Association of Member Episcopal Conference in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has conducted a leadership and management training for top Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) management in Lusaka.
Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Secretary General Father Cleophas Lungu who opened the training workshop said the development shows how AMECEA is relevant to the Church in Zambian.
Father Lungu also said the training that attracted 50 participants from all 11 Catholic Dioceses in Zambia was a great opportunity to share best practices in terms of management of personnel, structures and resources.
The workshop which was held at Kasisi Retreat Center began on 31stAugust and ends on 5th September, 2015.
AMECEA deputy Secretary General Father Chrisantus Ndaga noted that the training highlighted on Leadership and Management, Youth ministry and chaplaincy, Information Communications and Planning and project management.
He also said that the training was being conducted by the Catholic University and AMECEA shall has a session on planning and methods of fundraising.
Other key benefits of this Capacity Building program which is supported by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) includes supporting the Catholic Bishops in capacity building to establish and maintain an effective, diverse and motivated workforce at diocesan level to ensure excellence in support of the region’s pastoral outreach by empowering all the parts of the region.
Father Ndaga further said that the outcome of the training is expected to be a strengthened professionalism, in leadership and communication skills. The training is also supposed to create some kind of uniformity in the management of Institutions and affairs of the Church Institutions within the region as well as pooling of resources for income generating projects.
Father Ndaga also announced that modalities are underway for a possibility to hold a similar training in Eritrea where VISA challenges still exist.
By Mwenya Mukuka, ZEC Communications Officer