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| Ms. Christine Mbugi, Coordinator AMECEA Capacity Building Project |
AMECEA Capacity Building Program is set to roll out the next phase of the program in 2016, an agreement that came out after a successful joint meeting between AMECEA Secretariat, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) held at the Secretariat offices on 6th July 2015.
The meeting was attended by Mr. Fritz Zuger and Mr. Patrick Markey, both from the National Collection Office of USCCB, AMECEA Secretariat Staff led by AMECEA Secretary General Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, and a team from CUEA led by the Vice Chancellor Msgr. Pius Rutechura.
According to the Programs Coordinator, Ms. Christine Mbugi, the meeting has been organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 7th and 10th October, 2015 where Secretaries General from AMECEA Conferences, the team from CUEA, Vice Chancellors of the Catholic Universities in AMECEA Region, together with the Coordinator of AMECEA Capacity Building, will deliberate on how to go about the Second Phase of the program.
“During the October meeting, the Secretaries General, the CUEA Team and the Vice Chancellors will be able to pick one of the four remaining priority areas identified by the AMECEA Bishops during the needs assessment workshop held in Uganda in 2009,” Ms. Mbugi said.
The four remaining areas include Youth Ministry and Chaplaincy, Information Technology and Communications, Planning and Methods of Fundraising and finally Project Management and Skills for Designing Strategic Pastoral Planning. Leadership and Management have been covered except in Eritrea and Zambia which are scheduled to benefit soon.
The Course outline for the training will then be designed once the choice of the priority area has been made and this will consequently determine the schedule of the Second Phase of the program.
Mbugi also said that during the October meeting, a link person will be identified from all the Catholic Universities and Episcopal Conference in the AMECEA Region in order to create an easy and collaborative coordination of the program.
“CUEA still remains the lead University for the project while other Catholic Universities in AMECEA Region will also be included in the implementation,” Mbugi said.
Source: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News