Delegates agreed to resume technical committee work next month, with a report due before the end of the year.
A national consultative forum has agreed a timetable for the next round of constitutional review talks, according to a communiqué issued at the close of the meeting.
Technical committees will resume work next month on outstanding chapters, including the division of powers between federal and state governments.
Observers called the agreement a modest but useful step, noting previous rounds stalled over the sequencing of issues.