Aug 5 ETHIOPIA: AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department Conducts training on Emergency Response to Conflict Situations
The AMECEA Department of Justice Peace and Caritas has embarked on a program to build the capacities of Church agents on rapid response to emergency especially in conflict scenarios.
Ethiopian Catholic Bishops Conference is the first beneficiary of the program under which 22 agents of evangelization from various dioceses in the country were given a four-days training under the theme “Rapid Emergency Response in Conflict Situations.”
According to Mr. Antony Mbandi, the Coordinator of AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department, the objective of the training is basically to equip the participants with capacities for rapid response in the times of emergency especially in conflict scenarios
The training which took place in Ethiopia entailed covered about Causes of Conflict, Conflict analysis framework, Conflict mapping, Conflict dynamics, historical assessment of Conflict as well as stakeholder analysis vs conflict. They also studied about Advocacy for peace, Peacebuilding and reconciliation Social cohesion and Governance
The training program is based on the recognition of AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas department on the need to build capacities of the church agents in the region specifically in responding to the social-economic issues with a focus to the Catholic Social Teachings.
The training in Ethiopia was facilitated by the SECAM Liaison Office in Addis Ababa in conjunction with the Ethiopian Bishops’ Conference.
Mr. Mbandi explained that the training which is supported by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will take place across the AMECEA conferences and it is hoped that AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department will continuously build the capacity of AMECEA conferences to deal with issues on Justice Peace and Caritas work.
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
