Area Development Management (ADM) Ltd, is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporate on 14 October, 1992. Under the Operational Programme for Local Urban and Rural Development ADM has direct responsibility for the management of Sub-Programme 2Integrated Development of Designated Disadvantaged and Other Areas. This includes the evaluation of plans from eligible communities and proposals from selected organisations, the allocation of resources in accordance with that evaluation and the monitoring of expenditure and performance.
Under the sub-programme funding is provided to:
1. —Parnerships in designated areas of disadvantage.
2. —Communities in other areas.
3. —Organisations representing or working on behalf of travellers or with the capacity to make a significant contribution to the achievement of the sub programme's objective. The areas where partnership companies will operate have been designated by Government and include urban and rural areas. Full details of the areas were laid before the Houses of Oireachtas on 10 Februaary, 1995.