The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a new document to guide the “path of implementation of the Synod” through an Ecclesial Assembly scheduled for October 2028 at the Vatican. Participants are to receive presentations on the global and continental roadmap toward the Ecclesial Assemblies of 2027 and 2028, alongside testimonies from regional Episcopal Conferences and ecclesial initiatives. In the statement, SECAM Secretary General says the seminar is to produce key recommendations and a draft continental working document that will guide Africa's next stages of synodal preparation and contribute to the October 2028 Ecclesial Assembly at the Vatican. As part of the process, continental assemblies are to prepare a "perspective report" to help shape the Instrumentum Laboris (Working Document) the working document for the 2028 Vatican gathering. The General Secretariat of the Synod has set 30 June 2027, as the deadline for submissions from local Churches, 31 December 2027, for national and regional syntheses, and 30 April 2028, for continental reports.