ZAMBIA: AMECEA Administrative Secretaries Gather in Lusaka
The Admin Secretaries with ZCCB Secretary General Rev. Fr. Cleophas Lungu and Facilitators for their meeting
Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) member conferences Administrative Secretaries have recently grouped in Lusaka for their annual meeting.
In his remarks during the official opening of the meeting, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) Secretary General Fr. Cleophas Lungu urged the participants to take advantage of the meeting so that it may bear fruit to their work in their respective Episcopal Conferences.
Fr. Lungu has also appealed to them to share experiences and best practices in executing what he described as noble duties in making Episcopal Conferences in the AMECEA region live up to the ideals of their mission and mandate.
He has noted that Administrative Secretaries have serious responsibilities of maintaining order, preparing documents for Bishops’ meetings and making sure key resolutions of the Bishops’ Conferences are communicated to the concerned parties.
AMECEA, Malawi and Kenya Conferences
The ZCCB Secretary General further reminded the participants that they are the custodians of institutional memory and that Bishops and Secretaries General depend on them for important information and documents passed during bishops’ meetings.
Fr. Lungu said Administrative Secretaries should all the time be capable of providing information to the Bishops, Management and Secretaries General whenever they are needed for them to make informed decisions.
The meeting which run from 9th to 13th September, 2019 has culminated in a training workshop on the use of CorelDraw and Microsoft spreadsheet.
Present were Administrative Secretaries from the Episcopal Conferences of Malawi, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia, led by AMECEA Secretariat.
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By Mwenya Mukuka, ZCCB Communications Officer
