A total of 138 projects have been submitted to the 1st call for projects under the Interreg MAC programme, requesting more than 341 million euros of ERDF funding (more than 4 times more than the available funding).

A total of 1,402 entities participate in the projects, 924 from the European part of the
cooperation area (MAC) and 478 entities from the 7 African partner countries.

Nº entities Nº projects
Madeira 186 104
Azores 186 92
Canary Islands 552 135
Cape Verde 182 116
Ivory Coast 54 46
Gambia 21 19
Ghana 47 38
Mauritania 44 37
Senegal 75 56
St. Tomé and PrIncipe 55 51
Total 1402

The majority of the 138 projects were submitted under Priority 1 SMART MAC (51%), followed
by Priority 2 GREEN MAC (46%) and finally Priority 4 MOBILITY MAC (4%).

SUMMARY 1st CALL FOR PROPOSALS
PRIORITY Nº projects
presented
ERDF ERDF
requested
P1 – Smart MAC 70 37.068.800 164.280.092
P2 – Green MAC 63 37.068.800 169.935.835
P4 – Mobility MAC 5 4.633.600 7.209.350
TOTAL 138 78.771.200 341.425.277

The admissibility criteria of the projects submitted are being analysed. Those that are
admissible will proceed to the evaluation phase and those that do not meet any of the
admissibility conditions will be excluded. The Lead Partners will be informed accordingly.