Many of the reforms necessary to meetthe Lisbon objectives had previously been implemented in the UK and in Scotland andhad been consulted on. In preparation of its national reform programme (NRP),which was published on 13 October 2005, the UK government held an open stakeholder dialogue from 8July to the 12 August 2005, inviting comments and input from all stakeholders acrossthe United Kingdom on the proposals for structural economic reform.The Executive’s input to theUK NRP consultation was based around our long-termeconomic strategy The Framework for Economic Development in Scotland andthe Executive’s Enterprise strategy A Smart, Successful Scotland (SSS).