AMECEA: Conference SGs to participate in the Capacity Building Program in the US
Three Secretaries general from AMECEA member conferences left Nairobi yesterday evening to the US where they will participate in the capacity building program organized by the Mendoza College of Business School of Notre Dame University in partnership with the CRS, which is set to start from the 9th to the 16th of July 2016.
The three SGs who were led by the Secretary General of AMECEA, Very Rev Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo include; Fr. Raymond Saba from Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), Fr. Cleophas Lungu from Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) and Fr. Henry Saindi from Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM).
According to Fr Lugonzo, the content outline of the program will cover the Strategic planning, Fund development, Governance of the Roman Catholic Religious Corporations, Program evaluation and capacity building, nonprofit marketing, Budgeting and finance, Employment Law and None profit board governance: A design for quality.
He said that the presenters during the program will include the president of Creating Solutions; Mark German, Sister Melanie Di Pietro who is the Director of Sector Hall University and Law school center for Religiously affiliated corporations, and Sal Alaimo assistant professor school of public none profit and health administration, grand valley state university.
“There will also be different presenters from Notre Dame University itself,” he said.
Fr. Lugonzo expressed his profound gratitude to the Catholic Relief Series (CRS), for sponsoring four participants from the Region to attend the executive program for Catholic leadership which will take place at the University of Notre Dame USA.
He is optimistic that the course outline and the input will add value to the work of the Secretaries General and improve the performance of the church within the AMECEA Region.
By Sr Immaculate Tusingwire; AMECEA Online News
