CLDP will coordinate with the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs (KEMENKO) to arrange a 2-day planning session in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The objective of this planning session is to bring select municipal bond and sukuk experts along with KEMENKO, CLDP and World Bank officials to discuss and develop a 1–2-year targeted technical assistance workplan that will complement and support the bond and sukuk issuances that KEMENKO is planning in the near and long term. This planning session will continue to help build the requisite capacity for subnational governments to navigate the municipal bond and sukuk issuance process.