Monaghan Integrated Development

Monaghan Integrated Development CLG is a local development company. Local development promotes area-based, integrated, “bottom-up” interventions to address long-term unemployment, economic marginalisation and social exclusion. It recognises the interdependence of economic, social and cultural issues in working for sustainable and inclusive growth and social cohesion.

In the late 1980’s and the 1990’s there was increased focus on local economic development involving partnership among representatives of local public and private socio-economic interests. So we started life as Monaghan Partnership in 1996 and became Monaghan Integrated Development (MID) in 2008. Local development aims to provide the structure, funding and support for the partnership sectors to work together for the benefit of the area. It is about empowering local communities to sponsor innovative strategies and projects for enterprise, improving employment opportunities, education, training and community development.