A total of 138 projects were submitted under the 1st call for projects under the Interreg MAC 2021-2027 programme. Following the analysis of the admissibility conditions, a total of 135 projects have been declared admissible and are now in the evaluation phase.

The 135 projects under evaluation request more than 336 million euros of ERDF, more than 4 times the available funding (78 million euros).

The majority of the 135 projects were submitted under Priority 1 SMART MAC (50%), followed by Priority 2 GREEN MAC (46%) and finally Priority 4 MOBILITY MAC (4%).

A total of 1.376 entities participate in the projects, 906 from the European part of the cooperation area (MAC) and 470 entities from the 7 African partner countries.

The evaluation phase will last several months and the decision to approve the projects will be taken by the Steering Committee, foreseen in June 2024. The Lead Partners will be informed accordingly.