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Nairobi, 7th May 2018 – 10th May 2018:<\/strong> African Jesuits AIDS Network (AJAN) participated in the four day Jesuit Africa Social Centers Network (JASCNET) Strategic Planning Workshop held in Nairobi. The workshop, brought together over 20 Members of JASCNET who proposed the following five strategic directions to guide the Network\u00a0in the next five years:\u00a0<\/p>\n Political Governance and Human Rights; Discussions in the workshop also included\u00a0external and internal issues affecting the\u00a0Network. The Network\u2019s internal issues involved a validation of findings of the Network\u2019s research conducted at\u00a0seven out of eleven Jesuit Africa Social Centers. Key findings of the research revealed existence of weak coordination & linkage creation in the Network and recommended the need for the Network to establish common M&E Mechanisms for enhanced follow up; strengthen its communication with Members of the Network and the need to\u00a0 strengthen the Network’s\u00a0Capacity Building\/Strengthening efforts. External issues deliberated during the workshop included Africa political and economic situation, peace and security, climate justice, youth and sustainable development, resource mobilization among others.<\/p>\n Discussions on these topics informed participants of external environment within which the Network operates in. Participants also undertook a SWOT analysis of the Network. JASCNET will launch its five year strategic plan on 3rd August, 2018 in Lusaka, Zambia and members of the Network are expected to domesticate the plan at\u00a0their respective Social Centers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fr. Xavier Jeyaraj SJ of the\u00a0Social Justice & Ecology Secretariat\u00a0 at the General Curia in Rome also informed participants of the ongoing Universal Apostolic Preferences<\/a> discussions and planning whose outcome will be announced in February, 2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nairobi, 7th May 2018 – 10th May 2018: African Jesuits AIDS Network (AJAN) participated in the four day Jesuit Africa Social Centers Network (JASCNET) Strategic Planning Workshop held in Nairobi. The workshop, brought together over 20 Members of JASCNET who proposed the following five strategic directions to guide the Network\u00a0in<\/p>\n
Alternative Development\/ Financing for Development;
Peace and Security;
Fair Sharing of Natural Resources and Fair Business;
Climate Justice and Sustainable Food<\/p>\n