KENYA: AMECEA organizes a Forum for Conference ICT Coordinators
The AMECEA
ICT Coordination Office has organized a Four-Day forum of ICT coordinators from AMECEA
member countries that intends to bring ICT persons from AMECEA member
conferences together to build more on ICT related technical skills and sharing
of technical knowledge and challenges, and deliberate on the way forward and
collaboration
ICT Coordination Office has organized a Four-Day forum of ICT coordinators from AMECEA
member countries that intends to bring ICT persons from AMECEA member
conferences together to build more on ICT related technical skills and sharing
of technical knowledge and challenges, and deliberate on the way forward and
collaboration
According to
Mr. Bernard Mberere, the ICT Coordinator at AMECEA secretariat, the forum which
is the first one since the establishment of the office at the secretariat,
intends to achieve more on online presence of each and every AMECEA member
conferences. This entails sharing more knowledge and skills on websites design
applications, development, hosting, updating and maintenance and creating of
more robust online systems.
Mr. Bernard Mberere, the ICT Coordinator at AMECEA secretariat, the forum which
is the first one since the establishment of the office at the secretariat,
intends to achieve more on online presence of each and every AMECEA member
conferences. This entails sharing more knowledge and skills on websites design
applications, development, hosting, updating and maintenance and creating of
more robust online systems.
The main
objective of the forum is to equip all participants with knowledge and skills
to be competent webmaster using modern development tools and Content Management
Systems (CMS). This will play a big role in the development of each AMECEA
conference in relations to online presence to effectively share information as
a means of Evangelization to the world.
objective of the forum is to equip all participants with knowledge and skills
to be competent webmaster using modern development tools and Content Management
Systems (CMS). This will play a big role in the development of each AMECEA
conference in relations to online presence to effectively share information as
a means of Evangelization to the world.
“We believe
that at the end of this 1st AMECEA ICT forum, our objectives will be achieved
and hence set the platform to launch other technological platform for better
communication and evangelization to the world through the use of ICT, related
technologies and the Internet,” he said.
that at the end of this 1st AMECEA ICT forum, our objectives will be achieved
and hence set the platform to launch other technological platform for better
communication and evangelization to the world through the use of ICT, related
technologies and the Internet,” he said.
The forum
will also deliberate on how ICT can support the networking of the radio
stations as it is the case of South Sudan; it will also look for possible ways
of communicating via teleconferencing and VoIP.
will also deliberate on how ICT can support the networking of the radio
stations as it is the case of South Sudan; it will also look for possible ways
of communicating via teleconferencing and VoIP.
Speaking about
the forum, AMECEA Social Communication Coordinator, Rev. Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga
said that the forum is one of the ICT activities planned to be implemented in this
year in view of enhancing ICT apostolate in the region which began by the establishment of the ICT office at the secretariat.
the forum, AMECEA Social Communication Coordinator, Rev. Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga
said that the forum is one of the ICT activities planned to be implemented in this
year in view of enhancing ICT apostolate in the region which began by the establishment of the ICT office at the secretariat.
He said that
it is the wish of the Social Communication Department that the ICT strategies for AMECEA secretariat
office trickle down to national conference and even to the diocesan level. “I
am grateful that almost all AMECEA conferences have employed an ICT
officer,” he said adding that “This gives us an ambient for greater collaboration with the
conferences.”
it is the wish of the Social Communication Department that the ICT strategies for AMECEA secretariat
office trickle down to national conference and even to the diocesan level. “I
am grateful that almost all AMECEA conferences have employed an ICT
officer,” he said adding that “This gives us an ambient for greater collaboration with the
conferences.”
By AMECEA Online News Reporter
