Draft CONCEPT NOTE for the Project and Strategy Session “Assembly 10+10: Cooperation in the Arab World” Overview The Project and Strategy Session takes place within the World Public Summit. Arab World and focuses on developing the activities of the World Peoples Assembly in the countries of the region. Ahead of the Assembly’s tenth anniversary, participants will jointly shape a vision of its future and priorities for cooperation in the Arab world. The “10+10” formula connects the experience of the first decade with planning for the next, through 2037. The session is based on creating the future together. Each participant’s contribution supports the Assembly’s mission: strengthening friendship among peoples, trust and cooperation on an equal footing, while respecting cultural diversity and promoting people’s well-being. The session brings together participants’ international experience to develop representative offices and partnerships, implement programmes and projects, attract new members and raise awareness of the Assembly. Dateand format Date: 9 November 2026. Time: 14:00–17:00. Venue: Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Working languages: Russian and English. Format: six project groups, followed by presentations of their results and a joint discussion. The participant list and group allocation will be circulated separately. Aimand key objectives The session aims to develop a shared vision for the World Peoples Assembly in the Arab world through 2037 and prepare proposals for sustained activities in the region and the implementation of joint initiatives. Key objectives: agreeon the values underpinning the Assembly’s vision of the future, its role in promoting peace and people’s well-being, and participants’ contributions to this shared endeavour; identifypriorities for the Assembly’s activities in the Arab world, taking into account the interests of people, civil society organisations and professional communities; prepareproposals for developing representative offices, the partner network and country teams; developproposals to increase the number of the Assembly’s legal entity members and their participation in programmes and projects; identifyways to strengthen the financial sustainability of the Assembly, its representative offices and joint initiatives, including membership fees, partner funding, grants and sponsorship; identifyprogrammes and projects that meet regional needs and can be implemented jointly; prepareproposals for a long-term calendar of World Public Summits. Arab World through 2037; identifyopportunities to hold the International Forum of Public Diplomacy in countries of the region; prepareproposals to raise the Assembly’s visibility and influence, strengthen communications and engage new participants; identifypriorities for developing the International Competition “Leader of Public Diplomacy” in the region; outlineinitial joint actions for 2027 within the International Programme for the Tenth Anniversary of the World Peoples Assembly.…