Finance Managers and Heads of Institutions in CDTY Receive Training on Internal Financial Management
By Baraka John
Finance managers and heads of institutions drawn from different institutions under the Catholic Diocese of Tambura -Yambio (CDTY) have kicked off a two-day training on internal financial management, to strengthen the finances of the diocese.
The financial management training has been organized by the office of the bishop with the aim to boost the capacity of finance officers and heads of institutions, on how to embark on local resource mobilization and enhance the financial stability of the diocese.
Addressing the 75 participants, the Bishop of the CDTY His Lordship Barani Edwardo Hiiboro Kusala said: “This workshop training is to do with mapping and scanning our diocese, our strength to manage ourselves, to manage our resources, to invest in our diocese”.
The initiative is expected to see the diocese have a long-term commitment to develop mindsets and be holistically tuned to the local fundraising framework.
His Lordship Hiiboro described this workshop as a way to devise strategies to strengthen the ability of different finance officers and heads of institutions how they can channel their focus toward mobilizing resources locally.
The CDTY Bishop urged the participants to be more creative in their institutions to come up with new ways of sustaining their institutions through raising resources from within their vicinity.
“I assumed there is no one outside there who is going to give us money. So, let us try to care for our diocese, so that’s why a new way of thinking has to be developed, this workshop is about your chapels, centers, Parishes, deanery, and all the Catholic institutions to ensure you get basic knowledge on how to sustain your instructions”.
Among the topic for the training include income generating activities and strengthening of local capacity, building local resource mobilization skills and techniques, local resource management, and internal financial control among others.
The training is also to provide all the stakeholders in the CDTY with a comprehensive overview of successful strategies for the mobilization resources locally for the parishes, and institutions.