the Capacity
Building Project, which is almost done, will be among the main agenda of the
meeting and to plan the way forward for the next phase of the project.
AMECEA Online News, the Coordinator of the Capacity Building Project, Ms.
Christine Mbugi, said that the review of the first phase of the Capacity
Building Project, which is almost done, will be among the main agenda of the
meeting and to plan the way forward for the next phase of the project.
“AMECEA
Bishops identified priority areas that required capacity building, and in collaboration
with USCCB department of National Collections, these areas have been
categorized into five phases of which phase one is almost done and so far over
300 participants have benefited from the project,” Mbugi said.
Bishops identified priority areas that required capacity building, and in collaboration
with USCCB department of National Collections, these areas have been
categorized into five phases of which phase one is almost done and so far over
300 participants have benefited from the project,” Mbugi said.
The five
identified areas include Leadership and Management, Youth Ministry and
Chaplaincy, Information Technology and Communications, Planning and Methods of
Fundraising and finally Project Management and Skills for Designing Strategic
Pastoral Planning.
identified areas include Leadership and Management, Youth Ministry and
Chaplaincy, Information Technology and Communications, Planning and Methods of
Fundraising and finally Project Management and Skills for Designing Strategic
Pastoral Planning.
So far
Leadership and Management training for senior management staff of the dioceses
have been conducted in the six out of eight AMECEA Conferences. These include
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Sudan and South Sudan, Kenyan and Uganda. A Similar
training is scheduled for the Zambia in September this year and the final one
will be for Eritrea.
Leadership and Management training for senior management staff of the dioceses
have been conducted in the six out of eight AMECEA Conferences. These include
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Sudan and South Sudan, Kenyan and Uganda. A Similar
training is scheduled for the Zambia in September this year and the final one
will be for Eritrea.
“We intend
to wrap up the first phase of Capacity Building this year and embark on the
second phase next year. The evaluation and review of the project which is
scheduled to take place during the meeting will be a pointer to our next move,”
she said adding that “So far, the experience has been positive, encouraging and
we have received tremendous response from the Conferences we’ve covered so far.
They have demonstrated commitment to the project by participating fully and
have shown a great desire to benefit more.”
to wrap up the first phase of Capacity Building this year and embark on the
second phase next year. The evaluation and review of the project which is
scheduled to take place during the meeting will be a pointer to our next move,”
she said adding that “So far, the experience has been positive, encouraging and
we have received tremendous response from the Conferences we’ve covered so far.
They have demonstrated commitment to the project by participating fully and
have shown a great desire to benefit more.”
The team
from USCCB is also scheduled on 7th July to pay a courtesy visit to the
Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan and the Kenya Conference of Catholic
Bishops in Nairobi.
from USCCB is also scheduled on 7th July to pay a courtesy visit to the
Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan and the Kenya Conference of Catholic
Bishops in Nairobi.
Finally, on 8th
July, AMECEA Social Communications Department will meet with the team from
USCCB together with Ms. Petra Stammen of CAMECO (Germany) to deliberate on AMECEA
initiative towards ICT compliance.
July, AMECEA Social Communications Department will meet with the team from
USCCB together with Ms. Petra Stammen of CAMECO (Germany) to deliberate on AMECEA
initiative towards ICT compliance.
The USCCB
delegates will depart from Kenya on the evening of 8th July back to
the USA.
delegates will depart from Kenya on the evening of 8th July back to
the USA.
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online
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