Scottish Government People's Panel 2026-27 Event 1: Reform of the National Performance Framework

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2023) The People’s Panel: COVID-19 – Research findings from People’s Panel members on their experiences of the pandemic from March 2022 to March 2023 (last accessed: 23 July 2026).

2 Scottish Government (2023) People’s Panel for Wellbeing 2022 and Beyond: process and learning evaluation (last accessed: 25 July 2026).

3 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy: Delivering for Scotland (last accessed: 28 July 2026).

4 Scottish Government (undated) National Performance Framework: review and proposals (last accessed: 28 July 2026).

5 Escobar, O (2011) Public Dialogue and Deliberation. A communication perspective for public engagement practitioners, Beacons for Public Engagement.

6 Scottish Government (undated) National Performance Framework: review and proposals (last accessed: 28 July 2026).

7 Forbes, K. (2026) Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic to the Convener of 16 February 2026 (last accessed: 30 July 2026).

8 The draft National Outcomes and perspectives/principles were presented to the Panel in February 2026. Since then, the NPF team has led a process of engagement and consultation to further develop and refine the proposals prior to launch of the reformed NPF later in 2026.

9 Forbes, K. (2026) Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic to the Convener of 16 February 2026 (last accessed: 30 July 2026).

10 Sortition Foundation webpage (last accessed: 30 July 2026).

11 Flanigan, B. et al. (2021) Fair algorithms for selecting citizens’ assemblies Nature.