On a two-day workshop on January 31 and February 1, 2020, CMI and Masarat organized an establishing meeting of a National-level Strategic Dialogue (NSD) Group with 14 members in Istanbul. In addition to the presence of research team − local and international − the meeting was respected with the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador of Turkey. The role of this group will be to provide a central advisory role for the development of project and broaden the Palestinian ownership of project planning and operation.