PROGRAMME V: Organisation Development Programme (ODP)

PROGRAMME V: Organisation Development Programme (ODP)

Caritas Zambia strategic issues have been clustered around four main areas which also form Caritas Zambia programmes namely; Democracy and Governance, The Church and State, Economic and Social Accountability, and Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation. In addition, there is a fifth programme which provides support to all the other four programmes and is called Organisational Development.

Organisation Development Programme (ODP)

The aim of this programme is to have Caritas Zambia’s organisational capacity and sustainability is increased’.  The focus areas of ODP are:

  • Organisational Strengthening: The focus is on improving the operations of Caritas Zambia as well as providing support to diocesan Caritases/ Social Ministries in order for them to improve their organisational capacities.
  • Knowledge Management: This focus area seeks to ensure full publicity of all the information and knowledge generated by Caritas Zambia and the diocese.
  • Finance Management: The focus is on managing all the financial resources of the organisation and ensuring that there is prudence use of the resources.

About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.