Governance Leadership Board. The SSA will have an invited board, and a constitution will be created. The partner organisa- tions will all have a seat on the board. It is hoped that an independent chairperson can be approached and appointed – potentially a representative of the private sector. In addition to bringing strategic prowess, the chairperson should be able to support the SSA in building a strong reputation quickly, and make introductions at senior levels across the political, public and business communities. As each Xxxxxx Room is launched, a local group should be formed to support start up and report back to the central SSA board on progress and local requirements. The Academy itself will be managed as the hub with a Director in charge of: • Maintaining a close watch on developments in science education and considering developments for the SSA; • marketing the SSA; • liaison with stakeholders; • identification of ‘next Xxxxxx Rooms’, making approval cases to the board then de- velopment and project management of delivery of new Xxxxxx Rooms; and • budget control and reporting to the board Staff levels will be reviewed as the project develops. For the purpose of this paper it is antic- ipated that the SSA will be able to draw on the management experience of a stakeholder organisation(s) to reduce overheads (space, admin, payroll, accounting, legal etc.). It is envisaged that the SSA will be, and promoted as, a stand-alone entity with acknowl- edgement given to the stakeholders for its existence. Programme Board An overall Programme Board has been established for all of the City-Region Deal projects which reports to the Highland Council’s Planning, Development and Infrastructure Commit- tee, and to the Highland Community Planning Partnership.
