Membership of the Football Partnership, which is chaired by Rhona Brankin, includes the Scottish Executive, the Scottish Football Association, the Scottish Premier League, the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Professional Footballers Association, sportscotland, the Scottish Institute of Sport, the Football Trust, and CoSLA.Its remit is to draw up proposals for establishing a Scottish Football Academy, based on a network of local academies, to encourage and enable the most talented youngsters from local communities in Scotland to maximise their football potential; and in this context to consider how the academies can help to improve skills and encourage youth development in the football community generally.The detailed arrangements for payment and monitoring of the Scottish Executive contribution will be finalised once agreement on a funding package has been reached.