The first forum was held in 2003, and was used as a platform for the government to present the transformation agenda and mobilize key stakeholders - political parties, private sector, civil society, parliament and national and international experts, in an open dialogue on the state of the economy and the economic transformation strategy. Another major objective of this forum was to build a national consensus for progress. Now, ten years on, the country needs to resume this exercise in order to adapt and to accelerate the Transformation Agenda.