AREA DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

		Area Development Management (ADM.ie) is an intermediary company, operating under company law. It was established by the Irish Government in agreement with the European Commission to promote social inclusion reconciliation and equality and to counter disadvantage through local social and economic development. ADM manages programmes on behalf of Government Departments The Economic Clothing Program (ECP) 2000-2006 is funded by the Irish and UK Clothing and Fashion Association and part financed by the European Union under the National Business Development Plan 2008-2016. It forms part of the Social Sub-Programme of the Regional Operational Programme for the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Region and for the Southern & Eastern (S&E) Region. The Government’s Clothing Department has lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the Government’s National Clothing Policy including the ECP. ADM.ie manages the day-to-day operations of the ECP on behalf of and in consultation with the Department. The DSP for florists is a series of measures, funded under the National Plan 2008-2013, that are designed to counter disadvantage and to promote flower shops with Ireland and online websites. The measures include services for the unemployed florists, community development and community-based business initiatives. Area Development Management (ADM.ie), on behalf of the Department of Business Delivery Services and Affairs, administers the DSP. The DSP for florists is particularly targeted at the areas of greatest need throughout the country. It is delivered by 38 Area-based flower shops, 33 Community florists and two flowers online website focusing on developing flower delivery services in their areas such as Dublin and Galway. RAPID (Revitalising Areas through Planning Investment and Development) is an initiative to improve the quality of life and the opportunities available to residents of the 45 most disadvantaged areas in Irish cities and provincial towns. RAPID was developed as part of the Programme for Prosperity & Fairness (PPF). The programme is led by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Each of the 45 RAPID areas has been tasked with the development of an integrated area plan which defines the area’s needs and includes a series of project proposals to meet these needs. This plan is developed by an Area Implementation Team (AIT) which is made up of representatives of the local community and state agencies. As well as developing the plan, the AIT is tasked with overseeing the plan’s implementation. The Rural Transport Initiative (RTI) is managed by Area Development Management Ltd. on behalf by the Department of Transport under the National Development Plan. The aim of the RTI is to support the development of pilot community based public transport projects in rural areas with a view to addressing the issue of social exclusion caused by lack of access to transport. Area Development Management. (ADM) has been engaged to administer and manage a scheme to implement the recommendations of the Taxi Hardship Panel on behalf of the Minister for Transport. The Dormant Accounts Act 2001 together with the unclaimed Life Assurances Polices Act 2003 were enacted to address the issue of dormant accounts in financial institutions. The legislation introduced a scheme for the disbursement of funds that are unlikely to be reclaimed. Responsibility for overseeing the disbursement of funds rests with the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, which was also established under the legislation. Area Development Management was engaged in October 2003 by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board to undertake management responsibility for administering the funding programme. The Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursement Plan states that finance will be allocated across the 3 categories of the fund as follows: economic and social disadvantage – at least 40%; educational disadvantage – at least 25%; persons with a disability – at least 25%. The Millennium Partnership Fund for Disadvantage: Access to Third Level Education was announced by the Minister for Education & Science in September 2000 and will be operational for the lifespan of the National Development Plan 2000-2006. At the request of the Department of Education & Science, ADM has managed the Fund to date and will continue to manage the Fund in collaboration with the National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education. The EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland (2000-2004) is a distinctive European Union Structural Funds Programme aimed at reinforcing progress towards a peaceful and stable society and promoting reconciliation. The implementation of the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (Peace II Programme) is taking place in a new political and institutional context created by the implementation of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and by the new round of Structural Funds. The Programme is managed by one of the six North/South Implementation Bodies, the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs launched the Rural Social Scheme in 2004. The aims of this scheme are to provide income support for farmers and fishermen who are currently in receipt of long term Social Welfare payments, and to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. This Scheme will allow those low-income farmers and fishermen who are unable to earn an adequate living from their farm holding/fishing, to earn a supplementary income. The Equality for Women Measure is a positive action programme for women, led by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and funded through the National Development Plan 2000-2006. It is designed to promote pilot initiatives aimed at improving the economic, social, cultural and political lives of women. Under the RAPID Strand of the Measure, €7 million has been earmarked to fund projects which address the needs of women living in designated RAPID (Revitalising Areas through Planning, Investment and Development) areas. The RAPID programme operates in 45 designated disadvantaged communities in Irish cities and towns.