AMECEA Secretariat Launches ICT Coordination Office

AMECEA Social Communications || AMECEA Online News || 05 February 2016

The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) Secretariat has established an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Coordination Office in order to enhance efficient internet systems and networking at the Secretariat, which is located along Gitanga Road in Nairobi, Kenya.

ICT Coordination office was officially launched last Saturday, February 6.

According to Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga who heads the AMECEA Social Communications Department, the Secretariat has invested in procurement of equipment, the setting up of servers and creating a centralized internal link to all the offices in order to enhance internet and Wi-Fi connectivity.

With the installation of the servers, the Secretariat will be able to create a web that will host digitized documents of important events of AMECEA so that they can be accessible online.

Fr. Ndaga said that this project is designed to serve the AMECEA Secretariat by inter-connecting the Departments with the Central Administration office, promote effective networking with AMECEA institutions and to enhance communication with National Conferences.

He further said: “The ICT project is part of the implementation of the resolutions passed by the Bishops during the 17th AMECEA Plenary that was held in Kenya, 2011 and reiterated during the 18th AMECEA Plenary Assembly, held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 2014.”

During the AMECEA Executive Board Meeting of May 2015, the Board members approved the proposed plan and advised that in this age of new media, it is imperative for the AMECEA Secretariat to explore the effective use of ICT for the evangelization.

It is envisaged that the established ICT office will enable the operators at the Secretariat to provide quality services to the Bishops, Institutions and all networks within and outside the AMECEA Region.

“For a long time, rather than enjoying good ICT services, the AMECEA Secretariat staff had been facing poor services issues which could only be resolved by an ICT expert,” Father Ndaga said, adding, “despite these challenges, we were hopeful that one day a permanent solution will be found.”

In order to emphasize the importance of this ICT Office, Fr. Ndaga said that it will be an effective tool that will promote positive interaction among member Episcopal Conferences; sharing of pastoral initiatives, providing education in social matters and as platform for evangelization.

This project, Fr. Ndaga said, aims at promoting the online presence of the Church through the usage of ICT and creating a medium for effective collaboration among member Conferences in the AMECEA region. It will also help the staff of AMECEA Secretariat to be more effective and efficient in the management and dissemination of information within the region.

Some editing to the original article by Father Don Bosco Onyalla, CANAA

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